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Germany: the slowdown in apprenticeships continues
During her presentation of the 2015 Vocational Training report in Berlin, the Minister for Education and Research, Johanna Wanka indicated that the apprenticeship market for youths was in slightly...
15 April 2015
Great-Britain : both main political parties (Conservatives, Labour) publish their full election manifestos
The Conservative and Labour parties have now published their full manifestos for fighting the 7 May general election on. These contain a host of measures on work, employment and industrial...
14 April 2015
Spain: national agreement signed for the hospitality sector
Unions in Spain’s hospitality sector, the CCOO-Servicios and UGT-SMC as well as the employers’ bodies CEHAT and FEHR have ratified their fifth national framework agreement for the hospitality...
14 April 2015
Dassault Systèmes: signature of an agreement on employee involvement in the European company (SE)
On April 10 the French software company specializing in 3D software design together with an expressly designated SNB signed an agreement on employee involvement in the future SE. The highly...
13 April 2015
United States: biggest ever mass rally demanding a generalized rise in low wages is set for April 15 (4/15)
The ‘Fight for $15’ movement focuses primarily on achieving a general rise in the lowest salaries to fifteen dollars (compared with the federal minimum of 7.25$). However the movement’s scope is...
10 April 2015
Brazil: a general strike in protest at the ‘outsourcing’ bill is set for April 15
Brazil’s main trade union center, CUT (La Central Unica dos Trabalhadores, Unified Workers' Central) has called for a general strike on April 15. This call comes after the House of Representatives...
10 April 2015
Germany: 100 days in and the country’s minimum wage has not caused the damage that some quarters had feared
Germany’s newly implemented minimum wage will pass the 100-day mark on April 10 2015. First reports for one of the country’s most debated reforms show that the economic catastrophe predicted by...
9 April 2015
Great Britain: Kone workers strike over use of ‘unreliable’ vehicle tracker device
About 300 engineering service workers at Kone (installation and maintenance of lifts, escalators, moving walkways/autowalks, doors, and loading bay areas) have begun a fourteen week program of...
9 April 2015
Italy: April promises to be a troubled month in the social arena
Employees in the tourism sector as well as those working in Telecom Italia and not forgetting those who work in the private Rail Company NTV are expected to mobilize this month making for a tense...
7 April 2015
Italy: collective agreement renewals becoming increasingly difficult
By the end of January more than 7 million Italian workers including 2.9 million in the public sector had been nervously waiting for the renewal of their collective agreements and their company...
7 April 2015
Safran: new European framework agreement for developing skills and career paths uploaded
The agreement (see our article 8988) is now available on our website.
2 April 2015
Russia: AvtoVAZ offers mutual contract termination for employees close to retirement
The number one automobile manufacturer in Russia, Avtovaz — a subsidiary of Renault-Nissan —, is offering compensation to older employees to encourage them to retire or take early retirement. This...
2 April 2015
Italy: last-minute agreement on renewal of national collective agreement in the banking sector
A gross monthly increase of 85 euros over 4 years, an 8% wage increase for young workers employed, a guarantee that if a bank merges or is sold, the employees concerned will keep their permanent...
2 April 2015
Norway: pragmatic wage negotiations
“We’ve won”, claimed Skogen Lund, president of NHO (the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise) and Gerd Kristiansen, president of LO (the Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions) at the conclusion...
1 April 2015
Japan: big businesses deliver record wage rises
Toyota Motor Corp., the country’s industry leader in terms of this Spring’s (Shunto) wage negotiations has agreed with its trade union a 4000¥ (31 €) rise in monthly wages, representing the...
1 April 2015
Italy: more flexibility in return for higher wages contained in the for the services sector agreement (excl. tourism)
On March 30 and after a year of negotiations, the employers’ General Confederation of Italian Commerce and Tourism confederation, Confcommercio, together with the unions signed Italy’s largest...
1 April 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