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Brazil: authorities investigate the use of slavery in Zara’s workshops
bor and the San Paulo administration charged the Spanish clothing giant, Zara, with 52 infringements to labor standards after discovering, in mid-August, three clothing workshops belonging to the...
1 September 2011
United States: National Relations Board to be paralyzed soon
Board (NLRB), which arbitrates conflicts between unions and businesses, could be paralyzed soon. The chair of the NLRB’s board, Wilma Liebman, just left. Another colleague should leave the...
1 September 2011
Great Britain: tricky merger between RMT and TSSA transport and rail unions
Discussions will focus upon closer working
between both unions initially through a federation structure with a view to
moving towards a merger. Both unions also agreed that the door will remain...
1 September 2011
Germany: employees’ good ideas helped businesses save EUR 1.37 billion in 2010
of August by the German Institute for Business Management (Deutsche Institut für Betriebswirtschaft, DIB) reports on the management of ideas in German businesses in 2010. In the 176 companies...
1 September 2011
Sweden: first step towards the possible evolution of the criteria for layoff order
Workers, key union in the country) took the initiative, last fall, and invited the key employers’ organization, Svenskt Näringsliv, to take part in a working group to jointly discuss...
1 September 2011
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
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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...
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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: social partners in telecoms sign joint statement on AI
On 16 December, the social partners in Europe's telecommunications sector unveiled a joint statement on artificial intelligence. They propose an action plan for skills and commit to raising...
18 December 2025
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Germany: Erwin Hymer Group’s innovative and award-winning AI agreement
Fed up with negotiating separate agreements for each new artificial intelligence (AI) tool, the social partners at Erwin Hymer Group (8,900 employees) have instead secured a broad, overarching...
12 December 2025
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Italy: collective agreement for rubber and plastics sector focuses on new skills
A month ahead of schedule, the Federazione Gomma Plastica employers' organisation and the Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec trade unions have renewed the collective agreement for the rubber and...
5 January 2026