Labour relations

Yesterday, March 5, the social partners reached a compromise on the terms of the quid pro quo President Hollande requested in return for lower social contributions. The “summary of conclusions...

6 March 2014

Italy: CGIL’s metal federation, Fiom, to organize its own consultation of metalworkers on the agreement reforming union representation and collective bargaining

The modalities for consulting workers about the single text on employee representation – signed by the 3 union confederations and Confindustria and Conservizi for employers, which reforms...

5 March 2014

Germany: metal social partners evaluate the 10 years following the ‘landmark’ Pforzheim agreement that led to the competitiveness agreements

Former quarrels forgotten: for the 10th anniversary of the famous “Pforzheim agreement,” the metal employers’ organization, Gesamtmetall, and the IG-Metall union unanimously gave a positive...

5 March 2014

When HR learns from hackathon

Challenging its employees to solve a problem in 48 hours: that’s the hackathon, a marathon that used to be reserved for workers in computing firms. More and more managers from all industries are...

5 March 2014

Great Britain: Cameron confirms minimum wage increase

The British Prime Minister already announced that he intended to follow the Low Pay Commission’s recommendation, increase minimum wage by 3 percent as early as October. The government is hoping...

4 March 2014

United States: former French workers at Samsonite’s Henin Beaumont plant to refile case against Bain Capital investment fund

On March 5, the regional court of appeal (First Circuit) will hear the lawyers of former workers at Samsonite’s Henin Beaumont plant (north of France) about the admissibility of their action...

4 March 2014

Denmark: agreements in the construction, industrial cleaning and graphical industries but deadlock in finance

In the past few days, several collective agreements were signed, notably in construction industrial cleaning and graphics. This boost comes from the fact that most existing collective agreements...

4 March 2014

Two new articles on industrial relations foreign systems added to our Resource center

In addition to the interview of Avital Shapira-Shabirow, Director of the International Department of the Israeli trade union Histadrut, presenting the industrial relations system in her country...

3 March 2014

Israel: introduction to industrial relations

Avital Shapira-Shabirow, Director of the International Department of the Israeli trade union Histadrut, answers the questions of Planet Labour about the employee involvement system and the place...

3 March 2014

Schneider Electric: talks to become European Company (SE) launched

Last December, the management of the electric components manufacturing announced that it wanted to become a European company (SE) by May. The special negotiating committee set up to negotiate the...

28 February 2014

Great Britain: conservatives want to limit the right to strike

As the legislative election is coming near, the Conservatives announced that they were working on reforming the right to strike, which they are hoping to limit in order to avoid social movements...

28 February 2014

Denmark: agreement renews transport framework collective agreement

Dansk Industri (DI) and 3F’s Transportgruppe signed, on February 26, an agreement renewing the joint collective agreement (fællesoverenskomsten) for storekeepers, drivers and dockworkers. ...

28 February 2014

Switzerland: social partners at La Poste Suisse SA maintain single framework agreement on working and pay conditions for all group undertakings

For statutory reasons, because Poste Suisse became a corporation of public law in July 2013, the social partners had to renegotiate the collective labor agreement (CCT) that supervises working...

27 February 2014

Great Britain: in spite of the crisis, Low Pay Commission recommends moderate minimum wage increase

The Low Pay Commission has just suggested that the government increase minimum wage by 3 percent, the highest rate since the crisis. Some unions view it as an insult but employers are reassured –...

27 February 2014

Canada: wage increases averaged 1.4 percent in 2013 (2.2 percent in the private sector)

The Canadian Ministry of Labor reported the major collective agreements in Canada for 2013 which produced an average wage increase of 1.4 percent, compared to the 1.7 percent increase in 2012 and...

26 February 2014

Italy: Matteo Renzi’s government to do labor market reform at once

The youngest President of the Council in the history of Italy, Matteo Renzi, 39, won the vote of confidence from the Chamber of Deputies (378 in favor to 220 against) after winning the Senate over...

26 February 2014

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