National industrial relations

For the HR head, the European Social Agreement signed on 08 April by Isabelle Kocher and Gérard Mestrallet (see our article n°8597), must, first and foremost, give employees confidence in the...

13 April 2016

Finland: 300 collective agreements to be signed before the end of May

On 29 February, union and employers agreed on a competitiveness pact (c.f. article No.9526) in a bid to boost Finland’s competitiveness. This government approved agreement served to calm tensions...

12 April 2016

ENGIE: signature of a European Agreement to safeguard workers’ employability as the group undergoes its business transformation

On 08 April, the energy group together with three European union federations - IndustriALL Europe, EPSU (European Public Services Union and the EFBW (European Federation of Building and...

11 April 2016

ENGIE: interview with Sylvain Lefebvre, IndustriALL Europe Deputy General Secretary, negotiator of the European Labour Relations Agreement

On 08 April the French energy group together with three European union federations (IndustriALL Europe, EPSU, and EFBW) concluded a "European Labour Relations Agreement" that focused on...

11 April 2016

Belgium: government agreement over budget and reforms to working time

The government’s 2016 budget was presented on Saturday 09 April under the heading ‘a responsible budget in line with European commitments’ and marks a step on the road to improving the structural...

11 April 2016

Argentina: national banking strike after sector agreement negotiations get stuck

Argentina’s joint banking sector negotiations have hit their first snag. Following weeks of efficient negotiations, which have confirmed the short-term wage rise model, (c.f. article No. 9545 and...

11 April 2016

General Electric: European mobilisation effort to keep jobs and protest deindustrialization

On 08 April, the European union federation, IndustriALL Europe, coordinated its trade union bodies with membership within General Electric to undertake a European Action Day taking place...

8 April 2016

Renault: interview with Tristan Lormeau, Corporate HR Director, on the new Group Works Council agreement

On 24 March, the French auto manufacturer together with a special negotiation body (SNB) signed a new Group Works Council agreement. “It was a question of providing our agreement with a stable...

7 April 2016

Norway: an agreement struck for an industry weathering the oil crisis

It’s a question of managing the situation until the oil crisis comes to a close and this is underlying the main reason for the employers’ body, the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise NHO...

7 April 2016

European works council: the European Trade Union Institute renewed its EWC portal

Thus an opportune moment to turn the spotlight back on a database of European Works Council agreements as well as other pertinent information kept by European Trade Union Institute (ETUI), which...

7 April 2016

Austria: the banking sector negotiates a 1.24% wage rise and the setting up of a ‘labor foundation’

In Vienna, on 29 March, Austria’s banking sector’s social partners fourth meeting came to a close with the partners managing to find a compromise over renewing the sector’s collective agreement...

6 April 2016

Great Britain: towards measures facilitating social mobility in the workplace

David Cameron’s government and the country’s major employers are to create the first ever national measures that can quantify and encourage social mobility within companies.

4 April 2016

Sweden: following an agreement for 600,000 industry workers other sectors conclude their own negotiations

Nothing was guaranteed in advance, as not since 1997 had negotiation positions been so far apart. Thus an agreement was signed by the industry employers’ organizations anxious to avoid the...

4 April 2016

Italy: towards the first ever application of social clauses during a transition of business process for call centers

An agreement struck on 23 March in Italy’s Basilicate region between the unions, Telecom Italia, and the call centers that have won the region’s call center market is being hailed by unions as a...

4 April 2016

Italy: the general council of Italy’s primary employers’ confederation, Confindustria, designates its new president

On 31 March, the general council of the employers’ confederation, Confindustria, designated Vincenzo Boccia to succeed Giorgio Squinzi as its head. 100 out of 192 votes were cast in his favor (198...

1 April 2016

Renault: agreement over new competitiveness plan at Valladolid

Unions announced they struck an agreement in principle over the new ‘Competitiveness and employment agreement’, which guarantees both an increase in industrial activity at the Valladolid and...

1 April 2016

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