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India: an original approach to digital transformation (2)
Bangalore, India’s version of Silicon Valley is targeting, 2020 as the date for it to become the premier hub for connectivity related innovation. Despite the startup incubators, global R&D...
6 February 2017
Germany: the major political parties are honing their election arguments
Whilst on 06 February the Bavarian branch of the conservative union the CSU backed CDU Angela Merkel’s candidature as Chancellor and head of September’s general electoral list, both the...
6 February 2017
Argentina: CGT pulls out of talks with government over labour reform and announces nationwide mobilisation
Talks between the Argentinian General Confederation of Labour and the country’s government have broken down. The trade union grouping had been party to discussions, as part of which it was set to...
6 February 2017
Solvay: renewal of global framework agreement with IndustriAll Global Union boosts group’s social and diversity policy
The global framework agreement between Solvay and IndustriAll places greater social demands on the chemical company, such as having more women in leadership roles by 2020, integrating the OECD’s...
3 February 2017
Germany: crowdsourcing companies have their own ‘code of conduct’
On 31 January, Germany’s young federation of crowdsourcing companies presented a detailed version of the first code of conduct of its kind in the country and perhaps even in Europe that addresses...
2 February 2017
India: an original approach to digital transformation
During some valuable time spent in India, a member of the Planet Labor team found it impossible to resist the opportunity to study and share how the country is progressing along its digital...
1 February 2017
United States: President Trump’s anti-immigration order rattling companies across all sectors
Widespread opposition to President Donald Trump’s 27 January immigration executive order has been sparked both internationally and across all sectors including from the likes of Nike, Starbucks...
1 February 2017
Portugal: launch of a digital economy development plan for business – ‘Revolution 4.0’
Portugal has announced a four–year €4.5 billion investment plan to develop ‘intelligent’ industry and promote companies’ technology growth. The so-called ‘Revolution 4.0’ program will span both...
1 February 2017
Austria: a new plan to promote jobs and prepare for the minimum wage
On 30 January and following several weeks of conflict, Austria’s Socialist (SPÖ) Conservative (ÖVP) ruling coalition government succeeded in presenting a program that will take it up to the autumn...
31 January 2017
Italy: draft agreements for renewing oil-energy and electricity sectors collective agreements
On 25 January, following more than a year of negotiations, the social partners in both the oil-energy and the electricity sectors secured draft agreements to renew their respective collective...
25 January 2017
Germany: for 2017 IG Metall is looking to consolidate the collective agreements system and promote an employee-oriented working time policy
On 25 January during the German IG Metall annual conference, the president of the metals and electrotechnical union Jörg Hofmann presented a profile of the union’s membership for 2016 whilst also...
25 January 2017
Great Britain: Brexit consequence – banks relocating from the City
Since the UK’s announcement that it would be leaving the EU Single Market, London’s banking community has increasingly made plans to relocate its City of London staff. Bosses from leading...
24 January 2017
Great Britain: Theresa May’s industrial plan underlines shift to more state intervention
Firmly focused on preparing for the post-Brexit era, on 23 January the UK government confirmed its intention to turn the Thatcher page and strengthen ties between the State and business. To this...
23 January 2017
Brazil: industries federation indicates that 152,500 industrial sector jobs were lost in 2016 in São Paulo
For the sixth year in a row, the São Paulo industrial basin, Latin America’s biggest has seen the number of jobs fall across the industry sector. On Thursday 19 January the Industry Federation for...
23 January 2017
Argentina: government, companies and unions strike deal to maintain jobs in southern oil field Vaca Muerta, an agreement hailed as an example to follow by President Macri
Following lengthy negotiations and a period marked by strike action as well as dismissals, the Argentinian government and the oil sector trade union announced an unprecedented deal regarding the...
20 January 2017
BNP Paribas: interview with Jean-François Bourrée, head of social policy and social affairs, on the European agreement to prevent work related stress
Jean-François Bourrée reviews the negotiations over as well as the content of the bank’s European agreement on the prevention of work-related stress that was signed on 10 January with the EWC...
20 January 2017
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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