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Denmark: two new collective agreements in the catering and private cleaning industries
Hotel/catering. On February 25, 3 F Privat Service, Hôtel og Restauration for unions and Horesta Arbejdsgiver for employers signed an agreement renewing the sectoral collective agreement covering...
29 February 2012
Great Britain: Unite wants to take strike action among tanker drivers to obtain the establishment of an industry-wide collective bargaining forum
The ballots will cover around 90% of all the drivers supplying fuel to petrol stations and, if the strike actions goes ahead, affect the petrol pumps of the main retailers like Sainsburys, Tesco...
29 February 2012
Colombia: public tender offers primarily awarded to businesses employing disabled workers
Positive action for employers. Now, private sector companies seeking to sign a public contract will be subject to the resolution adopted on February 27 by the Ministry of Labor, giving precedence...
29 February 2012
Ireland: new bill improves statutory framework for whistleblowers
Breach. This system will protect employees from retaliation when they reveal public interest information about a criminal breach about being or about to be committed, an infringement or risk of...
29 February 2012
Italy: Council of Ministers approves the decree transposing the European directive on temporary work
A ‘new face’ for Italian temporary work agencies – this is how the Council of Ministers qualified the impact the decree on temporary work transposing the 2008 Community Directive (see our dispatch...
28 February 2012
Great Britain: the organizers of the 2012 Olympics twice as watchful on the working conditions of Chinese employees involved in the production of merchandizing
Workers exploited. The Trades Union Congress and the Labor Behind the Label Federation (which protects textile workers) published a crushing report on the way workers are treated in two Chinese...
Denmark: new trade collective agreement
Both parties are satisfied with the agreement signed on the night of February 23 by Dansk Erhverv Arbejdsgiver and HK/Handel, renewing the trade collective agreement. the union notably points out...
28 February 2012
FCC Construcción: the Spanish group commits to promote employees’ rights on all its sites worldwide
The document was signed, on February 21, by Francisco Martin Monteagudo, FCC HR Manager, and Ambet Yuson, general secretary of the BWI, the international federation of construction, construction...
28 February 2012
EU: coordinated demonstrations in the EU 27 to reject the European austerity policy
Rigidity. European trade unions are rejecting the new European treaty, which the 27 negotiated in December (except the UK and the Czech Republic) in favor of greater budget rigor and for better...
28 February 2012
Denmark: the social partners in transportation and logistics place competitiveness at the heart of their new collective agreement
“I’m really glad we reached an agreement after a few days of discussion with the obvious aim of helping Danish businesses be more competitive.” Karsten Dybvad, leader of DI, rejoiced with the...
27 February 2012
Spain: draft agreement on the new collective agreement in the banking industry
Here are the key points of the agreement.
27 February 2012
Romania: Jucu comes back to life after Nokia left
DeLonghi and Bosch to forget Nokia. 2012 couldn’t have gotten a better start in Jucu (central Romania). Indeed, since the beginning of the year, two large multinationals have decided to come to...
23 February 2012
Italy: employees at Sisme, the manufacturer of motors for household appliances, commit to co-finance the investment to revive the Italian establishment
“Workers bring ideas and part of the resources” said Alberto Zappa, secretary of the Fim-Cisl in Como, when announcing the signature of the unitary agreement of February 16 by the Fim-Cisl...
22 February 2012
Germany: are corporate unions threatening social peace?
Calling on the government. In two inflammatory press releases, Dieter Hundt, head of the German employers’ association (BDA), said that the strikes organized since February 16 by 200 air traffic...
22 February 2012
Germany: recruitment strategies increasingly rely on employee recommendations
Deutsche Bahn is preparing a general recruitment incentive program. Deutsche Bahn is currently working on a new general recruitment incentive program favoring the recruitment of people...
22 February 2012
Denmark: young people take more sick leaves than seniors
In the private and public sectors, 20-30 year-olds take the most sick leaves. The record is for communal employees, where 25-29 year-olds took 14.4 sick days in 2010 as opposed to 10.7 for...
22 February 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