Labour relations

“A stability act for employment and growth” is the title of the documents signed on September 2 by Giorgio Squinzi, leader of Confindustria, and Susanna Camusso, Raffaele Bonanni and Luigi...

4 September 2013

Germany: Daimler, Volkswagen…, controversy over abusive appeal to subcontracting catches up with German auto groups

While unions are calling for a law against excessive use of “service provision contracts” (Werkverträge), the Handelsblatt economic daily revealed, on September 2, that Volkswagen was apparently...

4 September 2013

Italy: Fiat agrees to let Fiom-CGIL representatives in but demands a law on union representativeness to keep investing in Italy

On September 2, Fiat informed the Fiom – the CGIL’s metalworkers’ federation, deprived of union rights – that it could appoint representatives. This decision follows the Constitutional Court’s...

3 September 2013

United States: Goodyear’s new pay deal provides for compromises and maintains activity for 4 years

The USW negotiators signed a 4-year pay deal with Goodyear, the tire maker. They had to make compromises on the pension scheme and profit-sharing in return for the maintenance of the 6 American...

3 September 2013

Great Britain: the controversy over zero hour contracts continues

The Office of National Statistics (ONS) revised its first estimate (200,000 contracts), saying that 250,000 people were employed on these contracts, based on its Labour Force Survey. The contracts...

2 September 2013

Germany: lukewarm evaluations for Kristina Schröder, CDU Minister for Family Affairs, and Ursula von der Leyen, CDU Minister for Employment

Notorious rivals within the Christian-Democratic Union (CDU), Kristina Schröder, Minister for Family Affairs, and Ursula von der Leyen, Minister for Employment and Social Affairs, have things in...

2 September 2013

Credit Agricole: EWC secures certain level of compensation and redeployment measures for Slovakian and Czech employees fired after the end of consumer credit activities in these countries

The EWC had already cuts its teeth when several entities closed that used to belong to CACIB, Credit Agricole’s investment bank. In this context, the group’s management committed to respecting...

31 July 2013

Italy: Expo 2015 signs agreement on flexible recruitment modalities

On July 23, Expo 2015 Spa, the company in charge of organizing the 2015 Universal Exposition, which will take place in Milan, signed an “important agreement” with the CGIL, Cisl and Uil unions in...

25 July 2013

Sweden: agreement in the mechanical industry improving the possibility of part-time retirement

On April 19, Svemek (mechanical employers’ organization) signed a new deal with IF Metall (metalworkers’ union), and with Unionen (private sector), Sveriges Ingenjörer (Swedish engineers) and...

25 July 2013

Great Britain: setback for the campaign against blacklisting organized by union members in the construction industry

Leading anti-blacklisting campaigners have expressed dismay at the response of Business Secretary, Vince Cable, to the call from the Scottish Affairs Select Committee in Parliament to investigate...

25 July 2013

Italy: Eni signs unitary agreement with unions to revive its Gela refinery in Sicily

On July 19, Eni signed, with the RSUs and the local structures of the Filctem-CGIL, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec-Uil unions, an agreement for the restructuring of its Gela refinery, imposed by the...

24 July 2013

Novartis: commentary of the new EWC (Euroforum) agreement

Since February 1, Novartis’ European Works Council, called Euroforum, has been ruled by a new agreement that adds to the structures’ operating rules the key novelties of the 2009/38 recast...

23 July 2013

Italy: State and businesses mobilized to find solutions to the esodati crisis brought about by the Monti administration’s pension reform

Side effect to the 2011 pension reform, “esodati” are workers reaching the end of their carrier who have signed voluntary leave agreements during a restructuring or reorganization in their company...

23 July 2013

Spain: recent trends in corporate volunteering

Corporate volunteering is not new. Traditionally, it has been conceived as a Corporate Social Responsibility practice. However, businesses are progressively integrating employee community...

22 July 2013

United States: second time National Labor Relations Board is saved in a year and a half

After the NLRB’s appointments were cancelled since the American Senate didn’t expressly give its consent and with the Republican Representatives constantly blocking the issue, the Federal agency...

22 July 2013

Great Britain: government outlines plan on the transparency of lobbies, which should also shed light on Labour funding by unions

The Coalition government has outlined its plans for a statutory register of lobbyists, saying it would boost public confidence about outside influence on the process of political decision-making...

19 July 2013

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3 December 2025

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2 December 2025

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2 December 2025

EU: social partners in telecoms sign joint statement on AI

On 16 December, the social partners in Europe's telecommunications sector unveiled a joint statement on artificial intelligence. They propose an action plan for skills and commit to raising...

18 December 2025

Germany: Erwin Hymer Group’s innovative and award-winning AI agreement

Fed up with negotiating separate agreements for each new artificial intelligence (AI) tool, the social partners at Erwin Hymer Group (8,900 employees) have instead secured a broad, overarching...

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