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Latin America: undeclared labor, an endemic that worsened with the crisis
According to the International Labor Organization (ILO), over 46% of the labor market in Latin America corresponds to undeclared labor. No a single country defies this problem. The Columbian...
28 April 2010
Denmark: 3F and TIB prepare merger for 2011
In 2004 already, when 3F (Fagligt Fælles Forbund) was born from the merger between the General Union of Danish Workers (SiD) and the Women Workers’ Union (KAD), the negotiations included the TIB...
28 April 2010
Netherlands: collective agreements contain more and more provisions on flexible working hours and telework
A report published on April 23rd by the Department for Labor and Social Affairs shows that the possibilities of working from home are booming as part of collective agreements. From only 6% in...
28 April 2010
Corporate Practices: Investor AB to promote women’s careers at all levels, including boards
Pro-active policy to recruit women. “This is a key issue. Something must be done to improve, in the end, the number of female leaders” declared Investor AB’s VP, Börje Ekholm, in 2006. This...
27 April 2010
International: commitment in favor of well-being at work and the universal right to health
ervatory (OSI) recently published a “commitment in favor of well-being at work and the universal right to health.” This document has already been signed by a dozen businesses and trade...
27 April 2010
Germany: the IG-Metall starts reforming its structures and covets green industries
New decline in members and income. In 2009, the crisis didn’t spare the size and finances of the largest union in Germany. While, at the beginning of last year, the IG-Metall proudly announced...
27 April 2010
Italy: 13th Congress of the CGIL’s trade, tourism and services federation, Filcams, on the theme of a “bearable future”
“A bearable future in the service sector” was the title of the 13th congress of the Filcams-CGIL organized in Riccione on April 19-21. The 722 representatives elected the 187 members of the new...
26 April 2010
Portugal: nearly twenty sectoral strikes over the next three days
Transportation. Drivers at the CP – Portuguese railways – are the first to down tools for three days. The train drivers union (SMAQ) called for a partial strike (5-10 am) affecting about on in...
26 April 2010
Great Britain: unions support the Labour with little positive enthusiasm and more out of fear that the Tories will come back
The need to do so to protect their members’ interests is clearly paramount after the deepest recession with its detrimental effect on wages and jobs, the huge national debt to bailout the banks...
26 April 2010
EU: national provisions depriving employees on parental leave from the rights to leave they acquired before they left are contrary to Community law
The European Court of Justice interpreted Austrian national provisions in the light of three framework agreements negotiated by the European social partners: parental leave, part-time work and...
26 April 2010
Germany: marked decline in the number of strikers in 2009
More and more conflicts at company level. According to the WSI, the marked decline in the number of strikers in 2009 mostly comes from the fact that some key sectors, such as metal, already signed...
26 April 2010
Netherlands: after the success of their nine-week strike, cleaning agents went from the status of vulnerable workers to visible and organized workers
1,100 agents on strike and discernible chaos. This was the toughest social conflict in the Netherlands since 1933 – garbage piled up in train stations, at the Schiphol airport and at some...
26 April 2010
Italy: unions are ready to talk about Fiat’s industrial program
“We’re asking Italian unions to acknowledge what a great opportunity we’re offering” said Fiat’s managing director, Sergio Marchionne, when presenting the group’s industrial program 2010-2014 on...
23 April 2010
Netherlands: employers demand layoff reform and mobility bonus for seniors
When presenting, on April 22nd, its view of the country’s future, the VNO-NCW announced that it wanted a new agreement with unions and the government that will come out of the legislative...
23 April 2010
Lidl: the German discounter was sentenced for wrongly pretending that its foreign subcontractors respected “fair trade rules”
After making tongues wag because of its “antiunion” policy and because it spied on its employees, the German discounter is trying to restore its image among its clientele. Against all odds, it...
Czech Republic: pension system declared unconstitutional for failing to guarantee reasonable material comfort for high wages
The case was decided on the basis of a petition of a physically handicapped person, who sued the Czech Republic for the amount of his pension, very low compared to his earnings. In the given case...
23 April 2010
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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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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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Italy: artificial Intelligence on the menu of Barilla’s new company agreement
Prior consultation with trade unions on innovations related to artificial intelligence, strengthened training, and progress on parenthood: these are the main new features of the agreement signed...
2 September 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: a high-tension start to the social and political year
The German government must finalize its major reforms (pension funding, corporate competitiveness, and labor law) while the chancellor’s popularity hits an all-time low and three regional...
26 August 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Sweden: IF Metall union forced to end industrial dispute with Tesla
The news. After three years of conflict, the Swedish union IF Metall announced it would suspend its strike actions against Tesla starting Wednesday, August 19, after the American automaker...
26 August 2026