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United States: former French workers at Samsonite’s Henin Beaumont plant to refile case against Bain Capital investment fund
On March 5, the regional court of appeal (First Circuit) will hear the lawyers of former workers at Samsonite’s Henin Beaumont plant (north of France) about the admissibility of their action...
4 March 2014
Denmark: agreements in the construction, industrial cleaning and graphical industries but deadlock in finance
In the past few days, several collective agreements were signed, notably in construction industrial cleaning and graphics. This boost comes from the fact that most existing collective agreements...
4 March 2014
Two new articles on industrial relations foreign systems added to our Resource center
In addition to the interview of Avital Shapira-Shabirow, Director of the International Department of the Israeli trade union Histadrut, presenting the industrial relations system in her country...
3 March 2014
Israel: introduction to industrial relations
Avital Shapira-Shabirow, Director of the International Department of the Israeli trade union Histadrut, answers the questions of Planet Labour about the employee involvement system and the place...
3 March 2014
Schneider Electric: talks to become European Company (SE) launched
Last December, the management of the electric components manufacturing announced that it wanted to become a European company (SE) by May. The special negotiating committee set up to negotiate the...
28 February 2014
Great Britain: conservatives want to limit the right to strike
As the legislative election is coming near, the Conservatives announced that they were working on reforming the right to strike, which they are hoping to limit in order to avoid social movements...
28 February 2014
Denmark: agreement renews transport framework collective agreement
Dansk Industri (DI) and 3F’s Transportgruppe signed, on February 26, an agreement renewing the joint collective agreement (fællesoverenskomsten) for storekeepers, drivers and dockworkers. ...
28 February 2014
Switzerland: social partners at La Poste Suisse SA maintain single framework agreement on working and pay conditions for all group undertakings
For statutory reasons, because Poste Suisse became a corporation of public law in July 2013, the social partners had to renegotiate the collective labor agreement (CCT) that supervises working...
27 February 2014
Great Britain: in spite of the crisis, Low Pay Commission recommends moderate minimum wage increase
The Low Pay Commission has just suggested that the government increase minimum wage by 3 percent, the highest rate since the crisis. Some unions view it as an insult but employers are reassured –...
27 February 2014
Canada: wage increases averaged 1.4 percent in 2013 (2.2 percent in the private sector)
The Canadian Ministry of Labor reported the major collective agreements in Canada for 2013 which produced an average wage increase of 1.4 percent, compared to the 1.7 percent increase in 2012 and...
26 February 2014
Italy: Matteo Renzi’s government to do labor market reform at once
The youngest President of the Council in the history of Italy, Matteo Renzi, 39, won the vote of confidence from the Chamber of Deputies (378 in favor to 220 against) after winning the Senate over...
26 February 2014
Finland: first ruling recognizes the validity of a collective agreement negotiated by a yellow union
On January 31, the Helsinki Court of First Instance pronounced a verdict in favor of a company handing out flyers and free newspapers, which applied a collective agreement signed with a union...
26 February 2014
Germany: Labor Minister Andrea Nahles launches vast consultation of the social partners about the introduction of statutory minimum wage
After getting, at the end of January, the government to adopt her first highly-controversial bill on the pension reform, Andrea Nahles, SPD Minister for Employment and Social Affairs, is now...
25 February 2014
Spain: gender equality, the victim of the crisis and labor law reform
Seven years after the Equality Act came into force, forcing businesses to implement gender equality measures, representatives from the CCOO and UGT unions are observing difficulties in the field...
24 February 2014
Australia: Rio Tinto signs landmark agreement with AWU union
After several years of conflict, Rio Tinto and the Australian Workers’ Union reached a landmark agreement following a request made by employees. The deal aims to maintain job security to the...
24 February 2014
Italy: Alitalia and unions sign agreement to manage ‘surplus’ staff
Alitalia and the Filt-CGIL, Fit-Cisl, Uiltrasporti and UGLtrasporti unions signed an agreement on the management of the 1,900 ‘surplus’ workers listed by the group. The solution chosen to avoid...
21 February 2014
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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
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
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Oliver Dietrich (IG Metall): “The advent of AI can be a means of deepening social partnership within companies”
In Germany, trade unions want to influence how AI is deployed in companies. Oliver Dietrich is an AI project manager at the regional office of the IG Metall trade union in North Rhine-Westphalia...
21 January 2026
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EU: social partners split over competitiveness and action on job quality
The European Trade Union Confederation and BusinessEurope have published their response to the consultation document on the European Commission's upcoming EU quality jobs initiative. The two...
4 February 2026
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Germany: collective bargaining negotiations begin in chemical industry
Collective bargaining talks in Germany’s chemical and pharmaceutical industries are due to open this week, covering nearly 580,000 employees across around 1,700 companies. With the sector facing...
3 February 2026
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Italy: new generational renewal agreement penned at UniCredit
The agreement signed on 30 December by UniCredit, Italy’s second-largest banking group, with the Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca and Unisin trade unions aims to continue generational...
15 January 2026
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France: social partner talks extend far beyond contractual terminations
After a false start on 3 December, French social partners resumed talks on 7 January 2026 on potential changes to the unemployment insurance agreement, including the rules governing compensation...
12 January 2026
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EU: banking sector social partners commit to combating violence and harassment
On 15 January, the trade union federation UNI Europa Finance and three employers’ associations in the banking sector signed a joint statement on preventing violence and harassment in the...
16 January 2026