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Argentina: bill on telework about to be completed
Legal framework for telework. The Argentinean Parliament is shortly going to receive a bill on the regulation of telework, a system which has gained many followers in this country over the years...
23 March 2010
Finland: end of the dockers’ strike after two weeks of a conflict illustrating the general decline of social dialog in the country
The agreement, which hasn’t been officially published, was officially accepted by all the parties on Friday, march 19, thus putting an end to the blockade of harbors which paralyzed part of the...
23 March 2010
Portugal: social discontent in the public sector
Social movement. Several strikes or partial walkouts will punctuate the end of March in Portuguese public firms. Urban transportation (Lisbon) and rail transport gave the go of a late march...
23 March 2010
United States: health care reform passed
President Barack Obama should soon sign the health care reform after over 50 years of prevarication. Indeed, the House Representatives voted (219 for, 212 against) the text adopted by the Senate...
22 March 2010
Netherlands: fines in the offing for businesses appealing to child labor
At the request of the small Christian orthodox party, Christen Unie, sanctions against businesses appealing to child labor are going to be tougher. It is no longer simply a question of withdrawing...
Italy: rubber and plastic social partners renew national collective agreement via unitary agreement
In spite of three separate platforms, the Filcem-CGIL, Femca-Cisl and Uilcem-Uil unions and the Federazione Gomma Plastica and Associazione Italiana Ricostruzione Pneumatici (AIRP) employers’...
22 March 2010
EU: textile social partners launches project to help implement REACH
Sectoral level. The project developed by Euratex (European textile employers) and its union counterpart, the European Trade Union Federation Textiles, Clothing and Leather (FSE THC), is going to...
22 March 2010
Austria: new minimum integration allowance stirs up debate on increasing minimum wage to 1,300 euros
Minimum wage with a door to employment. After months of uncertainty regarding the conditions for its application, the flagship reform of the SPÖ (social democrats), the party of the Austrian...
22 March 2010
Slovenia: details of the wage agreement in the metal and electronic sectors
Since employers’ representatives – the Association of Slovenian Employers, ZDS and the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, GSZ – refused to discuss a substantial increase of sectoral minimum wage...
19 March 2010
EU: parental leave directive published in the official journal
This directive gives force of law to the agreement signed by the European social partners (UEAPME, BusinessEurope, CEEP for employers and ETUC for unions) on June 18, 2009, revising their former...
19 March 2010
Germany: rail unions demand a 6% increase, a pact on job security and sectoral minimum wage
Real increase and demographic ageing. Transnet and GDBA (more focused on employees who kept their civil servant status), who have been handling collective bargaining together since 2005...
18 March 2010
Great Britain: five new National Skills Academies for sectors with a high potential
18 academies. These new structures add up to the 13 academies present since 2006. These five new academies aim to attract more than 300,000 learners to training programs over the next four years...
18 March 2010
Denmark: recent collective agreements strengthen the Danish model
The economic crisis, the decline in union membership and the development of social dumping were the key three factors which pressured unions into agreeing on a “balanced compromise.” Thus...
18 March 2010
EU: European Commission to launch an initiative on the posting directive within a year
An initiative within a year. “We will not promote worker mobility or economic freedoms when they are used deliberately to downgrade working conditions” declared the Commissioner declared during a...
18 March 2010
Great Britain: the conflict between British Airways and Unite could spread to the US
A conflict without borders. British Airways passengers could endure disruptions on both sides of the Atlantic, after the leader of the powerful American union, Teamsters, James P. Hoffa, confirmed...
17 March 2010
Germany: fixed-term contracts soaring
Youth, foreigners and women mostly affected. According to the Statistics Office of Wiesbaden (which doesn’t differentiate fixed-term contracts with a particular reason and those without), the...
17 March 2010
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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
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
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EU: Commission launches consultation with social partners on quality jobs
On 4 December, the European Commission launched the first phase of consultation with social partners with a view to a European directive on jobs, which is scheduled for the end of 2026. It could...
4 December 2025
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United Kingdom: government scraps plan to introduce ‘day one’ protection against unfair dismissal
The UK government announced on 27 November, in a statement, that it would not be introducing the right to challenge unfair dismissal (without cause) from the first day of employment in its...
3 December 2025
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Poland: bill adopted to amend definition of psychological harassment
On 27 November, the Polish cabinet adopted a draft amendment to the labour code aimed at simplifying the definition of psychological harassment at work, or “mobbing” (Article 94 3)...
4 December 2025
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EU: MEPs demand directive on algorithmic management
Members of the European Parliament have called for a directive on algorithmic management. Such legislation would introduce obligations for companies to inform employees, assess health and safety...
17 December 2025
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United Kingdom: Parliament finally passes Employment Rights Bill
The UK Labour government's flagship reform of employment rights was passed by both houses on 16 December after a turbulent parliamentary process. The bill introduces numerous changes to labour...
18 December 2025
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France: minimum wage to rise by 1.18% on 1 January
On 12 December, the French government announced a 1.18% increase in the minimum wage, taking effect on 1 January 2026. The pay level will rise from €1,802 to €1,823 gross per month (for...
16 December 2025