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Sodexo: mass catering company and SEIU union settle accounts through legal action
SEIU action. The case brought to the NLRB concerns events that took place in February and May 2010 in the kitchens of the Tulane and Loyola universities, when SEIU representatives were trying to...
15 May 2011
Spain: wage cuts and mobility, first pitfalls in the negotiations for the new collective agreement in the savings bank industry
With the current inflation forecasts, employers’ offer would mean a 1% pay cut as of 2011, which would have repercussions on the following years. Union representatives said this offer was...
15 May 2011
Denmark: removal of the 30-year limit between exposure to dangerous substances and the signs of occupational diseases for compensation requests
“We worked for the removal of this unfair limit to the compensation of occupational diseases. We succeeded, solely because of the massive pressure we, LO and other union put on the government.” ...
15 May 2011
Italy: Inail’s occupational medicine department publishes “White Paper on exposure to nanomaterials and their impact on workers’ health and safety”
In Italy, nearly 200 structures (57% public and 43% private) are engaged in R&D for nanotechnologies. In 2008, around 670,000 people were said to be working in microelectronics, chemistry...
13 May 2011
United States: rebirth for the National Labor Relations Board
The amendment passed in Arizona recognizes only secret ballot elections as the means for representation elections and prohibits a process known as “card check” with which a majority of employees...
13 May 2011
Germany: federal government prepares global concept followed by government summit against the lack of skilled workers
Challenge of global recruitment policy faced with the shortage. More than its content, what’s new is the mere existence of the “Concept against the lack of skilled workers” and the announcement...
13 May 2011
EU: ETUC 12th Congress to open in Athens on may 16th
Representatives from 82 organizations and 12 sectoral federations from 36 European countries, representing about 60 million members, are expected on May 16th in Athens, a few days after the 10th...
12 May 2011
Spain: adoption of the Act transposing the new EWC directive
Linking the different levels. This is the key novelty introduced by the Spanish MPs: since the EU directive leaves the Member States free to determine the link between the different levels of...
12 May 2011
Italy: Cisl and Uil union confederations get closer
The Cisl and Uil’s confederal secretariats met on May 5th for “joint confrontation on the most important themes of the labor world, with an economic situation characterized by recovery that goes...
12 May 2011
Great Britain: government announces next steps in labor law simplification
Flexible labor law. Since it came to power, the coalition government has been making labor law more flexible to support growth and remove obstacles to businesses’ development. As part of the...
12 May 2011
Germany: employees’ productivity keeps increasing with age (Study)
11,000 employees followed for three years. To carry out the study entitled “Productivity and age: Evidence from work teams at the assembly line”(see the full version in English below), the MEA’s...
Great Britain: latest statistics on union membership show that the fall continues
Union density - the relative measure of the percentage of all workers who are members of a union - fell by 0.8% from 27.4% in 2009 to 26.6% in 2010. Union membership in absolute terms fell by...
11 May 2011
France Telecom: first meeting for the global works council
Introduced via an agreement signed on June 23, 2010 by the telecom, the six French unions present in the company, the global union alliance UNI France Telecom, gathering unions recognized by the...
11 May 2011
International: towards the creation of a global manufacturing union federation
Statuses. The task for created last year in preparation for the creation of a global manufacturing union met in Frankfurt on May 5th. Its 37 members, representing the three union organizations...
11 May 2011
Italy: Council of Ministers launches apprenticeship reform
“Reforming apprenticeship can be truly positive for the employment of many young people” declared Labor Minister Maurizio Sacconi when presenting the Single Text on apprenticeship approved by the...
10 May 2011
IBM: creation of a global union alliance
Cooperation. The agreement is a first in terms of cross-industry union cooperation. European and international metal and service representatives commit themselves to “work together at global...
10 May 2011
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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...
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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...