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From 10 January, employees of the Wessex Water company who have not received at least one dose of a Covid-19 vaccine and who do not have any medical evidence justifying their status will only...

11 January 2022

Great Britain: Saga creates paid leave for employees who become grandparents

The 2,500 employees of the specialist over-50’s insurance group will now be able to take a week of paid time off after the birth of their grandchildren. Saga, which introduced the scheme on 09...

5 January 2022

Spain: Just Eat online food platform negotiates agreement that regulates delivery driver work

A pioneering agreement has been negotiated with trade unions that sets out the working conditions of the home delivery drivers for the online food delivery platform Just Eat, along with their...

4 January 2022

Spain: Heineken trials hybrid work model

Dutch brewing giant Heineken has been testing hybrid work arrangements in its Spanish offices, whereby employees can spread 16 hours of remote work across the week at their convenience. The hybrid...

3 January 2022

Italy: main motorway operator involves employees in strategic decisions and implements hybrid work

Autostrade per l'Italia (ASPI), the main company responsible for managing Italy’s motorway network, has taken a step towards co-determination, which is not very common in Italy, with the creation...

3 January 2022

News feed to resume on 3 January 2022

The team at Planet Labor will be taking a few days off at the end of an action-packed year of news. We will resume publication on the morning of Monday 3 January 2022. Our news archives will of...

17 December 2021

Great Britain: a passport that can facilitate graduates with a disability as they transition to employment

On 03 December the UK government unveiled the ‘Access to Work Adjustments Passport’, the aim of which is to facilitate university graduates from a background of disability as they...

16 December 2021

France: Matmut to prioritise female applicants to senior roles

French insurance group Matmut has renewed its agreement on workplace equality with the CFE-CGC, FO and CFTC trade unions, though not the CGT and CFDT. Renewed on 3 December 2021, the agreement...

13 December 2021

EU: European Commission proposes presumption of salaried employee status for platform workers

On 09 December and following a process launched in spring 2021 with the consultation of social partners, the European Commission unveiled a Directive proposal aimed at improving the working...

9 December 2021

Italy: L’Oréal focuses on parenthood and work/life balance

Six weeks paternity leave, an increase in the company's contribution to optional parental leave, and three days of paid leave per year available in the event of illness of a grandchild, elderly...

8 December 2021

France: insurance sector concludes a framework agreement on telework

On 06 December, four trade union bodies (CFDT, CFE-CGC, CFTC and UNSA) and the French Insurance Federation (FFA) signed the insurance sector’s first ever framework agreement on telework. Although...

7 December 2021

Italy: drivers contracted to deliver Amazon goods obtain a reduction in working hours

Strike action planned for Black Friday (26 November) was averted as a result of a national agreement being reached at the end of November between the companies affiliated with Assoespressi...

7 December 2021

Hong Kong: negotiations at Foodpanda (ultimately) successful

On 13 and 14 November, around 300 of the 10,000 people that work for Hong Kong's leading food delivery platform, Foodpanda, went on strike. Following two rounds of agonising negotiations lasting...

6 December 2021

Germany: election of a works council at the delivery company Gorillas, with help from the courts

Dissatisfied with the working conditions and pay offered by the young dynamic German start-up and ‘ultra-fast delivery’ platform, employees of Gorillas’ Berlin subsidiary finally succeeded in...

2 December 2021

Great Britain: Atom Bank adopts a four-day working week without cutting pay

Since 10 November, the UK online bank Atom Bank has been offering its 430 employees the opportunity to work 34 hours a week, over four days, while keeping the same salary. The group's aim is to...

1 December 2021

Korian: EWC and management sign health and safety protocol

On 16 November, representatives of the European Works Council at Korian, the French company specialising in nursing home care for the elderly, signed a three-year health and safety protocol with...

29 November 2021

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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...

1 October 2026