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Safran: European framework agreement for professional integration of young people
Today, March 28, 2013, Safran Group and the IndustriAll Europe European trade union signed a European framework agreement on the professional integration of young people. With this agreement...
28 March 2013
Great Britain: government wants to encourage employee ownership in businesses
The British government wants to propose giving fiscal incentives to employers who give their employees a stake in the business in which they work. (Ref. 130207)
28 March 2013
Germany: IG-Metall management accepts ‘rescue’ agreement without Bochum plant
Unanimous agreement from the IG-Metall’s management. In North Rhine-Westphalia, where Bochum is located, the IG-Metall union has hardly ever seemed so deeply divided. Indeed, whereas the 3,300...
28 March 2013
Europe: serious games and mobile learning on the rise in vocational training
The latest survey of the Cegos Observatory on widespread vocational training practices in France, Germany, the UK, Spain and Italy, published on March 27, shows that e-learning is on increasing...
27 March 2013
Spain: Caixabank reaches agreement on social plan based on early retirement and voluntary leave
Caixabank unions and management have defined the modalities of the social plans providing for 2,600 leaves - all voluntary. All the representatives unions (CCOO, SECPB, UGT, SIB and CIC-FEC)...
27 March 2013
Corporate practices: BSH Spain commits to pushing local young talent into the international arena
The Spanish subsidiary of the Bosch and Siemens Home Appliances Group (BSH) is determined to identify promising recent graduates at the local level and to expand their skills and competencies for...
27 March 2013
Germany: 6% increase over 2 years for train drivers
Four meetings and several warning strikes took place before the social partners in the rail industry reached an agreement, on Monday, March 25, for a 6% wage increase over two years. The agreement...
26 March 2013
Italy: cement employers and unions reach unitary agreement renewing the sector’s national collective agreement
The unitary agreement signed between the social partners in the cement, plaster, mortar and other construction materials industry renewing the sector's national collective agreement provides...
26 March 2013
Italy: success for the first cross-regional strike organized by independent logistics unions
The first cross-regional strike (mostly Lombardy, Venetia and Emilia-Romania) in the logistics industry, called by the general meeting of logistics workers and the independent trade unions for 24...
25 March 2013
Fiat/Chrysler and CNH: international union network agrees to organize mobilization week for employment and working conditions
After a meeting in Turin on March 19-21, the Fiat/Chrysler and Case New Holland (CNH) union network, supervised by IndustriAll Global Union, agreed to a mobilization week on April 8-12 for the...
25 March 2013
Spain: new decree-law increases effective retirement age
The decree-law approved by the Council of Ministers on March 15 aims to increase actual retirement age, which is now close to 64. The goal is to bring retirement age up to 67 by 2027 (versus 65...
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25 March 2013
Great Britain: government is having a hard time pushing through its employee-shareholder plan
The coalition Conservative-Liberal Democrat has suffered a defeat on its legislative plans to allow, and encourage, workers to give up their rights to claim unfair dismissal, be paid a redundancy...
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22 March 2013
EU: towards better social coordination for the economic and monetary union
On Wednesday, March 20, the European Commission launched two consultations aiming to better anticipate the reforms undertaken by the Member States and ensure greater economic and social...
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22 March 2013
United-States: could there be a works council at Volkswagen Chattanooga soon?
When it comes to building union membership at the plant of German or Japanese carmakers, it seems that the United Auto Workers would be more successful through a German-style works council at...
22 March 2013
Corporate practices: Repsol attracts and retains people with “different abilities” beyond statutory requirements
For Repsol, the highly accomplished global energy company, referring to people with "different abilities" is not a way to elude the word "disability". There is no question that every single person...
Corporate practices: at Globus SB-Warenhaus, the German retail group, one click is all it takes to reconcile employees’ personal interests and the company’s needs
First retail company to receive, in 2008, the "Work and Family" award from the Hertie Foundation, the German department store chain, Globus SB-Warenhaus Holding GmbH & Co. KG, received, in May...
21 March 2013
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Germany: pensioners in work already common practice, study shows
As the German government steps up measures to encourage people to stay in work beyond the legal retirement age, a new study by the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) – an independent...
6 November 2025
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Spain: government approves creation of ‘intern status’
The Spanish government has paved the way for the creation of a new status for "persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies, institutions or public or private organisations...
7 November 2025
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France: social conference on labour and pensions to proceed without main employers’ group
The preparatory meeting ahead of the social conference on labour and pensions, which is set to decide on the pension system model and the funding thereof, was held on 4 November at France's labour...
5 November 2025
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Luxembourg: two pension reform bills submitted to parliament
After lengthy negotiations with the social partners, in mid-October the Luxembourg government submitted two bills to parliament aimed at reforming the pension system to ensure its long-term...
6 November 2025
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Germany: bill adopted to step up fight against illegal employment
On Thursday 13 November, Germany's Bundestag passed a bill to modernise and digitalise the country’s system for tackling undeclared work and financial crime. In future, the relevant department at...
20 November 2025
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France: TotalEnergies steps up commitment on disability
On 9 October, French energy group TotalEnergies and all representative trade unions signed a new four-year agreement on disability inclusion. Taking effect on 1 January 2026, the deal aims to help...
13 November 2025