Labour relations

Although teleworking is a concept that has difficulty being generally applied across the country because of employers reticence and a lack of knowledge as to the advantages of this type of...

25 April 2019

Brazil: will national industrial renewal include the Amazonian Manaus area?

Conceived of as a free trade industrial zone, the northern Amazonian city of Manaus initially attracted several multinational companies, however activity did subsequently dissipate. In a bid to...

19 April 2019

Gig economy: university initiative seeks to set better standards for benefit of platform workers

“There are now over seven million digital platform workers that live all over the world, doing work that is outsourced via platforms or apps. Platform work provides essential income and...

19 April 2019

Solvay: 2019 renewal of the Global agreement on Performance Sharing Program

On 05 April 2019, Belgian chemical company Solvay together with its global social dialogue body, the Solvay Global Forum (c.f. article No. 10248), signed an agreement over the 2019 budget and...

18 April 2019

Spain: trade unions and employers lay out their respective demands ahead of the legislative elections set for 28 April

In the run-up to the legislative elections on 28 April 2019, both the employers and trade unions have been publishing their messages to the election candidates, as well as to the future...

18 April 2019

HR practices: French insurer MAIF immerses its whole social structure into digital transformation

Like others in the insurance industry, French insurance company Maif (7,500 employees) is facing a thorough overhaul of its entire business, not least with the arrival of insurtech startups, and...

18 April 2019

Germany: new initiative to promote the hiring of those with disabilities (in brief)

On 09 April, during the ‘Corporate Inclusion Award’ event, Germany’s Federal Employment Agency (BA), Employers’ Federation (BDA), Labor Ministry, and the Federal organization for social assistance...

9 April 2019

United Kingdom: large gender pay gap persists, despite reporting obligations

The second year of obligatory gender pay gap reporting, applicable to companies with at least 250 employees, has illustrated a worrying lack of movement by companies. Despite the introduction of...

8 April 2019

Spain: hospitality sector collective convention creates a specific professional category for home meal delivery workers

Spain’s hospitality sector employers’ bodies and trade unions have agreed upon a new professional category that will include online platform delivery workers. Trade unions are hoping that this...

2 April 2019

Sweden: new government’s plans on employment and social protection

Stefan Löfven retained the position of prime minister of Sweden in January this year, after a four-month parliamentary impasse following the 2018 general election. He currently leads a minority...

1 April 2019

Spain: plan launched to bring back those who emigrated during the crisis

On 22 March, the Spanish government presented an array of 50 measures to simplify the process of returning to the country, for those who have emigrated abroad. The measures seek, amongst other...

25 March 2019

Mexico: State of Coahuila signs ‘Pact for social dialogue and decent work’ with social partners

On 6 March, an agreement on social dialogue was reached by the governor of the Mexican state of Coahuila, the mayors of the 36 largest cities in the state, heads of companies and trade union...

25 March 2019

Bosch continues to deploy its ‘Learning Company’ concept

In line with the rest of the industrial world, Germany’s largest auto-parts manufacturer, Bosch (400,000 employees), is having to deal with enormous challenges that must be met, or else risk the...

21 March 2019

Solvay: agreement to maintain the UK within the scope of group’s EWC

The management at the Belgian chemicals group and members of its European Works Council have decided that “considering the importance of social dialogue in the company, the continuity should...

19 March 2019

Germany: 3.7% pay rise and ‘options model’ for a wage supplement in the steel sector

Social partners in Germany’s steel industry announced a new collective agreement for the 72,000 workers in the areas of North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony and Bremen, where the majority of the...

18 March 2019

Germany: “Today we need the best level of protection possible, a little less in terms of overall rules, and agreements that provide employees with more autonomy over decision making,” Jörg Hofmann, President of IG Metall

In an interview with Planet Labor, Jörg Hofmann, President of IG Metall (and of the international federation, IndustriALL Global Union) explained how the union is addressing employment problems...

14 March 2019

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On 26 November, the Bulgarian government approved amendments to the labour code designed to reinforce the legal framework for sector-level collective bargaining. The reform aims to stimulate...

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On 16 December, the social partners in Europe's telecommunications sector unveiled a joint statement on artificial intelligence. They propose an action plan for skills and commit to raising...

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