Labour relations

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

United States: Uber has to justify that the compensation it promised is sufficient in exchange for drivers dropping a class action over employment status misclassification

On 30 June the judge in charge of accepting the terms of a settlement agreement that was meant to halt collective action by Uber (online platform based chauffeur service) drivers in California...

4 July 2016

Sweden: given the exponential growth in the number of posted workers, unions are finding ways to promote the conclusion of collective agreements

How to temper the effects of the EJC ruling in the Laval case over working conditions for posted employees? The ruling calls the fundamentals of the Swedish model into question and has forced the...

1 July 2016

General Electric: the EWC has delivered a detailed negative opinion on the major restructuring plan with social dialogue set to continue at national level

Following the merger on 02 November 2015 between General Electric (GE) and Alstom Power & Grid, on 04 January 2016 GE announced a major European restructuring plan involving around 6,500 job...

30 June 2016

Great Britain: Prospect union ready to merge with BECTU

The small media and entertainment union BECTU has the summer to vote for or against a merger with the ever growing Prospect union, which is the trade union for scientists, engineers, and other...

30 June 2016

Italy: the new President of Confindustria renews union links in view of upcoming industrial relations negotiations

A positive atmosphere surrounded the first informal meeting held on June 28 between Vincenzo Boccia, leader of the employers’ body Confindusria since March 2016, and the secretaries general of the...

30 June 2016

Germany: minimum wage rises for the first time to €8.84 an hour from January 2017

A year and a half after Germany’s landmark introduction on 01 January 2015 of a national minimum wage, the country’s Federal Salaries Commission delivered its first ruling where, as of 01 January...

29 June 2016

Czech Republic: secret trade union membership developed to avoid potential employer reprisals

In 2012 the Czech online news site Novinky.cz reported on employees’ voiced concerns over reprisals by their employer Hyundai Motors because they were members of a trade union. The company has...

28 June 2016

Great Britain: sets a course to leave the EU

51.9% of the British population voted ‘No’ to Europe during an historic referendum, plunging the United Kingdom and its business community into a sea of uncertainty. Negotiations to exit the EU...

24 June 2016

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