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The National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work (Inail) has just signed two memoranda of understanding on workplace safety with trade unions and Italy’s two energy giants...

28 November 2022

Italy: insurance sector hikes to pay to help workers cope with inflation

The new national collective agreement (CCNL) in Italy's insurance sector includes an average pay rise of €205 over three years and a €2,000 lump sum to account for the lack of recent wage...

21 November 2022

Germany: 8.5% pay rise and €3,000 “anti-inflation” bonus in metal sector

The social partners in the metal industry of the German state of Baden-Württemberg have struck an agreement on a two-part wage increase of 8.5% and a one-off tax-free bonus of €3,000, to take...

18 November 2022

Laurent Berger (ETUC): “Trade unionism must demonstrate its usefulness”

Just ahead of the start of negotiations for a European framework agreement on telework, the president of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) Laurent Berger takes this opportunity to...

17 November 2022

France: Société Générale addresses PSR prevention amid a period of unease at the soon to be merged bank

According to our information, on 10 November French bank Société Générale together with three trade unions reached an agreement on ‘quality of life and working conditions’. The text significantly...

16 November 2022

Italy: Crédit Agricole subsidiary in Italy extends optional paternity leave

On 26 October Crédit Agricole Italia together with the FABI, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca and Unisin trade unions signed an agreement that provides for additional paternity leave. Thus in...

16 November 2022

Italy: Fincantieri focusing on diversity, inclusion,and employee well-being

At the heart of the new company agreement at the Trieste-based ship-builders Fincantieri are initiatives focusing on diversity, inclusion, and work-life balance. The agreement covers more than...

15 November 2022

Great Britain: KFC launches a programme to encourage the hiring of younger workers who are facing employment barriers

The KFC fast food chain is aiming that by 2030 a third of its new hires will comprise younger workers facing various employment barriers. To this end, the group, which employs 27,000 people in the...

15 November 2022

France: Allianz extends paid parental leave for staff

The French business of insurance giant Allianz announced in early November that it would increase the amount of paternity and maternity leave granted to its employees (12,000 in France) to five...

14 November 2022

United Kingdom: Boots offers staff discounted childcare at nurseries

Boots, the UK pharmacy chain and health and beauty retailer, has unveiled a new partnership with the country’s leading nursery group Busy Bees. Under the agreement announced on 1 November...

14 November 2022

Great Britain: first Apple store in UK joins a union

Employees at an Apple store located in Glasgow, Scotland, are the first in the Group’s UK branches to have obtained the right to be represented by a trade union. After several months of...

10 November 2022

Italy: Generali turns to smart working in a bid to lower energy consumption costs

In order to manage escalating energy prices, due in particular to events in Ukraine, Italian insurer Generali (13,000 employees in Italy) will be turning to remote working arrangements as a way of...

9 November 2022

Austria: 7.44% pay rise in metal industry

The social partners in the largest branch of Austria’s metal industry – the business organisation Metaltechnology Austria (FMTI) and the PRO-GE and GPA trade unions – have struck...

7 November 2022

Twitter cuts 50% of its workforce

One week after buying the social media giant Twitter for $44 billion, Elon Musk announced some 3,700 job cuts across its global operations, or around half its worldwide workforce, according to...

7 November 2022

Germany: ground-breaking agreement in the retail sector signed between Ver.Di and H&M

The German services sector trade union Ver.Di and the German subsidiary of the Swedish clothing chain, Hennes & Mauritz have signed a company agreement that is proving to be unique in...

4 November 2022

Germany: first “social partnership model” for company pensions launched in energy sector

Social partners representing a portion of the companies in Germany's energy sector struck an agreement at the end of October on an all-new model for company pensions, dubbed a "social partnership...

2 November 2022

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25 September 2026

Germany: Volkswagen cancels almost all collective bargaining agreements signed with IG Metall

The Volkswagen brand announced on 30 September that it is terminating 10 of its 13 internal collective bargaining agreements, effective 31 December 2026. The announcement, which the carmaker...

1 October 2026

France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference

After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...

17 September 2026

Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union

The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...

16 September 2026

Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining

A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...

22 September 2026

UK: duty for employers to inform workers of their right to join a trade union postponed to 1 January 2027

The news. On 25 September, the British government published its response to a consultation launched on 23 October on the duty to inform workers of their right to join a trade union. The...

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