Labour relations

Tensions are brewing in the rubber-plastics sector. The national collective agreement intends for previously agreed (last year) salary rises to be revised according to the observed inflation rate...

4 October 2017

Germany: refugee integration pilot project seen as a success

According to the IG Metall union the success of this experiment has proved conclusive: as part of a joint pilot project launched in April 2017 by the Baden-Württemberg Esslingen IG Metall section...

4 October 2017

ASOS: signs a global framework agreement with IndustriALL Global

In a Global Framework Agreement (GFA) signed on 02 October, the UK clothing company ASOS commits to adopting policies and procedure that develop collective bargaining and social dialogue along its...

3 October 2017

Great Britain: Aviva pledges 25% of headcount will be older than 50 by 2022

The insurance giant is looking to set an example by hiring 1,000 over-50s over the next five years. This ‘senior-friendly’ policy come sa year after Andy Briggs, chief executive of the Aviva UK...

3 October 2017

Belgium: banking sector collective agreement for 2017-18 targets industry response to digitalisation

On 29 September, social partners from the Belgian banking sector reached a deal on a new collective agreement. For the first time, the agreement includes a supplementary pay rise guarantee and...

2 October 2017

Spain: ‘civic work stoppage’ and general strike planned in Catalonia tomorrow (brief)

On 2 October, the leadership of the regional strands of the CCOO and UGT – Spain’s largest trade union groupings – announced that an agreement had been reached in principle on the previous day to...

2 October 2017

Spain: Balearic Islands’ hotel sector breaks with trend of wage moderation with a 17% pay rise spread over four years

The Federación Empresarial Hotelera de Mallorca, a hotels federation on the Spanish island, reached a deal on quality employment in the hotel sector with the CCOO and UGT trade unions on 28...

29 September 2017

United Kingdom: employers and unions join forces to demand that citizens’ rights be guaranteed after Brexit

While negotiations over the United Kingdom’s departure from the European Union continue to stagnate, with EU negotiator Michel Barnier yesterday estimating that it would take months for talks to...

29 September 2017

United States: Supreme Court again to examine payment of union fees (brief)

The United States Supreme Court has agreed to once again study the obligation for public-sector employees to pay union fees. So-called fair share fees are paid by non-members to unions that strike...

29 September 2017

News update as of September 28, 2017

On the menu : Canada is looking to insert 'strong mechanisms of protection relating to work at the very heart of the agreement' in the futur NAFTA, Irish government looking to ban zero hours...

26 September 2017

United States: trade unions gain ground in Vice Media

Trade unions have successfully gained a presence at Vice Media; an up and coming New York online media empire. 430 writers and producers at the company have decided to join the writers guild of...

26 September 2017

Brexit: negotiations recommence Monday, following May’s first public call for a transition period

The fourth round of Brexit negotiations are scheduled to commence today, Monday 25 September, in Brussels. The recommencement of talks comes days after a speech from UK prime minister Theresa May...

25 September 2017

Generali: joint European declaration promoting teleworking

Italy’s insurance group Generali is looking to develop teleworking as one of the aspects of smart working. Management and the EWC select committee signed a declaration on 16 May 2017 whereby they...

21 September 2017

Germany: as part of the metals sector collective negotiations, IG Metall is calling for a sizeable pay rise and the right to reduce working time for a temporary period

Germany’s regional level collective negotiations that are set to start in mid-November for the metals and electro-technical sectors promise to be both challenging and innovative. Challenging...

20 September 2017

Safran: renews its European Framework Agreement for Professional Integration of Young People

On 19 September, Safran Group together with the European Industry Union Federation, IndustriALL Europe, renewed the European Framework Agreement for Professional Integration of Young People, which...

19 September 2017

Germany: ahead of the upcoming legislative elections the main political parties put forward their views on co-determination, part-time work, and the minimum wage

If the polls are to be believed then Angela Merkel is set to return for a fourth consecutive mandate as German Chancellor following the elections on 24 September and in this vein talk is rife over...

19 September 2017

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