Labour relations

The collective agreements’ committee of the German construction firms’ federations eventually agreed, on Friday, May 16, to the agreement bitterly negotiated with the sector’s union, IG BAU. The...

19 May 2014

Spain: employers and unions launch negotiations to renew the framework agreement on pay

The social partners started discussing the national agreement that defines the outline of pay evolution, with the current pact coming to an end at the end of 2014. Whereas unions want to define a...

19 May 2014

Germany: Otto Brenner union foundation says more and more businesses are trying to keep WCs from setting up or working

In a new survey entitled “Union busting in Germany,” the Otto Brenner union foundation sounded the alarm: in spite of the high level of regard union representatives get in German businesses and of...

16 May 2014

Germany : the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB) submitted a new law which restores the trade union unity in companies based on certain conditions

In contrast with the first pieces of information that were spread by the German media and then corrected at a later time, the members of the DGB that met in Berlin did not categorically reject the...

16 May 2014

Australia : the government introduced two new work programs after having presented the budget

The minister of Finances, Joe Hockey, has presented his first federal budget in the name of austerity. With regard to work, two new programs have been announced. The first one is a wage subsidy to...

15 May 2014

Great Britain : professional union Prospect launches career guidance website

The Prospect union for professionals has launched a dedicated website for its members. It is designed to fill the gap in careers information and advice for professionals in a labour market where...

15 May 2014

Netherlands : employers’ alarm bell over low total of concluded collective agreements

In its monthly report, published early May 2014, the general employers’ association AWVN rings the alarm bell over the poor record of concluded agreements in 2014. According to the organisation...

15 May 2014

GDF SUEZ : global agreement on health and safety at work signed

Yesterday May 13, Gérard Mestrallet, CEO of GDF SUEZ, and the global union federations of industrial and energy workers (IndustriALL) of the building (BWI) and public services (PSI) sectors...

14 May 2014

Brazil: in the run up to the World Cup, trade-unions, employers and judges on the edge

One month before the football World Cup kicks off, several occupational categories are announcing or are launching strikes in Brazil. Like the labour judges, employers are on the edge. The former...

14 May 2014

Italy: energy and oil social partners renew collaboration with Inail on health and safety

On April 30, Inail - the National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work -, Confindustria Energia, the Femca-Cisl, Filctem-CGIL and Uiltec-Uil unions signed a framework agreement...

13 May 2014

Germany: an ardent European, Reiner Hoffmann, new head of the DGB union confederation, calls for a more social Europe

An era is ending and another is starting: after leading the biggest union confederation in Germany (8 affiliated unions, 6.1 million members) for 12 years, outgoing President Michael Sommer gave...

13 May 2014

Switzerland: minimum wage has little chance of prevailing at the May 18 referendum

Next Sunday, Swiss citizens will have to vote on the introduction of universal minimum wage in the amount of CHF 4,000 (€3,275) a month. Launched by the USS-UGB union confederation and supported...

12 May 2014

Italy: CGIL ends 17th convention united with Cisl and Uil to face Renzi’s assaults against unions

Susanna Camusso was confirmed as the head of the CGIL at the union’s 17th convention in Rimini on May 6-8, with 953 delegates representing 5.7 million members. The majority approved the general...

12 May 2014

Great Britain: union members balloted for the maintenance of political funds

For the fourth time, union members are going to vote for or against the maintenance of unions’ political funds is now taking place. Indeed, the Trade Union Act 1984 requires a union to ballot its...

12 May 2014

Generali: EWC gets social guarantees within the framework of its plan to set up a single entity for managing activities and IT infrastructure services

Within the framework of the decision made by Generali, the Italian insurer, to set up a single entity to manage IT infrastructure services and activities, the EWC has gotten the management not to...

7 May 2014

Russia: interview of Elena Gerasimova, from the Center for social and labor rights, about industrial relations

Elena Gerasimova specializes in labor law and is the head of the Center for social and labor rights. For 11 years, this NGO has been promoting compliance with and knowledge of workers’ rights in...

6 May 2014

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