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Italy: CGIL proposal to change representation and union democracy rules
On January 15th, the CGIL’s steering committee approved the proposal entitled “Democracy and Representation.” Pointing out that “union freedom belongs to all workers and can’t become a variable...
19 January 2011
Great Britain: fathers at the center of the government’s draft reform of parental leave
Paternity leave was already extended. The regulations on additional paternity leave introduced by the last government and adopted in April 2010, considered as better than nothing, are still in...
18 January 2011
Morocco: EU-Morocco partnership struggles to bear fruit on social and labor rights
Initiating synergy between the Advanced Status and Euromed. This first meeting between the Euro-Mediterranean (Euromed) Moroccan network of NGOs and the equal Parliamentary committee for the...
17 January 2011
Electrolux: international framework agreement signed with Swedish metalworkers’ union, IF Metall
A framework agreement that recognizes the role unions play across the world. “This is highly satisfactory and we hope other businesses are going to follow this example” declared Stefan Löfven...
17 January 2011
Germany: new “historical” sectoral collective agreement in local rail traffic
End of wage dumping. With this sectoral agreement, adopted after months of particularly tricky negotiations (see our dispatch No. 100725), the new rail union, EVG (Eisenbahn – und...
17 January 2011
France: Directive 2009/38 on EWCs (recast) to be transposed via ordinance
The amendment added to the bill containing several provisions to make the law comply with EU law regarding health, labor and electronic communication, which has yet to be permanently adopted...
17 January 2011
Portugal: employers recommend temporary flexibility on labor laws
Temporary reform in times of a crisis. The CIP’s new management, which has recently took up its post, recommends a temporary reform of the Labor Code to revive the country’s economy. The point...
17 January 2011
Italy: 54% of Fiat Mirafiori employees approve the separate agreement on the plant’s future
The outcome of the referendum on the separate agreement for the reorganization of Fiat’s historical plant in Turin, Mirafiori, signed on December 23rd (see our dispatch No. 110001) by the...
17 January 2011
United States: CEOs of auto Big 3 want to link workers’ remuneration with the company’s performances
Big bosses in the American automotive industry are dreaming of a new form of remuneration, based on performance, for their plants’ unionized workers. Several mentioned the possibility to...
17 January 2011
Great Britain: government confirms abolition of default retirement age and publishes guide for employers
Removal. It is now certain: from April 6, 2011, only workers who receive compulsory retirement notice and whose retirement date is before October 1st can be let go. From October 1, 2011...
17 January 2011
Great Britain: Communication Workers’ Union (CWU) organises very active campaign to defeat the privatisation of Royal Mail
In parliament, it is using its sponsored MPs to lay down key amendments to highlight the effect privatisation will have in worsening standards of service for businesses and citizens as well as...
14 January 2011
Italy: the future of territorial social bargaining at the heart of the CGIL’s 2nd National Assembly of local structures
Social negotiation, the key to development. The union points out that, in 2010, territorial social bargaining was often the only way to combat the “new inequalities” and meet the needs of workers...
13 January 2011
Germany: unions declare war on abusive appeal to temporary work and are preparing the final attack to impose minimum wage by May 2011
War on precarious employment and for minimum wage. “We declare war on abusive appeal to interim, precarious employment and the development of low-wage sectors. It is high time we organized a new...
13 January 2011
Spain: Nissan Barcelona employs support productivity program negotiated to stay in the run to the award of new pick-up trucks
70% of Nissan Barcelona’s 2,900 employees, divided into two sites, that of Zona Franca (2,700 employees) and that of Montcada (200) voted in favor of the cost reduction measures proposed by the...
13 January 2011
Great Britain: the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and Jobcentre Plus join forces to help people back into work
Public-private partnership. REC (Recruitment and Employment Confederation) chief executive Kevin Green and Darra Singh, chief executive of Jobcentre Plus, signed, on January 11th, a memorandum of...
13 January 2011
Denmark: DA employers’ organization evaluates health in its 2010 labor market report
Social costs of diseases. DA counted that this increase in social beneficiaries because of illness – from 280,000 to 445,000 in 25 years – is costing society DKK 33 billion (over €4.4bn) in State...
13 January 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