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On March 31, three orange juice majors were sentenced to pay a fine amounting to BRL 110 million (€36.7m) for subcontracting fraud. In addition to Cutrale and Fischer, two Brazilian companies...

17 April 2014

Luxembourg: temporary work agreements renewed

On March 28, the social partners in Luxembourg’s temporary work industry renewed two collective agreements: that on agency workers and that on permanent employees in temporary work agencies. The...

17 April 2014

United States: United Auto Workers reach beyond the auto sphere

The United Auto Workers (UAW) managed to increase their membership. They completed 2013 with 391,415 members, i.e. 9,000 more than in 2012 and nearly 15,000 more than in 2010. Why this upsurge? ...

17 April 2014

Austria: tight negotiations around the daily working time reform

In their government agreement negotiated after the national election at the end of 2013, the parties of the coalition in power in Vienna have decided to implement a major working time reform. Its...

16 April 2014

Germany: because of the constant erosion of apprenticeship, all parties question the passion for the university path

According to the 2014 report on vocational training presented last week, the vocational training system is still eroding. In 2013, 33,500 places remained vacant and 83,000 youngsters looking for...

15 April 2014

Germany: ‘partial’ vocational training, a challenge with a brilliant future ahead

In the dual training world, a new trend is taking shape: ‘partial’ training. The idea is to offer ‘lighter’ training (1-3 years) than traditional work-study training, based on funding from the...

14 April 2014

Denmark: government reforms international recruitment regulations to attract highly skilled professionals

On April 10, the government presented its draft reform of international recruitment aiming to strengthen the country’s attractiveness and Danish businesses’ competitiveness, by making it easier to...

14 April 2014

Great Britain: overview of recently negotiated wage increases

According to pay analysts, after rising from 2 to 2.5%, the median pay settlement remains at this level, while inflation remained at 2.8%. In spite of the union campaign organized by the TUC to...

14 April 2014

Japan: employment market and ageing society

According to the latest statistics released by the authorities, Japan is still the country that employs the most seniors. As the government keeps increasing retirement age, a lot of businesses...

10 April 2014

FerroAtlantica: new agreement introducing a European Works Council

FerroAtlantica, whose headquarters are in Spain, operates in the field of electrometallurgy, energy, mining and photovoltaic solar power. The group has production centers in Spain, France...

10 April 2014

Teleste Group: establishment of an EWC

On March 4, the Finnish company specialized in broadband video and data communication systems and services, Teleste Group, signed an agreement establishing a European Works Council. An example...

10 April 2014

Great-Britain: HR managers encouraged to check senior workers’ CVs to avoid degree fraud

According to the UK’s fraud prevention services (CIFAS), reported cases of applications containing fake information went up by 70 percent in 2013. HR associations are calling on HR managers to...

9 April 2014

Unisys: new EWC agreement

On April 1, 2013, Unisys, the American information technology company, signed a new agreement for the operation of the European Works Council (17 EU/EEA countries + Switzerland). We are providing...

9 April 2014

Metro: new agreement for the Euro Forum (EWC)

On April 3, the management of Metro, the big German retail group, and the Select Committee of its EWC (Euro Forum) signed a new agreement to adapt the structure to the recast directive and to the...

9 April 2014

Coca-Cola: European trade unions adopt Manifesto for a socially sustainable Coca-Cola system

Working together for several years within the Coordination Group, Coca-Cola’s European trade unions adopted, on March 21, a “Manifesto for a socially sustainable Coca-Cola system.” It condemns...

8 April 2014

Germany: unions give Chinese investors positive grades

According to an analysis published on March 25 by the Hans-Böckler Foundation, close to unions, more and more German businesses are taken over by Chinese investors. And the surprising fact for...

8 April 2014

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