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Italy: Wind, the telephone company, signs an agreement with unions on a new strategic plan to improve competitiveness and maintain employment
network management and handling, affecting about 1,600 workers, Wind Telecomunicazioni SpA agreed, in January, after the Ministry for Economic Development stepped in, to suspend this decision and...
17 October 2012
Companies: study on the failure to apply international framework agreements and possible solutions from the Indian factories (Pune) of Volkswagen, Daimler and Bosch
the think-tank of the IG-Metall German union, published in September a case study entitled “Strengthening trade union networks through international framework agreements.” From a case...
17 October 2012
Canada: Communications, Energy and Paperworkers Union of Canada and Canadian Auto Workers merge
These two big unions recently announced a merger and should soon represent over 300,000 employees. The new organization, which has yet to settle on a name, will be the largest private sector...
17 October 2012
International: Adidas wants to create assistance fund for textile workers in Asia with sports equipment manufacturers
Continuous critic over the working conditions at the subcontractors working for big textile firms, notably in Bangladesh and Indonesia, has caused Adidas, the German company and second largest...
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16 October 2012
Greece: new minimum wage cut and working time adjustments in the offing
The reforms implemented in February 2012 made the relations between employees and employers more flexible, but the country is still suffering from low competitiveness and record unemployment –...
16 October 2012
Italy: Sandvik’s agreement in Rovereto combines flexibility and innovative family policy
In Rovereto, on August 31, the management of Sandvik, the Swedish precision engineering giant, signed with the regional representatives of the Fim-Cisl and Uilm-Uil unions and its Unitary...
16 October 2012
Norway: agreement ends 9-day strike in energy industry
Tough negotiations. The agreement was reached after a strike movement with a high turnout in the companies concerned and the threat of another wave of work stoppages, which “is quite rare in...
15 October 2012
Sweden: tracks to reform the layoff act (LAS)
3 ways to make the law more flexible. The first part of the report evaluates the activity of employment tribunals and the way disputes are handled. It seems that they are usually dealt with...
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15 October 2012
Corporate practices: how Indra, the IT specialist is promoting female leadership at the highest level in the countries where it is present
120 female employees from Brazil, Philippines, Spain and Venezuela are currently taking part in “Women and leadership”. They share a common feature. All of them are executives or pre- executives...
15 October 2012
Great Britain: report on pay deals in the British auto industry
Jaguar Land Rover (JLR), Bentley Motors, Honda, Ford and BMW - 5 pay negotiations, 5 different situations. By Gregor Gall, Research Professor of Industrial Relations and Director of the Work and...
15 October 2012
EU: Commission moves to develop innovative manufacturing sectors
Funding. The communication published last Wednesday explains that, “At a time when financial problems persist, Europe needs its real economy more than ever to underpin the recovery of economic...
12 October 2012
Germany: manufacturing social partners ask the government reintroduce short-time working
The economic slowdown in Germany is becoming important enough that the sector's social partners are asking the government to quickly reintroduce short-time working measures. Between August and...
12 October 2012
Great Britain: government moves to free employers from liability for third-party harassment
In May, the British government said that this provision of the Equality Act, voted two years ago (see our dispatch No. 100592), was “impractical” and prepared the ground by launching a...
11 October 2012
Great Britain: strikes are spreading in transportation and logistics
Very few companies now distribute their own goods and products through their own fleet of vehicles. Instead, these services are sub-contracted out to dedicated providers after a process of...
11 October 2012
United States: Walmart faces multiple strikes and the threat of a strike on Black Friday
“Workers from stores throughout the Dallas-area (…) from stores in Miami, the DC-area, Sacramento, Southern California and the Bay-area are (…) walking off the job” announced, on October 10...
11 October 2012
Sweden: new manufacturing employers’ organization
On September 19, employers in the manufacturing industry announced the creation of a new employers' organization, "industriarbetsgivarna" (meaning manufacturing employers), presenting itself as an...
10 October 2012
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20 October 2025
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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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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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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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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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...
24 October 2025
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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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23 October 2025
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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