Labour relations

So that fathers can better welcome the arrival of their child (including adoption) and achieve a better balance between their professional and personal lives, Allianz Suisse has decided to extend...

9 June 2021

Safran signs a European framework agreement on skills development

On 08 June, the French defense and aerospace technology company together with IndustriAll Europe signed a new framework agreement on employment. It includes a training and jobs mobility program...

8 June 2021

Ireland: Lidl introduces paid leave for staff suffering pregnancy loss

Supermarket chain Lidl announced on 4 June that it will offer paid leave to its Irish employees that suffer pregnancy loss or miscarriage, as well as partners of individuals suffering such an...

7 June 2021

Generali: a joint European declaration to provide a sustainable framework for crisis situations

On 10 May, Italian insurance group Generali and its European Works Council signed a joint declaration with provisions to cover crisis situations beyond Covid-19. It guarantees the preservation of...

31 May 2021

Germany: rubber industry pens first agreement on trade unions’ right to “virtual access” to employees

The social partners in Germany’s rubber industry have achieved a first in the country by signing a branch agreement that will authorise and regulate the right of trade unions to engage with...

28 May 2021

Italy: collective agreement renewed for logistics, freight and parcel shipment sector

On 18 May the social partners in the logistics, freight and parcel-shipping sector signed an agreement to renew their national collective agreement (NCA), which covers almost 1 million workers...

27 May 2021

Great Britain: UK becomes the first and currently only country where Uber allows workers to unionize

Uber has signed a landmark agreement with the GMB union that allows the union to represent its approximately 70,000 within the UK. This landmark deal marks a departure from the ride-hailing...

27 May 2021

Germany: the Allianz ‘Global accelerator program’ concentrates on internal retraining in IT and organization management

In 2019, the German insurer identified that it was running the risk of not having enough managers specialized in IT and organization management over a five to ten year horizon. Instead of...

26 May 2021

Italy: generational renewal programs pick up the pace at corporate giants TIM (ex Telecom Italia) and Enel

Telephony giant TIM, which has set up a major voluntary early retirement program (c.f. article No.12419), is now committed to making 750 new hires during 2021 and 2022. The bulk of the recruitment...

25 May 2021

Germany: vote on Works Council modernization law is passed

On May 21 2021, Germany’s federal deputies voted the law on the modernization of works councils (Betriebsrätemodernisierungsgesetz). With this text (c.f. article No. 12448), the...

25 May 2021

Germany: decline of collective agreements slows slightly in 2020

The Institute for Employment Research (IAB), which is part of Germany’s Federal Employment Agency, has just published figures on the scope of collective agreements in 2020. These figures are...

21 May 2021

France: Korian and Monoprix harness government-backed retraining scheme

Following in the footsteps of cleaning firm Derichebourg, Monoprix (part of the Casino group) has signed a partnership with Korian and joined its 'Passerelles' crossover programme. The agreement...

20 May 2021

Great Britain: Standard Life Aberdeen seeks to reduce the environmental impact of teleworking

The Scottish asset management company plans to accelerate its carbon neutrality policy by reducing carbon emissions a further 50% by 2025. On 18 May the company announced a new plan of attack that...

20 May 2021

Germany: Volkswagen in the east of Germany along with its automotive subcontractors finally set to lower weekly working hours from 38 to 35, matching those in the west

Following extensive lengthy talks with the IG Metall trade union, car manufacturer Volkswagen, Germany’s second largest automotive subcontractor ZF, and Faurecia subsidiary SAS-Automotive...

19 May 2021

Germany: Porsche signs an agreement providing for 12 mobility days per month and 40% fewer in-office spaces

On 16 May, the social partners at Germany’s high-end car manufacturer Porsche announced they had signed a company agreement on ‘mobile work’. Among other things, this agreement provides for the...

18 May 2021

Spain: ‘Riders’ law recognizes employee status for home delivery platform workers

Spain’s government has approved the so-called ‘Riders’ Law, which frames the status of home delivery platform workers. The text, published as a decree-law in the Official State Bulletin (BOE) on...

12 May 2021

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25 September 2026

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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...

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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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