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Benelux: social summit on the fight against social dumping
The Benelux social summit took place of February 13 and gathered the Prime Ministers and Ministers of Labor and/or Social Affairs of Luxembourg, Belgium and the Netherlands. This meeting was...
18 February 2014
Germany: EON signs collective agreement on pay and early retirement
On February 14, the IG BCE and Verdi unions as well as the negotiators for the two regional employers’ organizations (AVE and AGV Bayern) presented the outline of a collective agreement on pay and...
18 February 2014
Italy: Enel and unions sign framework agreement to try a new work-study program
On February 13, Enel Group and the Filctem-CGIL, Flaei-Cisl and Uiltec-Uil unions signed a groundbreaking agreement to try, for the first time in Italy, work-study training in upper second...
17 February 2014
Ireland: joint labor committees – which negotiate sectoral agreements – are reestablished and redefined
Richard Burton, the Irish Minister for Enterprise and Jobs, has signed several orders on the subject of Joint Labor Committees. Two are abolished and the scope of the others (cleaning...
17 February 2014
United States: Volkswagen’s Tennessee workers reject UAW but plan to set up works council still on
It’s the end of the United Auto Workers’ big plans in Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant, Tennessee. At the end of voting on Friday, the employees voted against joining the union in a vote of 712 to...
17 February 2014
United States: executive order encourages minimum wage rise
Alone, Barack Obama doesn’t have the power to decide an increase in federal minimum wage. But he just gave employers in all sectors and the Parliament a strong incentive to adopt measures in this...
14 February 2014
Italy: national employment support fund in the banking industry is ready
The national employment support fund in the credit industry, introduced with the last renewal of the national collective agreement, will start working this year. More than €87 million were...
13 February 2014
Norway: unions get in battle array for 2014 negotiations
Negotiations are going to resume and unions, before the February 18 meeting prepared by LO (Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions) are starting to communicate their most important claims. Key...
13 February 2014
Germany: social partners set up “Retail Trade Council” to face demographic ageing via collective agreements
On February 11, the retail trade employers’ organization (HDE) and the Verdi services union announced a new “Retail Trade Council.” It is in line with broader action launched in 2012 to prepare...
13 February 2014
Great Britain: GMB and Unite unions get compensation for poor housing and travel in return for the end of the dispute at the construction of a gas terminal in Shetland
A long-running dispute over standards of accommodation and travel to work at the construction of a gas terminal in Shetland has finally been resolved. Some 850 workers, members of the GMB and...
12 February 2014
Italy: after Fiom metalworkers’ federation denounces democratic shortfall, CGIL to consult members on the agreement on the “single representation text”
After a week characterized by an unprecedented conflict, in the press, between CGIL leader Susanna Camusso and Fiom leader Maurizio Landini, the former changed her mind and announced that all...
12 February 2014
Great Britain: a few examples of pay negotiations as the year starts
April 1 has always been the reference in terms of pay awards, often used as a starting point for the wage increases negotiated later in the year. Therefore, this date often arrives after...
11 February 2014
Belgium: social partners agree on obligation to justify layoffs
On February 10, the social partners agreed on 4 cases, including the new system for justifying layoffs, harmonizing the pension scheme and the transfer towards a new price index. The deal should...
11 February 2014
Great Britain: new system to help sick employees go back to work
Whereas more than 130 million days a year are ‘lost’ to sickness absence in Great Britain, the Cameron administration is starting a new battle to help sick workers get back to work. Indeed...
11 February 2014
Denmark: manufacturing social partners sign agreement renewing the sector’s collective agreement
On February 9, Co-Indistri for unions and Dansk Industri for employers reached an agreement renewing the manufacturing collective agreement. It is made up of 2 chapters: one for skilled/unskilled...
10 February 2014
Germany: the share of the lowest conventional wages went down last year
The introduction of minimum wage, which the Grand Coalition government wants to take place in 2017 at the latest, has helped bring the share of low wages in sectors covered by a collective...
10 February 2014
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29 January 2026
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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