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Italy: first masters in labor relations in the banking industry
Following the union agreement signed on July 28th* between the ABI employers’ association and the Fiba-Cisl, Fisac-CGIL and Uilca-Uil unions on the “opportunity” to improve the competences of...
4 November 2011
Carrefour: amendment to the anticipation agreement establishing the EWC
The amendment to Carrefour’s EWC agreement provides that UNI Europa shall appoint a CICE Secretary and may appoint a representative invited to the meetings of the CICE and its steering committee...
3 November 2011
Hungary : government adopts new Labour Code reform
Protecting employees from termination. The Bill provides that the employment relationship may not be terminated by employer during pregnancy, maternity leave, parental leave (if the child is...
3 November 2011
Germany: innovating working time system for chemistry staff in eastern Länder
A system for Germany as a whole. The chemistry social partners took nearly one year to reach an agreement on working time in “East chemistry,” meaning for the staff of businesses located in...
3 November 2011
Netherlands: discrimination is commonplace in temporary agencies
The two researchers, Anne Backer and Evelien Loeters, got in touch with 187 agencies across the country, claiming that they were looking for staff for a call center that doesn’t exist. Each time...
2 November 2011
Denmark: 2nd edition of the union campaign, “Last working day for women”
Organized, among others, by the FOA, HK and 3F unions, with the support of the National Network for Equal Pay, (Det Nationale Ligelønsnetværk, see our dispatch No. 080226), this campaign provides...
2 November 2011
Germany: 4% increase for rubber employees
The IG BCE union claims that, from January 1, 2012, the 25,000 employees in the rubber industry will get a first 3% increase, followed by a 1% increase on April 1, 2012. They will also receive a...
2 November 2011
Great Britain: UCATT construction workers’ union to elect general secretary with an internal war in the background
Four candidates became eligible to stand in the forthcoming election having obtained sufficient branch nominations to be placed on the ballot paper. These were the previous incumbent Alan...
2 November 2011
EU: unions are worried about the Energy Roadmap 2050
Leaks. At the end of October, industry representatives uploaded the European Commission’s draft communication and an impact assessment of the political ideas defended for the Energy Strategy...
2 November 2011
United States: Occupy movement increasingly present in the field of working conditions
At the side of the Occupy movement for a month (see our dispatch No. 110600), trade unions are now getting the Occupants’ support, although the latter are rarely union members. In Washington...
2 November 2011
France: publication of the decree on the composition of the Special Negotiating Body and of the EWC established without an agreement
In order to make sure the SNB and the EWC established without an agreement are representative, the recast directive provides for one additional representative per group of workers employed in one...
1 November 2011
Skanska: the Swedish construction firm organized a Safety Week on all its sites in the world on October 17-23
he company organized, for its 52,000 employees worldwide, a Skanska Safety Week. This year, it was called “empowerment” and aimed to give employees a sense of responsibility to all the...
1 November 2011
Finland: new sectoral agreement in the technological industry
Training and division of the wage increases: the problem of transposing the framework agreement in the sectors. The framework agreement signed on October 13th between the Akava, SAK and STTK...
1 November 2011
Germany: Angela Merkel’s CDU is ready to break the taboo on universal minimum wage
Wages defined by the social partners. Until now, the idea of universal minimum wage being introduced in Germany before the end of the Merkel administration in 2013 seemed completely unreal. At...
1 November 2011
United States: AT&T to give priority to the applications of retired former employees
The agreement reached by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and AT&T after two years of legal battle reminds that the only possible grounds for denying an application are the...
30 October 2011
Italy: banking social partners sign agreement supervising collective bargaining
The Dircredito-FD, Fabi, Fiba-Cisl, Fisac-CGIL, Sinfub, UGL Credito and Uilca union organizations and the ABI employers' organization signed, on October 24th, a framework agreement on collective...
28 October 2011
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The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
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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
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
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...
15 October 2025
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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...