Labour relations

On 19 September, and following earlier grass-roots consultations, the Federal Commission for the Chemicals and Energy sector union’s (IG BCE) collective negotiations published the trade union’s...

26 September 2019

Poland: social partners call on government to set up a new skills-enhancement fund

On 18 September 2019 during the Social Dialogue Council meeting, the social partners adopted a resolution calling on the government to set up a fund for bettering qualifications and competences...

26 September 2019

Germany: Verdi’s new president, Frank Werneke seeks to gain ground in companies without collective agreements

A page is turning for Germany’s second largest trade union.* The 1.9 million members of the services union Verdi are to get a new president as its founding leader Frank Bsirske (age 67) steps...

25 September 2019

Austria: Metallurgy sector collective negotiations get underway that ‘Should be heard in the tills!’

On 23 September in Austria’s capital Vienna, the head of the PRO-GE industry union, Rainer Wimmer used these words to summarize the goals of his own organization and that of the private...

25 September 2019

United States: a drivers association mobilizes to defend the AB 5 law

Behind Californian Assembly Bill 5 that facilitates the official recognition of employee status for drivers with Uber and its competitor, Lyft, can be found the RSDU association – the Rideshare...

25 September 2019

Italy: several sectors renew their national collective agreements

The renewal of the energy and oil sector national collective agreement (NCA), signed on 19 September 2019 (c.f. article No. 11365) has launched what is set to be a particularly busy period for...

24 September 2019

France: one out of two union members believe they have suffered discrimination by their employer due to their union involvement

The 12th annual barometer on the perception of workplace discrimination, published by France's Defender of Rights (an independent administrative authority which, among other things, is in charge...

23 September 2019

Italy: national agreement to measure union representativeness in both industry and a segment of the tertiary sector

On 19 September an agreement was signed by the Confindustria employers’ body along with the Cgil, Cisl, and Uil central trade unions, the INPS (National Social Welfare Institute), as well as the...

23 September 2019

Italy : energy and oil sector collective agreement renewed

On 19 September, social partners from the energy and oil sector penned a draft deal to renew their collective agreement, which expired at the end of 2018 and applies to some 35,000 workers...

20 September 2019

Great Britain : employment tribunal asks CJEU for clarification on the status of ‘worker’ in the context of the gig economy

Does the fact an individual has the right to hire a replacement, to do part or all of their work, mean they cannot be considered a ‘worker’? This is a question that has recently been referred by...

20 September 2019

Germany: difficult start to collective bargaining in insurance sector

On Thursday 19 September, a first meeting was held between social partners in Germany’s insurance sector: the trade union Verdi on one side and the employers’ association of insurance...

20 September 2019

Germany: collective negotiations in the interim employment sector at a time of a faltering economy and manpower shortages

On 17 September social partners in the interim employment sector commenced negotiations to renew collective agreements that are set to expire on 31 December 2019. Mandated by its members, the DGB...

19 September 2019

AccorInvest signs a global agreement with the IUF on fighting sexual harassment

On 17 September, the international trade union federation, the IUF, along with French hotels group AccorInvest announced their signing of a global agreement fighting sexual harassment at work. The...

18 September 2019

Germany: metallurgy employers in the northern region set up their own employment website

With Germany facing a shortage of skilled manpower, metallurgy and electro-technical employers in the north of the country have decided to take the situation into their own hands and have set up...

18 September 2019

Unilever Italy: unions sign “Industry 4.0” agreement promoting workers’ life-long learning so as to safeguard employability in light of ongoing technological transformation processes.

On Friday 13 September, an agreement on Industry 4.0 was signed between the Italian branch of the multinational group Unilever and the three sectoral unions FLAI-CGIL, FAI-CISL and UILA-UIL. The...

17 September 2019

Suez: European agreement on professional equality renewed

Today, on 16 September, Bertrand Camus, chief executive of French utility group Suez, the group’s European trade unions, and the European Union Federations have signed an agreement to reinforce...

16 September 2019

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