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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...
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...
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...
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...
21 March 2013
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
Corporate practices: SEUR, the transport company, cares for employee retention from the very start of the employment relationship
In 2005, SEUR, the leading company for urgent transport and integral logistics in Spain, conceived a "Welcome and Integration Plan" targeted at their new staff, as part of its talent...
Ireland: parental leave goes from 14 up to 18 weeks
The Irish government has transposed the European directive on parental leave of 2010, thus adding one month to parental leave for all children under 8 years of age. The new regulations, signed on...
20 March 2013
Italy: results of the first HRD survey on the impact of the labor market reform (Gi Group)
On March 18, the permanent observatory on the labor market reform, a private initiative by Gi Group, the temporary work and recruitment agency, released the results of its first survey on the...
20 March 2013
United States: pay deal for Boeing technical engineers
After professional engineers and tougher negotiations, Boeing technical engineers ratified a four-year labor deal. New hires will not be entitled to the company's existing pension scheme. (Ref...
20 March 2013
EU: European electricity social partners set training as their priority
Eurelectric for employers and the EPSU and IndustriALL unions met, on March 15 for a social dialogue committee during which they adopted a series of actions on training and competencies. The...
19 March 2013
Slovenia: commentary of the new labour law reform
On 5 March 2013, the Slovene parliament permanently adopted the Employment Relationships Act ("Zakon o delovnih razmerjih" - ZDR-1) after long and rather demanding negotiations with the social...
19 March 2013
Belgium: Ford Genk’s social plan gives subcontracting staff the same working conditions as direct employees
The management of the Genk plant was satisfied after 71.7% of the workers approved, on Friday night, the social plans signed by the trade unions last week. In the carmaker's subcontracting firms...
18 March 2013
Italy: Electrolux and unions sign agreement on strategy out of the crisis
On March 9, the social partners at Electrolux signed a unitary agreement suspending the staff cutting program the group had announced for 2013-2015 via solidarity contracts (working time cuts) and...
18 March 2013
Germany: businesses reduce apprenticeship places in spite of the growing shortage in skilled workers
According to the first draft of the "2013 Apprenticeship Report," in 2012, German businesses cut the number of apprenticeship places they offered. Indeed, last year, only 21.7% of companies...
18 March 2013
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EU: Parliament formally adopts omnibus, diluting due diligence rules
On 16 December, the European Parliament formally approved the omnibus package amending the EU corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives. Their application has been pushed...
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United Kingdom: government urged to legislate against forced labour
After consulting victims, businesses and NGOs, the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) has published a report showing that the UK is lagging behind in the fight against forced labour. The...
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