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Total: interview with Patrice Le Cloarec, Director of Social Relations, on the global CSR agreement the Group signed with IndustriALL Global Union
Patrice Le Cloarec discusses Total’s negotiated Global CSR agreement, signed on January 22, 2015, including the agreement’s main initiatives and the steps intended for their implementation.
17 February 2015
Great Britain: the GMB continues its strategy of organizing ‘precarious’ workers
Faced with a changing labour force landscape and businesses’ increasing recourse to ‘precarious” employment contracts the GMB General union has correspondingly modified its long-term organisation...
16 February 2015
Belgium: a united union front continues to put pressure on the government
Three employee unions are looking to put pressure on the government by organizing a major assembly for March 11, 2015 in Brussels. Even if the unions, with the exception of the socialist body the...
16 February 2015
Denmark: temporary work increasingly popular in the construction and industrial sectors
A study* by The Economic Council of the Labour Movement (ECLM), (Arbejderbevægelsens Erhvervsråd: AE)** for the National Union of Commercial and Clerical Employees (HK) on developments in the use...
13 February 2015
International: IndustriALL Global Union defines new guidelines for future Global Framework Agreements
“IndustriALL Global Union has raised the standards for global framework agreements (GFAs) to better protect trade union and worker rights at all stages of a multinational company’s operations...
12 February 2015
Romania: the minimum wage to go up twice in 2015
On January 01, 2015 the minimum wage in Romania rose by 17 euros and will rise by a further 17 euros on June 01, 2015. These increases come at a time of favorable economic growth. GDP for 2014 is...
12 February 2015
Germany: the ver.di union commences hostilities as Deutsche Post looks to cut wages via setting up new entities
On February 10, 2015 the United Services Union (ver.di) denounced the current agreement on working time signed with Deutsche Post, which expires at the end of March 2015 (and the general...
12 February 2015
ASEAN: Thailand’s initiative to establish a common set of standards for labor rights
At a time when the ASEAN group of nations is looking to put an economic area in place by the end of 2015, the Thai government has designed a draft ASEAN agreement on the promotion and protection...
11 February 2015
Germany: unexpected problems in the transport sector over the minimum wage law that was designed to combat social dumping
Designed to combat social dumping and low wage, several provisions in Germany’s new minimum wage law are posing serious administrative problems for businesses and industries where, whether it be...
11 February 2015
China: the minimum wage is rising sharply in Shenzhen
Whilst the current public sector pension reforms are leading to overall salary rises in China’s administrative units, the city of Shenzhen, symbol for the ‘workshop of the world’ is also raising...
11 February 2015
Spain: the social partners to resolve the issue of reinstating the ‘ultraactividad’ (extension of validity of collective agreements beyond their expiry date) during the next inter-professional negotiations
Unions and business leaders are set to resolve an issue over the obligation or not to maintaining the working conditions set out in collective agreements beyond their expiry date and for the...
11 February 2015
Italy: social partners in the wood and furniture union have developed a code of conduct to combat harassment at work
The social partners in the wood and furniture sector have concluded a protocol on a code of conduct to combat sexual and moral harassment at work. This is the first such agreement in Italy at...
10 February 2015
Great Britain: UCATT the construction union tries out a training and skills partnership project with a Scottish company
The UCATT construction union has announced a new training partnership with a Motherwell-based window making company, Walker Profiles, and heralded it as a ‘unique’ partnership, which ensures that...
10 February 2015
Great Britain: first steps in a massive claim from zero-hours contract workers
More than 300 employees on zero-hours employment contract at the British sports outlet Sports Direct are ready to go to court against the retail group for non-payment of bonuses received by other...
6 February 2015
Denmark: unions are rolling out the heavy guns against Ryanair
Flights on March 26 from Ryanair’s new Copenhagen route risk being grounded. The Irish airline has refused to sign a collective agreement with the National Union of Service Employees...
6 February 2015
Luxemburg: the social partners and government together fixed an action plan for the upcoming months
On November 28, the Luxemburg government signed an agreement with the OGBL, LGCB and CGFP union organizations. Then on January 14 the government signed a second agreement, this time with the...
5 February 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
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
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