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International: the UN adopts guidelines on businesses respecting Human Rights
Guidelines. Laid down in a report presented to the Human Rights Council last year (see our dispatch No. 100370), these new international standards follow three principles, “Protect, Respect and...
Great Britain: public sector unions start mobilizing against the pension reform
The action was taken by members of the PCS civil servants union, ATL and NUT teachers’ unions and the college and university union, the UCU. In the run up to the action, the tone of the government...
1 July 2011
Fiat-Chrysler: creation of a global union network
Global union network. The primary goal of the meeting was to create a global union network. The network will mostly work via email and will meet once a year at the EWC meeting. It will be...
1 July 2011
Australia: single Act on health and safety at work for all States and territories from January 1, 2012
Will to unify standards across the country. The Australian Commonwealth Government listed occupational health and safety as a top reform. Indeed, the point was to decrease the number of deaths...
30 June 2011
Sweden: calls for wage moderation brought things to a head at the LO confederation just before the start of the fall negotiations
Konjunkturinstitutet’s report brings things to a head. On May 18th, Konjunkturinstitutet published an analysis on the evolution of pay and recommended that the coming increases do not exceed 3.1%...
30 June 2011
Sweden: the social partners create a Council on development in the industry
5 trade unions permanently signed: GS (union of workers in the graphic, forest and wood sector), IF Metall (metalworkers’ union), Livs (union of food employees), Sveriges Ingenjörer (union of...
30 June 2011
Italy: Parliament permanently approves the law on “equal access” to the boards of companies listed on the stock market and public companies
“This is a great opportunity to show that we’re not a half democracy. This is a joint, balanced and advanced text and I am honored to have proposed it and brought it forward” declared Lella...
30 June 2011
France: managers’ annual working days system is not put into question but remains in the hot seat
Managers’ lump sum system criticized at European level. In December 2010, the European Committee of Social Rights (Comité européen des Droits sociaux, CEDS), in charge of giving rulings on law...
29 June 2011
Italy: social partners sign historical agreement on union representativeness and the scope of company agreements
“This agreement puts an end to a long season of separation between us” declared Emma Marcegaglia, leader of Confindustria, when presenting the unitary interconfederal agreement signed after six...
29 June 2011
Germany: the 170,000 employees in the printing industry get the extension of the framework collective agreement
Maintaining the 35-hour workweek.
Frank Wernecke, Verdi chief negotiator,
said this agreement would not have been possible without the involvement of
employees with the warning strikes...
29 June 2011
Great Britain: more deaths at work
171 deaths. The organization in charge of health at work, the Health and Safety (HSE), released, on June 28th, provisional data on deaths at work. With 171 workers killed this year, the rate of...
29 June 2011
Nordic countries: first joint report on moral harassment in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Iceland
Planet
Labor, June 29, 2011, No. 110440 – www.planetlabor.com
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28 June 2011
Spain: regional collective agreements will take precedence over national collective agreements
One of the main strengths of the reform defended by the Minister of Labor is the review of the structure of collective bargaining in order to give businesses more flexibility. It is in this...
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28 June 2011
Morocco: 70% of employees who paid contributions are not getting pension
According to the CNSS, out of the 84,477 people who reached retirement age in 2010, only 25,262 had the 3,240 days required to receive pension. This figures mean that 70% of employees who pay...
27 June 2011
Netherlands: bigger increase for low wages at TNT Express
An agreement in principle was reached on April 24th between TNT Express (logistics, express delivery of documents and packages, the rival of DHL and FedEx), in preparation for the next collective...
27 June 2011
France: home stretch for the transposition of the EWC Directive
Takeover bids. The first alteration affects the provision linking trading law and the obligation to inform and consult the EWC. The first draft ordinance contained the provision applicable for...
27 June 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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United Kingdom: government launches consultation on AI and data protection rules
L’info. Le gouvernement britannique a lancé, du 15 juillet au 9 septembre 2026, une consultation afin d’identifier les dispositifs juridiques, techniques et de gouvernance...
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28 August 2026
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EU: social partners set out position on guidelines for the sustainability due diligence directive
The news. Following the final adoption of the omnibus directive in February, the European Commission launched a consultation in June aimed at guiding it in drafting guidelines on the application...
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28 August 2026
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Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying
Under pressure from new US tariffs, many countries have presented texts in recent weeks to ban the import of products made with forced labor. A real breakthrough for workers' rights or a mere...
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Germany: a “simplification” proposal for the Corporate Governance Code
In early August, the Government Commission presented proposals to reform the Deutscher Corporate Governance Kodex (DCGK), Germany’s Corporate Governance Code. The proposals are primarily aimed at...
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France: EDF served formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations
The news. On 23 September, Greenpeace France announced that it had served EDF with a formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations due to the risks of harm...
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24 September 2026
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Slovakia: a bill to “clarify” personal data protection measures
The news. The Slovak government approved a bill on personal data protection on August 26, 2026. This text aims to clarify existing regulations regarding employees’ rights and...
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7 September 2026