Labour relations

Recruitment consultancy firm Antal presented the results of a 2015 study on salaries and the Russian labor market. The study included results from 5,000 respondents from different Russian towns...

13 July 2015

Société Générale: a new addendum to the EWC puts in place a single representation entity for the group in France and Europe

On July 09, Société Générale’s Comité de Groupe France (CGF) (French Works Council) agreed to merge with the EWC. The addendum regulating the operations of the new Comité de Groupe Européen, the...

9 July 2015

Brazil: Dilma Rousseff has launched a new jobs protection program to limit layoffs during crisis periods

In force since July 07, Brazil’s job protection program the PPE aims to support businesses in the industrial sector that are affected by the economic slowdown. The program will subsidize workers’...

9 July 2015

Italy: separate agreement that renews a collective agreement for both Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) and CNH Industrial

Following 9 months of negotiations, both FCA and CNH Industrial concluded a separate agreement to renew a collective agreement that runs from 2015 – 2018 and applies to 85,000 employees. It...

8 July 2015

Great Britain: surprise announcement of an obligatory living wage

On Wednesday July 08 and before an incredulous Labour Party David Cameron’s government presented its first 100% Conservative party budget since the party was reelected to power and in it announced...

8 July 2015

Germany: train drivers’ union GDL takes the law on single unions to the Federal Constitutional Court

On July 07, the day following Germany’s President, Joachim Gauck signed the controversial law on single trade unions the corporatist union GDL announced it would soon lodge a complaint against the...

8 July 2015

Great Britain: new conciliation service resolves around half of tribunal claims before their actual court date

‘Early Conciliation’ was launched in Britain in April 2014 and requires those thinking of making an Employment Tribunal claim to notify the arbitration service Acas who then tries to resolve the...

8 July 2015

Great Britain: Pressure increasing from shareholders and stakeholders for retailers to pay the living wage

Major retailers like supermarkets (Tesco, Morrisons, Marks and Spencer and Sainsbury’s) as well as clothes chain, Next, are experiencing a barrage of unwanted and critical attention from...

7 July 2015

Société Générale: interview with Jean-François Climent, Director of Industrial Relations, on the global agreement on fundamental rights

On June 03, 2015, Société Générale and UNI Global Union signed a global agreement on fundamental rights (c.f. article No. 9111). Jean-François Climent, Director of Industrial Relations explains...

7 July 2015

Italy: trade unions and civil society present the Workers Act as an alternative to Prime Minister Renzi’s Jobs Act

Put forward as an alternative to the Jobs Act, the Workers Act was presented at the CGIL headquarters head office at Modena. The Sbilanciamoci! network, an array of 51 associations and Catholic...

7 July 2015

Germany: Deutsche Post and Verdi bury the hatchet

The biggest dispute at Deutsche Post for twenty years finally came to a close in the evening of 05 July. At the end of almost four weeks of strike action plus a final 3-day negotiation marathon...

6 July 2015

Italy: Whirlpool concludes a framework agreement with unions as a way to avoid layoffs

After months of mobilization, the metals sector unions secured changes to Whirlpool’s initial restructuring plans involving 2,060 layoffs and the closure of two sites following its purchase of...

3 July 2015

Great Britain: construction union UCATT succeeds in banning the use of umbrella companies by two local authorities

The Construction union, the Union of Construction and Allied Technical Trades (UCATT), has secured its first two major victories in its campaign against the use of ‘umbrella companies’ used by...

2 July 2015

Belgium: oil sector signs new collective agreement

On June 24, Belgium’s oil sector signed its collective agreement for the period 2015/2016. Unions secured the maximum in terms of pay rises as well as improved provisions for quality of life and...

2 July 2015

Germany: longest strike in the history of rail comes to an end

Relief for Germany on the eve of the summer holidays: caught up in a year long apparently intractable dispute, the train drivers’ union GDL together with management at Deutsche Bahn announced on...

1 July 2015

Denmark: government’s new programme banks on growth and jobs in the private sector

Yesterday, on 28 June, new Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen presented his cabinet and his government’s programme. As regards the labour market he is planning, amongst other things, to revise...

29 June 2015

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