After 14 meetings, negotiators for the Ver.Di union, the H&M central Works Council, and H&M Deutschland’s management secured a collective agreement on digitalization for the company, covering the 14,300 German employees of the clothing chain. It is the first agreement of its kind in the country’s retail clothing sector. “This agreement expands the participation rights of the central Works Council and creates a digitalisation committee comprising representatives of both Ver.Di and H&M, which can
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As a Berlin correspondent for the French and Swiss press since the late 1990s, I cover a wide range of economic, political and social issues, with a particular focus on the German business and labour market. My areas of interest include co-determination, digitalisation, demographics and ESG/DEI policies.