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The UK’s skills minister Anne Milton announced on 29 March that some 11.7 million pounds (13.3 million euros) would be freed up to fund 32 new projects in the country, to help adults learn new...

30 March 2018

Finland: last minute agreement for the banking sector

Following five months of negotiations, and sector-wide strike action set for the start of April (c.f. article No. 10611), employers and unions have finally accepted conciliator Minna Helle’s...

26 March 2018

Solvay: signing of a charter on the recognition of employee representative skills

On 28 February, Solvay CEO, Jean-Pierre Clamadieu and EWC coordinator Albert Kruft together signed the first European text that recognizes skills acquired by those undertaking employee...

26 March 2018

Great Britain: a return to higher real salaries?

On 21 March 2018, the UK’s Office of National Statistics (ONS) reported that salaries in the country rose an annual 2.6% in the quarter between November 2017 and January 2018. Against this...

22 March 2018

Japan: banks may launch their own recruitment service

In light of regulatory reforms within the banking sector as announced by the Financial Services Agency, the FSA, Japan’s banks will be able to provide their customers with recruitment support...

22 March 2018

Hungary: new worker profiles entering the manufacturing sector

Hungary’s manufacturing companies are currently having to cope with serious manpower management challenges. According to a recent survey, 88% of businesses are struggling to manage a manpower...

22 March 2018

Finland: continued stalemate for negotiations over a new finance sector collective agreement

Although still in process, negotiations for finance sector collective convention have made no serious progress. The sector’s trade unions have announced fresh strike action for the weeks ahead.

20 March 2018

Germany: metal sector social partners adapting professions and work-linked training to fit the digital age

With Industry 4.0 in full swing across Germany, on 15 March the country’s employers’ federation Gesamtmetall, the machine-tool federation VDMA, the central electrical-electronic union ZVEI, and...

20 March 2018

Estonia: historic agreement on collective agreements extension

Are Estonia’s industrial relations coming to maturity? Trade unions have traditionally been viewed as extensions of the country’s communist era and as such have struggled to secure legitimacy...

20 March 2018

Latest Brexit update: transitional period to last 21 months

After weeks of intense negotiations, Europe and the United Kingdom announced on Monday that they had reached an agreement over the post-Brexit transitional period. The period will begin on 29...

19 March 2018

United Kingdom: large gender pay gaps revealed in banking sector

Under new legislation, companies in the UK with 250 employees or more will have to publish their gender pay gap by 4 April, or run the risk of a penalty (see articles n°9966 and n°9502). The...

19 March 2018

Germany: Deutsche Post unions fear creating a single distribution subsidiary will result in downgrading working conditions for postal delivery workers

An article in the daily publication Die Welt from 12 March reports that Deutsche Post (DP) was preparing a significant restructuring. The article indicated the German postal giant was in the...

13 March 2018

Germany: the extreme-right makes advances during Daimler’s WC elections

Eagerly awaited, the results from WC membership elections in Daimler’s facilities are now available and unambiguous with an overwhelming win for the IG Metall union. At Daimler’s Untertükheum...

9 March 2018

Spain: women to down tools on 08 March

On March 8 the women of Spain will take part in the first national strike to combat wage inequality and gender violence. In 2017 feminist associations called for a symbolic 30 minute work...

7 March 2018

Brazil: IT sector trade unions facing challenges in attracting younger members

Over recent years Brazil’s information and technology sectors have grown rapidly and are now number 7 in the world. Brazil’s population is ‘internet connected’ and attracted to good pay and growth...

7 March 2018

Argentina: a slight upturn in employment as well as an increase in the number and proportion of self-employed

Argentina’s Labor Ministry published its employment data for 2017, which revealed a slight upturn by way of a 2.2% annual increase in the number of employed as well as a dramatic increase in the...

7 March 2018

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