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SAP wants to hire hundreds of autistic employees around the world to spark innovation
After several successful pilot projects in India and Ireland, SAP, the German business-management software maker, announced on May 21 that, in the years to come, it would hire hundreds of people...
Unions keep lobbying Gap and Walmart into signing the global agreement on occupational safety in textile plants in Bangladesh
As of Thursday morning, May 16, 31 companies had signed up to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh which was drafted by IndustriALL and UNI Global and supported by a coalition of...
Lafarge: new global framework agreement on CSR and international industrial relations
On May 21, Lafarge Group, the international manufacturing union, IndustriAll, and the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) signed, in presence of the ILO Director General Guy Ryder...
21 May 2013
Italy: at its 8th Congress, the Cisl’s banking and insurance federation (Fiba) focused on participation and supervising top management’s pay
The 500 Fiba representatives gathered in Carovigno (Brindisi) on May 13-16 for the 8th Congress of the Cisl’s Credit and Insurance Federation, appointed a new general secretary, Giulio Romani. ...
21 May 2013
Part-time work evolution follows work cultures and national normative expectations
Two researchers from the infamous Social Science Research of Berlin (WZB) looked into part-time practices among management in 19 European countries, from data gathered by the EU in 2009. They...
21 May 2013
EU: new European social dialogue committee in the graphical industry
This committee is the 42nd sectoral social dialogue committee. It was launched on May 8 and will bring together, discussing the sector’s stakes, UNI Europa Graphical for employees and Intergraf...
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20 May 2013
EU: postal social partners contribute to protecting the environment
At the center of cohesion stakes, the postal sector is also struggling with environmental issues. Because it uses a lot of cars to deliver mail, the number of buildings and the amount of paper...
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20 May 2013
Germany: 3% wage increase for Postbank employees
After tense negotiations, the Verdi services union and Postbank, a Deutsche Bank subsidiary, announced that they signed a pay deal, on the night of May 15, in Hanover. From July 1, 2013, the...
17 May 2013
Italy: “gender bargaining” guidelines defined by female representatives at Filctem, the CGIL’s energy and chemistry federation
On May 7, the national representatives meeting of the Filctem-CGIL (oil, chemistry, pharmacy, rubber, plastic and gas-water union) focused on ways to promote “gender bargaining,” considered as the...
17 May 2013
Sweden: 2013 agreement for the construction of roads and railways banks on working environment
The SEKO service and communication union and Sveriges Byggindustrier construction employers’ organization signed a new agreement on April 12 for the construction of roads and railways. The wage...
17 May 2013
Germany: decree on minimum working time for executives whose contract doesn’t define a number of hours
On May 15, 2013, the Federal Labor Court (BAG) issued a last-instance ruling rejecting the complaint of an executive whose contract didn’t provide for clear-cut working hours. She had pressed...
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16 May 2013
Great Britain: pay freezes are down but that doesn’t mean that real wages are up
Data from the independent pay monitoring body, Incomes Data Services (IDS), shows that pay freezes are now in decline. Figures for the first quarter of 2013 reveal that pay deals where no salary...
16 May 2013
Sweden: agreement in the energy industry supervises gradual retirement
On April 25, 2013, the EFA (Energiföretagens Arbetsgivareförening) energy employers’ organization and the SEKO communication and service workers’ union signed a new agreement. It provides for a...
16 May 2013
France: second Social Conference will focus on the pension reform
Retirement, vocational training, future sectors, working conditions and public services will be the five themes on the agenda of the next Social Conference bringing together the government and the...
16 May 2013
Corporate practices: Mapfre’s talent management program uses international benchmarking to develop innovation
Since 1984, MAPFRE, the leading insurance company in Spain, has been steadily expanding its business at the worldwide scale. In response to this internationalization process, the company agreed to...
16 May 2013
Italy: Enel signs two framework agreements on the management of ‘surplus’ workers
On May 9, Enel group and the Filctem-CGIL, Flaei-Cisl and Uiltec-Uil unions signed two framework agreements on the management of ‘surplus’ workers. The first is on the group implementing Article...
16 May 2013
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EU: right and far right join forces in parliament to dismantle sustainability due diligence
On 13 November, the European Parliament approved the report by EPP MEP Jörgen Warborn on the proposed omnibus directive, clearing the way for trilogue negotiations. Backed by the far right, the...
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
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Germany: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
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EU: omnibus bill stalls in parliament
On 22 October, members of the European Parliament narrowly voted against a negotiating mandate that would have opened trilogue talks on the omnibus directive, which seeks to dilute the corporate...
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France: cabinet adopts suspension of pension reform
On 23 October, the French Council of Ministers approved an amendment to the social security financing bill (PLFSS), confirming the suspension of the 2023 pension reform until 2028. This measure...
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24 October 2025