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Poland: 28 October sees the nation’s women out on strike
On 22 October, Poland’s Constitutional Court ruled that abortion in cases of serious and irreversible disability or incurable disease of the foetus, even if the mother’s life is in...
28 October 2020
Spain: Inditex and unions reach agreement on conditions for the digital transition of group stores (update from 23 October incl. final agreement)
On 26 October, Spanish textile group Inditex (48,000 staff in Spain) together with the CCOO and UGT trade unions signed an agreement on the conditions for the shifting the group’s business towards...
27 October 2020
UniCredit and the EWC sign a joint statement on remote work
A joint declaration signed on 21 October by the management and EWC of Italy’s second largest bank, UniCredit, sets out the guidelines, principles and future minimum quality standards for remote...
22 October 2020
Italy: agri-food employers’ associations divided on the renewal of the national collective agreement
In July 2020, following tense negotiations between Federalimentare-Confindustria (employers) and the sector's trade unions to renew the agri-food industry national collective agreement, three out...
21 October 2020
Germany: Tesla puts the German model of worker participation to the test
US car manufacturer Tesla delighted Germany when it decided to build the group's fourth super-plant (Gigafactory) and its first in Europe right next to Berlin. While the company has started a...
20 October 2020
United Kingdom: forum established bringing together employers and unions to monitor the impact of future post-Brexit trade agreements on jobs and companies
As negotiations over trade agreements intensify ahead of the UK becoming fully independent of the EU on 1 January, the British government has decided to set up a new advisory body called the...
19 October 2020
France: two agreements signed at Airbus to avoid employment losses in the commercial aircraft production business
The Airbus' Commercial Aircraft business has been abruptly halted by the crisis in air transport. Several tens of thousands of job cuts globally were planned before the summer, including just over...
13 October 2020
Argentina: update on wage negotiations in retail, metal, oil and banking sectors
Sector-level wage negotiations, which are a cornerstone of social dialogue due to the rampant inflation in Argentina, have been disrupted this year by the health and economic emergency. Various...
12 October 2020
Spain: agreement on remote working in the savings bank sector
On 01 October both the trade unions and the confederation of savings banks (CECA) signed the new collective agreement regulating remote working conditions for the savings banks sector. The...
6 October 2020
Italy: Intesa Sanpaolo signs an agreement for 5,000 voluntary departures, partially offset by 2,500 new hires
On 29 September Italy’s Intesa Sanpaolo (ISP) bank, which is in the process of integrating UBI Banca following its successful hostile takeover that was finalized in August, signed an agreement...
5 October 2020
Germany: imminent launch of the ‘Best Owner Group’, a bad bank promoted by IG Metall specifically for automotive suppliers
While German economic indicators are gradually recovering, the automotive sector, and especially equipment manufacturers, continue to suffer from a structural crisis that is more related to both...
1 October 2020
France: signature of a competitiveness and performance agreement at Valeo in order to preserve its activities in France
‘Paris, September 30, 2020 – faced with an automotive sector severely impacted by the crisis caused by the pandemic Valeo announces that today, Wednesday, September 30, 2020, it has signed a...
30 September 2020
Poland: historic agreement reached to phase out coal mines by 2049
On 25 September, the Polish government and trade unions reached an agreement to phase out coal mines by the year 2049. The agreement guarantees job preservation for mine workers and fosters the...
28 September 2020
Austria: metal industry strikes collective agreement in record time
On Thursday 24 September in Vienna, social partners in the metal industry struck a collective agreement applicable to the sector’s 190,000 employees (40,000 of whom are currently on...
25 September 2020
Telefonica: global agreement on the digital disconnection came at just the right time
The global agreement signed with global union federation UNI Global Union on the digital disconnection, which was penned at the end of 2018, was put into practice with the majority of the world's...
24 September 2020
Ireland: Bank AIB develops right to disconnect policy in partnership with FSU union
Allied Irish Bank, one of the largest banks in Ireland, has become the first employer to respond to requests from the Financial Services Union (FSU) and develop a best practice policy on the use...
24 September 2020
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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: 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
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UK: duty for employers to inform workers of their right to join a trade union postponed to 1 January 2027
The news. On 25 September, the British government published its response to a consultation launched on 23 October on the duty to inform workers of their right to join a trade union. The...
1 October 2026