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Germany: unions criticize the liberalization of the long-distance bus market on January 1, 2013
Starting on January 1, 2013, the German bus industry will be rejuvenated. On November 2, the Bundesrat (the Upper House representing the Lander) adopted an amendment to the Passenger Transport Act...
12 November 2012
International: supply chains targeted by new international union cooperation
Uni Global, IndustriALL and the ITF - the international union federations of services, manufacturing and transportation - decided, on October 25, to set up a strategic supply chain alliance. The...
12 November 2012
Belgium: final results of the 2012 social election
The ballots and changes to the social elections were officially brought to a close on October 12, 2012. The final results, compared with the first results published on May 21, will help polish...
12 November 2012
Spain: Renault unions and management sign flexibility agreement hoping to create 1,300 jobs
Renault management and the three majority unions - UGT, Workers' Commissions (CCOO) and the Confederation of Managers and Professionals (CCP) - signed an agreement which should lead, on Tuesday...
12 November 2012
Germany: Bundestag agrees to highly controversial introduction of subsidy for families raising infants at home
Temporarily putting an end to a controversy which has been dividing Germany for years, the Bundestag adopted, today November 9, with the votes from the conservative (CDU/CSU) and liberal (FDP)...
9 November 2012
EU: the right to annual leave for workers whose working time was reduced because of a social plan can be calculated based on the prorata temporis rule
In a decree published yesterday, November 8, the European Court of Justice ruled that Community law allows reducing the annual paid leave of employees whose working time was shortened because of a...
8 November 2012
Austria: Magna, the car part manufacturer, is preparing to outsource part of its operations to be covered by “more advantageous” collective agreements
After trying, in vain, to bargain with unions for extraordinary exceptions to the sector's collective agreements, Magna, the Austrian-canadian car part maker which employs 13,000 people in Austria...
8 November 2012
Denmark: young people work part-time more than full-time
Ugebrevet A4, the newspaper of the LO union confederation, did an issue on the situation of the labor market for young Danish people. It shows that full-time contracts are becoming as scarce as...
8 November 2012
Greece: Parliament adopts new austerity measures
With a 3-vote majority (when the government coalition has a lot more MPs), the Greek Parliament voted the 3rd Memorandum on Wednesday at midnight. It is characterized by drastic rigor, increasing...
8 November 2012
United States: unions’ political agenda for Barack Obama’s second term
Following Barack Obama's reelection, the American union movement claimed credit for Obama's victory over the Republican Party and launched campaigns defending several social advantages before the...
8 November 2012
Germany: new pay deal in West German textile and clothing
The IG-Metall metalworkers' union and the employers' organization for the West German textile and clothing industry have been bargaining since October 17 for the renewal of the collective...
7 November 2012
Germany: after the metal, chemistry and rail industries, the textile and wood industries are giving agency workers “sectoral bonuses”
On November 1, two collective agreements came into force, introducing for the first time a "system of sectoral bonuses" in the metal and chemical industries. Four days later, two similar...
6 November 2012
Great Britain: new forms of collective dispute
The personnel and human resource managers' professional association, the Chartered Institute of Professional Development (CIPD), has released a report called "Managing Employee Relations in...
5 November 2012
Ireland: government is preparing two recruitment support programs
When presenting the 2013 budget, the Irish government should announce two possible options to incentivize employers to hold onto interns and long-term jobseekers. (Ref. 120649)
5 November 2012
France: negotiations on securing employment, a crash test for the social dialogue reform method
With the success of the "generation" employment contract, the government goes on promoting its reform method through social dialogue. However, the negotiations on employment security could be much...
5 November 2012
Denmark: government plans to take the fight against social dumping further
The interministerial committee set up by the government to come up with measures against social dumping presented its report last week. The government is going to rely on it to take action...
1 November 2012
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On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
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Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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France: Decathlon introduces a ‘duty to respect others’ right to disconnect’
A right-to-disconnect agreement was signed in late September for the French arm of the Decathlon sports retail group. It sets out a "duty to respect others’ right to disconnect" and provides...
14 November 2025
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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...
30 October 2025
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Romania: collective agreement extended to entire insurance sector
On 3 November, Romania’s National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue approved the extension of the collective labour agreement signed on 23 May by the Confederation of Employers in the...
10 November 2025
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Italy: new collective agreement for managers in tertiary sector
On 5 November, the ManagerItalia union and the employers’ association Confcommercio renewed the collective agreement for managers in Italy’s tertiary, distribution and services...
12 November 2025
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France: Adecco steps up commitment to temporary workers with disabilities
On 9 September, temporary work agency Adecco France and representative trade unions signed a new open-ended agreement to support the recruitment and retention of temporary workers with...
18 November 2025