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Argentina: a challenging jobs situation facing the auto sector until the end of the year
Tough times ahead for Argentina’s auto jobs sector. While the auto union Smata pursues quarterly wage raises negotiations for the sector, different automakers continue to multiply both technical...
22 July 2016
Deutsche Post-DHL: concludes a protocol with global unions UNI and ITF to avoid new cases emerging of labor standards violations
On 19 July the ITF (transport workers), UNI (services) and DP-DHL agreed to a protocol, which commits them to continued dialogue on employment and industrial relations. “The parties will meet four...
21 July 2016
Czech Republic: roundup of auto sector collective negotiations
In a country with one of the lowest levels of pay in the EU, unions are attempting to secure wage rises from both foreign companies and their subcontractors.
21 July 2016
Germany: an agreement on mobile working at Audi
On 12 July, leaders at Audi’s central works council presented a company agreement on ‘mobile working’. The agreement is set to apply to the automaker’s 60,000 staff from October 2016 and it draws...
19 July 2016
Great Britain: firms welcome a return to an industrial strategy
For the first time since the Thatcher era, Britain’s new Prime Minister Theresa May has put the focus back on the need to put an industrial strategy in place. To this end the Prime Minister has...
18 July 2016
Denmark: tri-partite negotiations focus on apprenticeships
Denmark’s tri-partite negotiations have entered phase two. Since 15 April, and following the agreement struck on 17 March on integrating refugees into the labor market, all the parties have been...
15 July 2016
Germany: banking sector 3.7% pay rise over 33 months
Presented in the evening of 12 July, the wage agreement that applies to some 200,000 banking sector employees (public and private banks) is doubtlessly the least generous of the major wage...
13 July 2016
Great Britain: women continue to stake their claim in finance
Seventy-two major British firm have officially signed up to the government’s new Women in Finance charter which in particular links leaders’ pay to the appointment of senior women.
13 July 2016
Great Britain: the incoming Conservative Prime Minister is positively disposed to workers sitting on company boards
Workers sitting on the boards of directors and shareholders controlling company executive pay are two unexpected promises from Conservative MP Theresa May who is expected to replace David Cameron...
12 July 2016
Eni: renewal of the global framework agreement signed with IndustriALL Global including a world works council
IndustriALL Global Union and Italian energy giant Eni have renewed their global framework agreement, with improved rights for 33,000 direct employees in 65 countries including a world works...
11 July 2016
France: auto company PSA signs a new performance agreement
On Friday 08 July, unions representing 80% of the votes cast during the latest elections signed a new triennial agreement running from 2017-2019. In it PSA commits to hiring 1,000 permanent...
11 July 2016
Great Britain: the government focuses on reconverting workers in the crisis stricken oil sector
Faced with mass layoffs in the North Sea oil sector, the British government is trying to encourage workers to seek skilled work in sectors with manpower shortages.
8 July 2016
Estonia: employers and unions start to set out lay the groundwork for the annual autumn negotiations
In the run up to the autumn tri-partite negotiations, employers are increasingly finding ways of drawing attention to what may turn out to be the problem that wage increases will pose for...
7 July 2016
Spain: Telefónica installation network scrutinised by the Catalonia labour inspectorate
On 30 June Catalonia’s regional government, the Generalitat de Catalunya, presented the results of an open inquiry into Telefónica’s chain of suppliers and subcontractors which offer technical...
5 July 2016
Norway: hard-fought deals in the oil sector
Negotiations in the oil sector have been brought to a close with the help of mediation. It is a difficult period for the industry and this can be seen in both the discussions which took place and...
5 July 2016
Sweden: a new postal sector agreement focuses on working time
On 29 June an agreement was struck between the employers’ confederation Almega, and the services and communications union Seko (service- och kommunikationsfacket). Decisions over working time are...
5 July 2016
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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
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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: 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