Labour relations

Following the sectoral agreement signed in 2013, a working group was set up. One of its missions was to think about ways to secure employees in case of a transfer of activities. However, Seko...

26 May 2014

Great Britain: CWU and GMB unions create their own legal firm

The Communications Workers’ Union (CWU) and the GMB general union have together launched the first ever union legal firm. Called UNIONLINE (meaning also ‘union online’), the firm will provide a...

26 May 2014

Norway: agreement reached in logistics

On May 15, the NHO Logistikk og Transport employers’ organization (logistics and transportation) and the NTF (Norsk Transportarbeiderforbund) union signed an agreement for the logistics and...

23 May 2014

Greece: towards a reform of union law regulations

Major changes to union practices and operation mode are about to be adopted – by the end of the year. Indeed, pressed by the Troika, the Ministry of Labor is working on the development of a new...

22 May 2014

Great Britain: working time as the grounds for many collective disputes

The traditional 1 April settlement date for annual pay rises has passed, so unions’ priorities have shifted. A crop of industrial disputes over issues of working time have emerged. They focus...

22 May 2014

Luxembourg: banking sector signs collective labor agreement

On May 15, the social partners in the banking industry reached an agreement for a collective labor agreement (CCT) for the period between 2014 and 2016. This conclusion came after months of...

22 May 2014

Japan: firms are searching for more flexibility

Market pressure combined with global market changes have weakened japans’ traditional model of durable employment, leading businesses that need to cut costs to increasingly recruit workers with...

21 May 2014

Norway: the new wage agreement signed in the oil industry doesn’t dismiss the risk of social conflict

A deal was reached on May 9 between the manufacturing and energy workers’ union (Industrienergi) and the Norwegian Gas and Oil Association (Norske Olje og Gass). It covers workers (operators...

21 May 2014

Germany: Bosch’s social partners strengthen employees’ rights in the framework agreement on “mobile work”

After observing that some hierarchical structures were very reluctant to the ‘home office’ system, whereby employees can partly work from home, Bosch’s social partners redefined the company...

20 May 2014

Italy: Electrolux signs agreement with unions, government and local authorities to maintain production in the country

In January, Electrolux presented drastic conditions to maintain production in Italy, demanding, among other things, a pay cut, tougher working conditions or even limited union rights. Following...

19 May 2014

Germany: wage agreement characterized by east-west harmonization for 760,000 construction workers

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

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