Labour relations

The social partners in the Luxembourg construction industry are finally out of the deadlock their collective agreement was in. the approximately 14,000 construction workers didn’t have a...

15 July 2013

Mexico: from 2013 on, labor cost is cheaper than in China

Several recent studies show that Mexico is becoming more competitive than China as far as labor cost is concerned. Ten years ago, Mexican wages were still 3 times higher than in China in the...

15 July 2013

Italy: Menarini group adopts solidarity contracts for medical representatives

On July 9, after bargaining for more than a year, Menarini Group – the largest pharmaceutical group in Italy – signed an agreement with its RSUs and the Femca-Cisl, Filctem-CGIL and Uiltec-UIL...

15 July 2013

Great Britain: annual CAC report on statutory union recognition procedures

In the annual report of the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC), the body which administers the statutory union recognition procedure, applications for union recognition increased to 54 in...

12 July 2013

Renault: HR agencies for employee-customers

Renault made a small revolution at the end of 2011 in the HR organization of its engineering and service undertakings in the Paris area (16,900 employees). Employees and managers used to complain...

11 July 2013

Germany: doubts raised in 13 Lander as to the conformity of laws that condition the award of public contracts to compliance with minimum social and pay standards

The battle around minimum wage, one of the central themes in the election campaign, goes on at regional level. On August 1, the Land of Schleswig-Holstein will introduce the obligations to pay...

11 July 2013

Italy: social partners in local public transport sign agreement establishing joint solidarity fund

The social partners in local public transport signed an agreement establishing a joint solidarity fund designed to “accompany” restructuring/reorganizing procedures in public and private companies...

11 July 2013

Great Britain: Labour leader Ed Miliband wants to reduce union influence in his party

Following weeks of political turbulence for Labour as a result of the alleged actions of affiliate, the Unite union, to make sure that a large number of its members would be selected as Labour...

11 July 2013

Austria: trade sector negotiates work on Saturday in exchange for “super weekends”

The Commission set up earlier this year by the trade social partners to negotiate the issue of allowing work on Saturday presented, on Monday, July 8 in Vienna, a compromise which makes both...

10 July 2013

Brazil: general strike on July 11 to support popular demonstrations

Large unions announced the paralysis of the country this coming Thursday, July 11. In line with the citizen mobilizations organized in recent weeks, the workers’ confederations are calling for...

10 July 2013

Great Britain: government launches national consultation promoting indirect employee ownership

As announced with the 2013 budget, the British government has recently launched a national consultation on its plan to provide £50 million annually from 2014-15 to support the development of...

9 July 2013

Germany: real wages are down as the “pay gap” gets wider

On July 5, Destatis, the Federal Statistics Agency published a report on the evolution of pay in Germany between 2007 and 2012 and over the first 2013 quarter. Unlike what several banking analysts...

9 July 2013

Italy: annual report of the Commission monitoring application of the strike act in essential public services

The Commission monitoring application of the strike act in essential public services issued its 2012 activity report. Set up by Act No. 145/1990, this “independent administration” is made up of 8...

8 July 2013

Great Britain: after a peak in 2011, strike statistics for 2012 are at their lowest

In 2012, just 248,800 working days were not worked from 131 strikes, with 63 strikes in the public sector compared with 68 in the private sector, compared with 1,389,700 days not worked in 2011...

7 July 2013

Suez Environnement: new agreement sets up European Works Council

The approximately 70,000 European employees of Suez Environnement will no longer be represented by GDF Suez’s EWC on July 23. Following from its deconsolidation, the group operating in the field...

5 July 2013

Norway: outcome of bargaining in the oil industry

Negotiations are over between the Norsk Olje og Gass employers’ organization (oil and gas businesses) and the trade unions – SAFE (energy), Inustri Energi (energy industry) and Lederne (Norwegian...

5 July 2013

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