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Italy: precarious jobs are soaring in the banking sector
Although they’re still “limited” compared with other service industries, temporary contracts are now the main way to access banking employment. This is what comes out of the first Italian survey...
25 October 2010
Great Britain: four candidates to the new general secretaryship of the Unite union
Single secretaryship. When Unite was formed in 2007 from the merger of the Amicus and TGWU unions, it had two joint general secretaries. The election for a single general secretary is then a key...
25 October 2010
Germany: businesses criticize the bill on the right to cut working time to help dependent people
Demographic ageing is affecting businesses in different ways, and not only because the average age of the workforce is increasing. Indeed, the growing number of dependent people is a problem...
25 October 2010
Great Britain: obesity is becoming a workplace issue
More and more examples. The two drivers have been suspended, with full pay and told by their employer that they need to lose 7lbs in the next four weeks and an unspecified amount of further weight...
25 October 2010
United States: American union of civil servants bets 87 million dollars on democratic candidates
The American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) promised $87.5 million to support democratic candidates to the November election. With this amount, the union is the...
25 October 2010
Great Britain: over one million storekeepers assaulted in one year
More threats and insults. The results of this survey are derived from 1,200 responses received from Usdaw members between July and September this year. In the past 12 months, 6% of shopworkers...
22 October 2010
Netherlands: unions call the government on the “post’s file”
The FNV, the Netherlands’ key union, asked an expert to carry out a study on the best way to achieve a “sustainable” postal market, combining quality service and decent working conditions, with...
22 October 2010
Portugal: social consultation breaks on the Employment Pact
Social tension. The UGT, usually quite accommodating because the government is quite close ideologically, has adopted a new attitude. This break in social dialog brings the union a little closer...
21 October 2010
Great Britain: Chancellor of the Exchequer sets out unprecedented austerity plan
Unprecedented rigor. These drastic cuts are going to affect public sector employees and suspend funding for many programs and government subsidies. For instance, for the Department for Business...
21 October 2010
Italy: final adoption of labor dispute reform
On October 19th, the Chamber of Deputies approved Act 1441 Quater (former 1167-B) which, among other provisions, reforms labor disputes. On March 31st, the President of the Republic sent the law...
21 October 2010
EU: telecom social partners publish good practices guidelines on mental health at work
Inventory. According to the European social partners in the telecommunications sector, 50 to 60% of absences from work are related to stress in the company. It seems that mental health is also...
21 October 2010
Great Britain: government won’t amend Agency Workers Regulations
Comply with the consensus. The British regulations that transpose the European directive on agency workers will come into force in October 2011. In a communiqué released on October 19th...
21 October 2010
Spain: close union relation at the Ministry of Labor
Unions were relieved by the announcement that Valeriano Gomez was the new Minister of Labor. He is succeeding Celestino Corbacho, who left after seeing through the controversial labor market...
20 October 2010
EU: MEPs vote for the extension of maternity leave to 20 weeks minimum
Vote. Up to the last minute, uncertainty hung over this key vote for the Parliament’s fall social agenda. British lobbies have been trying anything over the past few days to make sure the MEPs...
20 October 2010
Italy: UniCredit signs unitary agreement with unions on its restructuring program 2010-2013
After six days of non-stop bargaining, UniCredit’s union delegations – Fabi, Fiba-Cisl, Fisac-CGIL, Silcea, Sinfub, UGL Crédito, Uilca-Uil – signed, on Monday, October 18th, at dawn, a unitary...
20 October 2010
Denmark: 360° study on the situation of union representatives in the 21st century
The Faos’ researchers surveyed nearly 11,000 representatives (including over 3,000 safety representatives), 1,475 “colleagues” (including 1,169 LO members, 164 members of “yellow unions” and 142...
20 October 2010
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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...
31 October 2025
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
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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France: Decathlon introduces a ‘duty to respect others’ right to disconnect’
A right-to-disconnect agreement was signed in late September for the French arm of the Decathlon sports retail group. It sets out a "duty to respect others’ right to disconnect" and provides...
14 November 2025
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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...
30 October 2025
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Romania: collective agreement extended to entire insurance sector
On 3 November, Romania’s National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue approved the extension of the collective labour agreement signed on 23 May by the Confederation of Employers in the...
10 November 2025
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Italy: new collective agreement for managers in tertiary sector
On 5 November, the ManagerItalia union and the employers’ association Confcommercio renewed the collective agreement for managers in Italy’s tertiary, distribution and services...
12 November 2025
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Germany: legal battle at Tesla ahead of works council election
The Frankfurt/Oder labour court has postponed a mid-November hearing in the case between the IG Metall union and Michaela Schmitz, employee representative and head of the works council at the...
28 October 2025