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Finland: after several months of tough negotiations, sectoral agreements are reached on the basis of the framework agreement the social partners signed in October at national level
Employers accepted to negotiate in the end and, after a few bumps when the talks were suspended, a deal was stricken on October 13. In addition to political and union pressure, another element...
24 November 2011
United States: retail employees denounce sacrificing Thanksgiving for Black Friday
employees have had to get up in the middle of the night between Thanksgiving and ‘Black Friday’ to open stores before dawn for the most important shopping day of the year, opening the...
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24 November 2011
Italy: Fiat terminates all collective agreements to be free to negotiate a single agreement for the group
With the termination notified yesterday, the Italian carmaker is seeking to “harmonize company and territorial conventional rules which followed one another and make them consistent and compatible...
22 November 2011
Germany: new steel collective agreement provides for a 3.8% increase and the recruitment of apprentices
3.8% increase. “It was a ‘tough start’ but we got an excellent result” rejoiced Oliver Burkhard, leader of the IG-Metall in North Rhine-Westphalia. Reminding the uncertain character of the...
22 November 2011
Italy: Luxottica’s company agreement tests “family job sharing”
“Bank of hours” for parents. Throughout this agreement, employees planning on having a baby may put unused leaves, overtime and flexibility hours they usually turn into remuneration on a “bank of...
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22 November 2011
Germany: GDL train driver ends conflict with four private rail companies
Compromise. After 10 months of bargaining, massive warning strikes and a mediation procedure which lasted for 11 weeks, run by Georg Milbradt, former Prime Minister of Saxony, the GDL and four...
21 November 2011
Corporate practices: how the Rudus construction materials manufacturer managed to significantly cut the number of industrial accidents on its production sites
uction company which employs about 1,300 people. It produces concrete, coated macadam and asphalt and operates in Finland, the Baltic countries and Russia. Bought, in 1999, by Irish multinational...
21 November 2011
Great Britain: unions press ahead with the national strike on 30 November
In early November, the David Cameron administration made two concessions on its draft public pension reform to soften unions: the first increasing the accrual rate – the percentage of salary...
21 November 2011
United States: discrimination complaints soar
Created in 1975, the institution also rejoiced with the 10 percent decrease in its pending charge inventory, “the first such reduction since 2002.” The agency also reminded that, “In previous...
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18 November 2011
Germany: Alcatel-Lucent Network Services employees sign company framework agreement with the support of the IG-Metall
High employee mobilization. The IG-Metall claims that the employees of Alcatel-Lucent Network Services GmbH, in Düsseldorf, were not covered by a collective agreement. They were paid depending...
17 November 2011
Italy: report shows green economy “resists the crisis”
“The experience of the 370,000 businesses which, from 2008 to present, invested into ecotechnologies once again proves that this crisis can be overcome by banking on innovation, quality and...
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17 November 2011
Germany: construction employers and unions want to improve workers’ safety on the sites
A plea mostly for SMEs. “Ensuring safety on the site is a common task for which both employers and employees are responsible. Everyone must be careful, assess risks and fight them on time...
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16 November 2011
Venezuela: new Organic Labor Law and creation of an official pro-Chavez union
Over 5,000 union representatives from all sectors met on Thursday, November 10, during the “Unity Conference” to proclaim the creation of the Bolivarian Socialist Workers Force, a new official...
15 November 2011
International: pharmaceutical unions improve their network
“Growth.” During the meeting, unions expressed concern as regards employment and working conditions in the sector. There are more and more mergers, buyouts and restructurings, notably to face...
15 November 2011
Great Britain: employers to increase wages by 3% in 2012
Inflation: 5.2%. The data comes from the September edition of Mercer’s TRS Quarterly Pulse Survey which analyses the pay plans of 329 multinational organizations operating across 69 countries in...
14 November 2011
United States: labor unions to stop financing electoral campaigns in 2012
One year to the US Presidential election, which will coincide with the House and Senate elections, not all candidates have been officially revealed but their campaigns’ financing has already...
14 November 2011
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In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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France: austerity measures proposed in social security financing bill for 2026
Limits on sick leave, the end of social security exemptions for apprentices, and the introduction of additional birth leave: the 2026 social security financing bill, presented to parliament on 14...
16 October 2025
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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France: Decathlon introduces a ‘duty to respect others’ right to disconnect’
A right-to-disconnect agreement was signed in late September for the French arm of the Decathlon sports retail group. It sets out a "duty to respect others’ right to disconnect" and provides...
14 November 2025
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Romania: collective agreement extended to entire insurance sector
On 3 November, Romania’s National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue approved the extension of the collective labour agreement signed on 23 May by the Confederation of Employers in the...
10 November 2025
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Italy: new collective agreement for managers in tertiary sector
On 5 November, the ManagerItalia union and the employers’ association Confcommercio renewed the collective agreement for managers in Italy’s tertiary, distribution and services...
12 November 2025