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Germany: IG Metall and IG BCE unions comfort their positions at works councils elections
On April 24, the IG-Metall metalworkers’ union and the IG BCE chemistry union presented an interim report of the elections for the works councils’ representatives, which started on March 1...
24 April 2014
United States: UAW gives up fighting at Volkswagen’s Tennessee site
The United Auto Workers’ union has permanently given up the fight at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant. The union claims the limitations of American labor law are making it useless to launch a...
22 April 2014
Great Britain: more unrest in the construction industry, this time coming from bogus self-employed workers employed by labour agencies
Some 200,000 construction workers are believed to be employed on bogus self-employment contracts through labour agencies. Following a measure toughening controls over bogus self-employment by the...
18 April 2014
Brazil: CUT signs first national company agreement in the metal industry
The first company agreement of national coverage in the Brazilian metal industry was signed on April 16 by the metalworkers’ union (CNM), affiliated with the Unified Workers' Central (CUT), the...
18 April 2014
Brazil: three orange juice majors sentenced to pay €36.7 million for subcontracting fraud
On March 31, three orange juice majors were sentenced to pay a fine amounting to BRL 110 million (€36.7m) for subcontracting fraud. In addition to Cutrale and Fischer, two Brazilian companies...
17 April 2014
Luxembourg: temporary work agreements renewed
On March 28, the social partners in Luxembourg’s temporary work industry renewed two collective agreements: that on agency workers and that on permanent employees in temporary work agencies. The...
17 April 2014
United States: United Auto Workers reach beyond the auto sphere
The United Auto Workers (UAW) managed to increase their membership. They completed 2013 with 391,415 members, i.e. 9,000 more than in 2012 and nearly 15,000 more than in 2010. Why this upsurge? ...
17 April 2014
Austria: tight negotiations around the daily working time reform
In their government agreement negotiated after the national election at the end of 2013, the parties of the coalition in power in Vienna have decided to implement a major working time reform. Its...
16 April 2014
Germany: because of the constant erosion of apprenticeship, all parties question the passion for the university path
According to the 2014 report on vocational training presented last week, the vocational training system is still eroding. In 2013, 33,500 places remained vacant and 83,000 youngsters looking for...
15 April 2014
Germany: ‘partial’ vocational training, a challenge with a brilliant future ahead
In the dual training world, a new trend is taking shape: ‘partial’ training. The idea is to offer ‘lighter’ training (1-3 years) than traditional work-study training, based on funding from the...
14 April 2014
Denmark: government reforms international recruitment regulations to attract highly skilled professionals
On April 10, the government presented its draft reform of international recruitment aiming to strengthen the country’s attractiveness and Danish businesses’ competitiveness, by making it easier to...
14 April 2014
Great Britain: overview of recently negotiated wage increases
According to pay analysts, after rising from 2 to 2.5%, the median pay settlement remains at this level, while inflation remained at 2.8%. In spite of the union campaign organized by the TUC to...
14 April 2014
Japan: employment market and ageing society
According to the latest statistics released by the authorities, Japan is still the country that employs the most seniors. As the government keeps increasing retirement age, a lot of businesses...
10 April 2014
FerroAtlantica: new agreement introducing a European Works Council
FerroAtlantica, whose headquarters are in Spain, operates in the field of electrometallurgy, energy, mining and photovoltaic solar power. The group has production centers in Spain, France...
10 April 2014
Teleste Group: establishment of an EWC
On March 4, the Finnish company specialized in broadband video and data communication systems and services, Teleste Group, signed an agreement establishing a European Works Council. An example...
10 April 2014
Great-Britain: HR managers encouraged to check senior workers’ CVs to avoid degree fraud
According to the UK’s fraud prevention services (CIFAS), reported cases of applications containing fake information went up by 70 percent in 2013. HR associations are calling on HR managers to...
9 April 2014
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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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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