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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
Corporate practices: how the SICK AG sensor producer managed to reduce stress and noise in its offices
Keeping employees healthy. Special award in 2005 for its ‘lifelong learning’ concept, award for its measures in favor of senior workers in 2006 and 2008, award for its equal opportunities policy...
28 October 2011
United States: National Labor Relations Board under heavy Republican fire
Undo what the NLRB has done. Anticipating its coming paralysis (see our dispatch No. 110509), the NLRB has been multiplying strong actions and rulings facilitation unionization. But this was...
28 October 2011
International: dialogue between temporary union and employers’ representatives, in the ILO’s bosom, is stuck on collective bargaining
Convention No. 181. In 2009, employers’ representatives, including the International Confederation of Private Employment Agencies (CIETT), and unions, notably represented by UNI Global, met in a...
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27 October 2011
Great Britain: “Swedish derogation” legally allowing businesses to avoid the Agency Workers’ Act
have asked their temporary work agencies to permanently hire the workers they send them, so that they don’t have to pay agency workers as permanent workers, which has been required by law...
27 October 2011
Italy: towards the application of the “Pomigliano model” in all Fiat undertakings in Italy
Uil, Fim, Uilm and Fismic unions on October 25th, Fiat confirmed its programs for its Italian undertakings and got unions’ consent for the negotiation of a single collective agreement for...
27 October 2011
Italy: the city of Milan and unions sign an agreement on continuous dialogue
After the center-left won the municipal election last may, the Italian economic capital is launching a new season of union relations, with the watchwords “Dialogue, involvement, sharing.” Mayor...
27 October 2011
Italy: CGIL youth kick off the new campaign “Rights and no words”
The tone was set by a flash mob in downtown Rome on the morning of October 24th, where young activists dressed as cooks got a pan out and gave passers-by notes on which were sentences summarizing...
26 October 2011
Great Britain: employers launch protocol removing disabled candidates’ recruitment barriers
Adjust recruitment. The EFD is an association of employers who work on facilitating recruitment and businesses with people with a disability. On October 20th, affiliated employers met and...
26 October 2011
EU: CSR is back on the social agenda
New definition. The Commission starts with an updated definition and lists the actions it intends to take. Now, CSR means “the responsibility of enterprises for their impacts on society,” a much...
25 October 2011
United States: Facebook as the new partner of employment services
One year after the first complaint lodged by an employee fired because he criticized his employer on Facebook, the American government wants to use this social network as an instrument to combat...
25 October 2011
Italy: Fiom-CGIL metalworkers’ federation gives positive report of the national Fiat/Fincantieri strike
With the motto “Democracy, contract, labor,” the Fiom organized the first national demonstration of Fiat’s workers on the Piazza del Popolo also involving the workers of Fiat and Fincantieri’s...
25 October 2011
ThyssenKrupp: IG-Metall union wants to help the American USW union settle in the German steel plant in Alabama
Bullying measures. This conflict isn’t new. For several years now, the IG-Metall has been blaming the German steel giant (180,000 employees, €42 billion in sales in 2009/2010) of “riding...
25 October 2011
International: creation of a trade union federation dedicated to telecom and information technology
On October 20th, in Mexico, about 170 representatives in the sector validate the merger between UNI Telecom and UNI IBITS, the two branches of the international service union, UNI Global. The new...
25 October 2011
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
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...
8 December 2025
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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Spain: government seeks to strengthen protection for employee whistleblowers
On 28 July, the Spanish Council of Ministers approved a draft bill aimed at providing legal protection to employees who report corruption or breaches of labour law, shielding them from potential...
27 August 2026
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France: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill
After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...
10 September 2026
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Germany: IG Metall demands 5% pay rise amid severe pressure
Despite the crisis hitting the automotive industry, the leadership of the German trade union IG Metall announced on Wednesday 23 September that it would be asking for a 5% pay increase as well as...
23 September 2026
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Italy: Crédit Agricole introduces a handbook on managerial behaviour
The document adopted in mid-July by Crédit Agricole Italia and the main banking trade unions goes beyond the proper use of meetings and emails. This six-point handbook aims to foster constructive...
3 September 2026
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Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...
8 September 2026
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Slovakia: 6% increase in the minimum wage from 1 January 2027
The news. As Slovakia’s social partners failed to reach an agreement during tripartite negotiations, Labour Minister Erik Tomas has decided to increase the minimum wage by 6% from 1 January...
1 September 2026