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Sweden: threatened with union boycott, Accor Ticket Rikskuponger AB’s subsidiary is forced to negotiate a collective agreement
Effective boycott call. In the fall of 2009, the LO union confederation found out that 25 of its members weren’t covered by a collective agreement in the company where they worked, Ticket...
5 March 2010
Denmark: transport social partners renew national collective agreement
The social partners in the transport sector, 3F for unions and Dansk Industri (DI) for employers, signed an agreement for the renewal of the collective agreement. Affecting nearly 900 businesses...
4 March 2010
Great Britain: Asda supermarket chain to force supplies to give equal pay to their permanent and temporary staff
Unfairness leading to conflict. The Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) is planning to publish, in March, its first enquiry on discrimination within the supermarket supply chain in England...
4 March 2010
Companies: 5th Hewitt Associates report for the European Club for Human Resources shows gradual return to investment into human capital in 2010
Management of the crisis and post recession measures. Leonardo Sforza, head of EU affairs and research at Hewitt Associates and author of the study, thinks 2010 will be a transition year. He said...
4 March 2010
Morocco: call centers, haunted by turnover, are creating tools to keep their employees
Pay is a driving force. With 4,000-5,000 dirham when they start (€354-442.4) wages are already three times higher than local minimum wage. This is a godsend for young Moroccans looking for a first...
4 March 2010
Spain: CEOE leader lays draft labor market reforms on the table
Recruitment. To have it done with a segmented market, he proposes a new permanent contract with intermediary benefits. Before, employers often talked of 20 to 25 days instead of the current 45...
3 March 2010
EU: the European Commission presented its view of the EU’s strategy for 2020
Priorities. When presenting his draft strategy for 2020 early on Wednesday, March 3, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso didn’t conceal his anxiety regarding the current economic...
3 March 2010
Spain: agreement in chemistry to extend of one year the sectoral collective agreement and postponed the wage revision clause to the end of 2010
No renegotiation of the framework collective agreement in chemistry. The social partners in chemistry agreed that they wouldn’t open negotiations for a new collective agreement. The Federation of...
3 March 2010
Germany: focus on works councils elections
Elections that matter for employers as well. A crucial element for workers, the election of works councils (WCs) is also followed by employers across Germany. “For employers, these elections are...
3 March 2010
Venezuela: gradual 25% minimum wage increase after currency devaluation
On Monday, March 1, the decree establishing a partial 10% minimum wage increase in Venezuela was enforced. After the devaluation of the national currency, Bolívar, in January 2010, the Chavez...
3 March 2010
Finland: union mergers coming up in banking and rail transport
TU and Suora want to merge to create the largest trade union of executive and clerical staff. TU and Suora (finance, insurance, alcohol trade and games of chance employees) should merge. The two...
2 March 2010
Shoprite Checkers: the supermarket chain is the second African company to sign an international framework agreement
Growing company. Shoprite Checkers is a growing South African company. After Africa, Europe and India, the first African supermarket retailer wants to go to the other continents. The international...
2 March 2010
Italy: Alcoa signed an agreement with the government and unions and suspends planned restructurings in exchange for lower energy costs
After over four months of spectacular mobilization from Sardinian workers, the closure of Alcoa’s two Italian establishments – Portovesme (Sardinia) and Fusina (Venice) – was suspended for six...
2 March 2010
Spain: the war between employers’ leaders encourages metal employers to present its candidate for the presidency of the CEPYME, the confederation of SMEs
The election, in May, of the President of the Confederation of Small and Medium-Size Businesses (CEPYME), lets the personal conflicts between the leader of the CEOE and his counterpart from...
2 March 2010
Belgium: Carrefour’s restructuring revives the debate on the risk of social dumping coming with the multiplicity of joint committees in commerce
Carrefour Belgium’ restructuring program is sparking off controversy. The employees of the group’s 117 stores went on strike on February 27 to protest against the closure of 21 stores and the...
2 March 2010
Germany: tough compromise on the wage agreement for employees of the Federal State and Towns and their businesses
3-step wage increase. Reached after a conciliation procedure, the agreement provides for a first 1.2% wage increase on January 1, 2010, followed by a 0.6% wage increase on January 1, 2011 and 0.5%...
1 March 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