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Myanmar: introduces a minimum wage
Under pressure from both unions and abroad, the Myanmar government has decided to put the long awaited and reclaimed minimum wage in place. The garment and textile sector employing almost 200,000...
2 September 2015
Great Britain: another jump in the number of zero-hours contracts
The number of people in Great Britain employed on zero-hours contracts has risen by almost 20% over a year.
2 September 2015
Italy: agreement for maintaining temporary worker positions at the Melfi Fiat Chrysler Automobile plant
Temporary employment agencies that supply the Fiat Chrysler Automobile (FCA) plant at Melfi together with the unions have come to an agreement over continuing employing temporary staff. It...
2 September 2015
ABN AMRO : global framework agreement with UNI Global Union signed
The banking sector, currently lagging behind other sectors in terms of transnational collective bargaining, looks to be catching up. The Dutch bank is the most recent and The Netherlands first...
2 September 2015
Great Britain: Cameron waters down renegotiation stance with the EU
Up until now British PM David Cameron has favored a total opt-out from European work directives. Recent press reports however indicate that he is willing to water this position down to only...
1 September 2015
India: general strike set for September 02 protesting against government labor reforms
Ten central union organizations have called for a general strike on September 02 to protest against current and future reforms by Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government. The strike action has...
1 September 2015
Denmark: the 3F union and the Dansk Erhverv Chamber of Commerce have launched a joint campaign to promote temporary work
Highlighting the advantages of temporary work, both the 3F union and Dansk Erhverv the Danish Chamber of Commerce (trade, tourism, business services, IT, welfare services and transportation) are...
1 September 2015
Belgium: government returns after summer break and sets to implement tax shift policies
At the end of July the Belgian government came to agreement over tax reforms to shift some of employees’ tax burden to other areas. The first arrangements for this were presented at the close of...
31 August 2015
United States: The National Labor Relations Board broadens the notion of joint employer
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), (a US government independent agency charged with regulating US labor relations) has just broadened the notion of ‘joint employer’ to extend to all...
31 August 2015
Great Britain: 4% pay rise for Sainsbury’s supermarket staff
Under pressure from campaigning efforts to raise low pay, Sainsbury’s, Britain’s number two supermarket chain, has raised most of its employees’ pay by 4%. This marks a surprise pay rise given...
31 August 2015
Randstad: a new European Works Council (under European Directive 2009/38/EC) replaces its former agreed voluntary structure
Since 1996 the Dutch multinational employment agency has operated under an agreed voluntary information and consultation structure (the Randstad European Platform). On 10 July 2015, together with...
29 July 2015
Belgium: the government starts shifting the tax burden from employment revenue towards a broader spectrum of revenue sources
“An engine for growth and employment,” is how Prime Minister Charles Michel presented the agreement on the 2015 budget adjustment and the 2016 draft budget that was concluded on the night of 22/23...
24 July 2015
Spain: Coca-Cola’s restructuring plan cancelled and company has to give workers back their jobs if they want
Following the court’s cancellation of Coca-Cola Spain’s redundancy plan the company is preparing to reopen its Madrid site as a logistics center whilst keeping its other three sites shut...
24 July 2015
United States : towards a 15$ minimum wage in New York’s fast-food industry
After almost two years of mobilization, a decision by local authorities on Wednesday will see fast–food workers in the State of New York earning a minimum wage of $15 an hour in 2021 (in 2018 of...
23 July 2015
Great Britain: Lloyds Bank Group derecognizes one of its founding trade unions amid intra-trade union discord
The Lloyds Bank Group is to derecognise its biggest union, the Lloyds Trade Union (LTU) that represents some 30,000 members in the group. This results from a breakdown in industrial relations with...
20 July 2015
Italy: Fim and Uilm present a common platform to renew the national metal sector collective agreement
On 16 July both management centers in Fim-Cisl and Uilm-Uil approved a common platform to renew the metal sector national collective agreement (from 2016-2018) that comes to expiry on 31 December...
20 July 2015
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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
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31 October 2025
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France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
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Germany: Volkswagen cancels almost all collective bargaining agreements signed with IG Metall
The Volkswagen brand announced on 30 September that it is terminating 10 of its 13 internal collective bargaining agreements, effective 31 December 2026. The announcement, which the carmaker...
1 October 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: Employers’ representatives seek to limit the rights of works councils
The Employers' Federation of German Employers' Associations (Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände - BDA) published a report at the end of September in which it proposes a...
8 October 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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Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026