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Sweden: provisions to encourage more equalitarian parental leave
Even though Sweden is set as an example, women still take longer parental leaves than men. It is to change this trend that LO and Svenskt Näringsliv agreed to supplement the amount of the...
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19 December 2013
Great Britain: government launches consultation on the regulation of zero hours contracts
The government has launched its long awaited consultation document on the regulation of zero hours contracts. The Department of Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS), led by the Business Secretary...
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19 December 2013
Japan: lifetime employment, an endangered moral contract
In a country famous for “lifetime employment,” it seems that job security in japan has now become obsolete. With exports falling because of the Japanese bubble burst in 1989 and the economic...
19 December 2013
France: permanent adoption of the pension reform
On December 18, the Parliament permanently adopted the law “guaranteeing the future and fairness of the pension system,” which should help improve its finances and therefore durability by 2020. ...
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18 December 2013
Denmark: government to adopt experimental measure allowing employees to finance the company with their salaries
The growth plan for the food industry, presented by the government on December 16, includes an experimental model allowing employees to invest part of their remuneration into the company to...
18 December 2013
France: transfer of skills at the center of the ‘generation contract’ agreements negotiated at company levels
A campaign promise of candidate Hollande, the “generation contract” enforced by the national cross-industry agreement of October 19, 2012, has 3 objectives: permanent recruitment for young people;...
18 December 2013
Germany: negotiations for the introduction of minimum wage in the meat industry have failed
Even though their positions were closer, the food and catering union (NGG) and the food employers’ organization (VDEW) failed, on Tuesday, December 17, to adopt a collective agreement introducing...
18 December 2013
Spain: CCOO tightens union structure and announces merger between several federations
CCOO is reducing its structure, centralizing services and preparing to merge certain federations to become more effective and flexible to facilitate union work in businesses. The construction and...
18 December 2013
Solvay: Global Corporate Social Responsibility Agreement signed with IndustriALL Global Union
The merger between Solvay and Rhodia is a successful example of integration in terms of social dialogue culture. The global CSR agreement signed yesterday, December 17, by Jean-Pierre Clamadieu...
17 December 2013
Austria: key social points of the new government’s program
The new Austrian government that came out of the election of September 29 has been in force since Monday, December 16. The previous Minister for Employment and Social Affairs, M. Rudolf...
17 December 2013
Objective zero harm: the bet made by EDF Energy in the UK
Since 2008, EDF Energy – the British subsidiary of EDF group, with more than 15,000 employees in nuclear, gas and renewable energy – has set up a groundbreaking health and wellbeing program, “Zero...
17 December 2013
Spain: union and employers’ organizations subject to new transparency regulations
The transparency act, which determines the conditions to access information about the management and usage of public money came into force on December 10. It contains the obligation for union and...
17 December 2013
Portugal: new criteria to choose which employee to dismiss when a job is cut
The government is preparing a list of criteria to choose the person who will be fired in case of individual layoffs when a position is removed. This form of layoff was made more flexible in the...
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16 December 2013
Great Britain: BMW and Unite sign agreement on the permanent recruitment of 1,000 agency workers
Following a deal struck between the Unite union and BMW, 1,000 agency workers will be given permanent contracts with guaranteed job security beyond 2020. Seven hundred are to be made permanent...
16 December 2013
Germany: Andrea Nahles, 43, SPD general secretary, becomes the new Minister for Employment and Social Affairs
After the members of the social-democratic party, SPD, agreed, on December 14, to the coalition contract negotiated since the end of September by the Christian Unions (CDU/CSU) and the SPD, Angela...
16 December 2013
France: social partners reach last minute agreement on the reform of vocational training
Simpler funding procedures for corporate training, new individual training account… the draft agreement reached by the social partners at 4 am on Saturday morning (December 14) amends the...
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16 December 2013
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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Italy: artificial Intelligence on the menu of Barilla’s new company agreement
Prior consultation with trade unions on innovations related to artificial intelligence, strengthened training, and progress on parenthood: these are the main new features of the agreement signed...
2 September 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
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Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026