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United States: United Auto Workers (UAW) wants higher wages for new employees
ed Auto Workers (UAW), wants the $14 an hour wage which most entry-levels workers receive to be increased. The UAW is currently bargaining for pay with the “Big 3” (General Motors...
31 August 2011
Belgium: retailing negotiations fail
in the trade industry launched a campaign calling for the resumption of talks on working conditions in the sector. Unable to overcome their disagreements, the social partners terminated the...
31 August 2011
France: administration clarifies conditions to apply “dividends bonus” to French and foreign groups
rmanently adopted the “profit-sharing bonus” to be paid to employees who paid dividends that were higher than the average of the two previous financial years. In a circular letter...
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31 August 2011
Italy: government’s new austerity program tackles labor law
ulative assault against Italy earlier this month has driven the Council of Minister to approve an emergency decree anticipating and toughening some provisions of the austerity program announced...
31 August 2011
Poland: report on working and employment conditions in businesses
the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin) published, on August 24th, a report on work and employment conditions in Polish enterprises. It shows that, since 2005, while working...
31 August 2011
Spain: new training and apprenticeship contracts for people under 30 and suspension of some anti-precariousness measures
government approved new measures encouraging employment and training. Initiatives included in the royal decree include the creation of a new training and apprenticeship contract for people under...
30 August 2011
Germany: Verdi and Deutsche Post bargain for new part-time retirement system to face staff ageing
On July 4th, Deutsche Post and the Verdi union have launched negotiations which will spread over seven meetings in order to develop a new working time system updating part-time early retirement...
30 August 2011
Great Britain: report by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, ACAS, on its intervention for industrial disputes
, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, has seen a significant increase in demand for its help resolving large-scale industrial disputes in the past year. Releasing its annual report in July, ACAS...
30 August 2011
Slovakia: commentary of the Labor Code amendment coming into force on September 1, 2011
Slovakian Parliament, the amendment to the Labor Code which brings many changes to nearly one third of labor law regulations was adopted on July 13th by a very small majority. On July 27th, the...
30 August 2011
Portugal: in-house vocational internships to be paid
ion of in-house internships of more than three months will come into force on September 1st. It aims to encourage the integration of young people on the labor market. (Ref. 110495) New act. The...
30 August 2011
Italy: permanent adoption of the Single Text on apprenticeship
On July 28th, the Council of Minister
permanently approved the decree-law reforming apprenticeship. The text is based
on the unitary agreement signed by the social partners on July 11th
which...
29 August 2011
Thales: at its last European convention, the high-tech group evaluates the application of its IDEA and TALK European agreements
A European and joint exercise so the process doesn’t run out of steam. “IDEA was created two years ago. We cannot get into a routine, we need to boost it, revitalize its development, and...
29 August 2011
Great Britain: unions back on war footing after government blunder on the reform of public pensions
Treasury chief secretary Danny Alexander took the surprise step of setting out in detail how much different individuals will have to pay in contributions to their pension schemes from April 2012...
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29 August 2011
Suspension of the information thread until Monday, August 29th
The information thread is going to be suspended from the evening of Friday, July 29th until the morning of Monday, August 29th. However, during this time, our archives are still available and you...
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29 July 2011
Greece: new turn of the screw affects pensions and hard work
Additional contributions. The key measures of the new bill, which should pass smoothly under the emergency procedure, provides for cuts to pay and general and supplementary retirement pensions...
28 July 2011
Great Britain: consultation on the regulation on automatic enrolment with workplace pension funds
Context. As a reminder, this new law means that eligible workers will be automatically enrolled with their employer’s workplace pension scheme, without any active decision-making for the...
27 July 2011
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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...
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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...
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Germany: ‘active retirement’ law adopted to encourage seniors to remain in the workforce
On 15 October, Germany’s cabinet approved draft legislation on ‘active retirement‘, which is expected to pass swiftly through Parliament. The bill would allow people who continue...
20 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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