Labour relations

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

Baltic countries: Estonian and Latvian financial unions sign cooperation agreement

Latvijas Finanšu nozares arodbiedrību (Latvian financial union, FNA) and Eesti Finantssektori Töötajate Liit (Estonian financial union, EFL) announced, on March 31, a new cooperation agreement...

7 April 2014

Sweden: creation of a wage guarantee fund for subcontracting workers in construction

The agreement reached on March 31 between Byggnads (construction workers’ union) and Sveriges Byggindustrier (Swedish construction firms) helped avoid a strike announced as the biggest in the...

7 April 2014

Italy: ILO suggests that government brings provision excluding unions that haven’t signed collective agreements from representation in line with international standards on union freedom

The conflict between Fiat and the CGIL’s metalworkers’ union (Fiom) had an impact at several levels. Trying to jostle social relations practices, the carmaker also started a legal battle, which...

7 April 2014

Great Britain: after a 5-year battle, Ford agrees to compensate ex-workers transferred to Visteon for their pension entitlement drop

After a 5-year campaign organized by the Unite union, punctuated by demonstrations, marches and lobbies and political pressure as well as legal action, Visteon workers secured a settlement from...

7 April 2014

Volkswagen: global works council and Scania unions reach deal giving the latter codetermination rights in case the takeover is successful

On April 2, Volkswagen’s global committee announced the signing of an agreement with the 4 unions at its Scania subsidiary in order to “save jobs in the company” within the framework of the German...

7 April 2014

Denmark: government forced to review regulations to combat social dumping in road transport following the European Commission’s notice.

The standards adopted in September by the Danish Ministry of Transportation to stopillegal navigation were short-lived. In January, the European Commission gave notice to Denmark, causing the...

4 April 2014

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