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Sweden: new collective agreement makes call centers more ethical
n trade union and Almega employers’ federation signed a collective agreement. Launched in 2008, the negotiations were aimed at cleaning up the call-center sector. The agreement should put an...
28 July 2009
EU: the new regulation to coordinate social security systems to be applied soon
uncil of Ministers approved the text applying Regulation No. 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems. This permanent adoption allows the new rules which govern the rights to social...
27 July 2009
Brazil: “wage campaign” for metalworkers and banking employees launched
s opened annual wage negotiations. On July 23, they celebrated the beginning of the “wage campaign” expressing their claims on a real wage increase assorted with working time...
27 July 2009
Italy: Telecom Italia signs agreement with unions avoiding layoffs via solidarity contracts
Telecom Italia signed with the sector’s unions and thanks to the Minister of Labor who acted as a mediator, an agreement which avoids the 470 layoffs announced in May, via the adoption of...
27 July 2009
Germany: IG-Metall demands employee participation in the capital of the future Volkswagen-Porsche
ve in and Volkswagen gradually took over auto activities, Berthold Huber, leader of the IG-Metall, and the two formerly rival chairmen of Porsche and VW’s works councils displayed unity. At...
27 July 2009
Hungary: two exceptions to the Labor Code for temporary work declared unconstitutional
ne 2009, the Constitutional Court of Hungary declared that the provision of the Labor Code which provides that the protection against the termination of the labor contract in case of sick leave...
24 July 2009
Latin America: businesses have growing difficulties recruiting skilled employees
top of the list drawn by Manpower of countries with a shortage of skilled workforce. In spite of the increase in the number of jobseekers, employers still have vacancies because they can’t...
24 July 2009
Italy: the agreement on Fiat’s 2008 result bonus splits unions up again
€600 isn’t unanimous. Since the proposition to give €500 for the 2008 result bonus (as opposed to €1,096 last year) launched strikes, the management of the car manufacturer improved its offer on...
23 July 2009
Morocco: first bill on unemployment benefits in the history of Morocco isn’t convincing
yment for 6 months? This is unheard of in Morocco. However, unions remain skeptical about its scope and true application. Indeed, in most cases, employees in the private sectors aren’t even...
23 July 2009
Germany: around 425,000 scientists and engineers could be needed by 2020
tute (Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft), close to employers, and the Gesamtmetall steel employers’ federation published, on July 20, 2009, a study which shows that, in spite of the current...
23 July 2009
Netherlands: legal uncertainties on the possibility to force an employee to retire at 65
cation of the rules on layoffs at 65, age when the employer can force an employee to retire. Seniors who want to keep working went to court to object to this possibility for employers. Since some...
22 July 2009
Great Britain: Unite to consult members to launch a strike in construction
key trade union, announced that it was going to consult its 20,000 members in engineering and construction to launch a national strike after the summer. This is an answer to employers’...
22 July 2009
Austria: unions call forth referendum on the reform of the postal sector
Defend public service missions. A few days to the referendum he initiated, Manfred Wiedner, leader of the group of Christian unions within the GPF, is confident: “We receive 38,000 support...
22 July 2009
Austria: government wants to transfer 1,200 civil servants from the post and telecom to the police
Heinisch-Hosek, Austrian Minister of Public Service and Women, proposed transferring some of the civil servants from the Österreischiche Post and Telekom Austria to the police. The idea is...
22 July 2009
Italy: Cisl and Unitary Executives’ Confederation (CUQ) sign associative pact
ederation which, with its member organizations – Anqui, Confederquadri, Federquadri, Italquadri and Sinfub -gathers almost 100,000 “white-collars” in the trade industry...
21 July 2009
Sweden: the young increasingly question unions’ all-might in determining wages
d political parties debated the worrying unemployment rate of young people during the traditional “Almedalen week” in Gotland on June 28-July 4, 2009, a study reveals that young...
21 July 2009
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France: Medef puts forward proposals to improve management quality
On 31 August, Medef, French main employers' organisation, published a practical guide to managerial skills, which it considers to be a driver of economic performance for businesses. Concerned by...
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On 22 September, the French Ministry of Labour presented a plan named Impulsion IA 2027 aimed at accelerating the adoption of AI by companies and employees. It contains 12 measures applicable from...
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Germany: AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt raises concerns over labour supply and workplace cohesion
The rise of Germany’s far-right AfD, which could soon gain influence over migration policy in Saxony-Anhalt and, following elections on September 20, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as well, is...
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Netherlands: towards a ban on housing cost deductions from migrant workers’ wages
The news. On September 10, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment Hans Vijlbrief (centre-left) sent a letter to the House of Representatives, stating that he intends to prohibit employers...
14 September 2026
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UE: Commission proposes measures to facilitate “fair” worker mobility across the Union
The info. On 15 September, the European Commission adopted a series of measures aimed at encouraging “fair” worker mobility within the EU. It wants to remove the administrative...
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