Labour relations

Late into the evening of 05/06 February the metal sector’s social partners, IG Metall and the employers’ body struck a new collective agreement that is set to run for 27 months and covers the...

6 February 2018

Germany: Deliveroo’s first works council to be elected in Cologne

Riders working for the food delivery platform Deliveroo in Cologne have decided to follow the example of their colleagues at Foodora by setting up a works council, which will be elected on 16...

5 February 2018

Germany: metals sector negotiations reaching breaking point

Despite certain somewhat alarming reports, metals sector collective negotiations between the IG Metall union and the employers Gesammtmetall body still continue under what can be called a...

1 February 2018

Sweden: towards limiting the right to strike?

This question has come up since repeated strike action at the port of Gothenburg during 2016 and 2017, and which, according to the labor Minister Ylva Johansson, demonstrates that the Swedish...

1 February 2018

Italy: banking sector social partners sign an agreement strengthening the sector’s Employment Fund

On 29 January 2018, Italy’s Banking Association L’Associazione Bancaria Italiana (ABI) together with the trade unions, FABI, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, UGL Credito, Uilca, and Unità Sindacale Falcri...

1 February 2018

Great Britain: “Apprenticeships have always been stigmatized” – an interview with an expert from the CIPD

Last week and following a spectacular and near 60% plunge in the number of people registering for apprenticeships between May-July 2017 in England as compared with a year earlier, the UK...

31 January 2018

Spain: pay moderation agreement at Opel Figueruelas

Management and unions at the Spanish Opel plant have announced a pre-agreement on salaries which includes a 2018 pay freeze in exchange for new projects securing the site’s future.

30 January 2018

Norway fresh strike action protesting temporary employment agencies is set for March

Following last November’s strike action, four unions from the electronics, construction, and plumbing sectors together with the LO Confederation have decided to organize fresh strike action for 15...

30 January 2018

Portugal: following a sit-in workers at the former Triumph underwear and lingerie workplace secure collective dismissal for economic reasons

Following a three-week sit-in at the facility, 463 former Triumph workers secured a company insolvency decision. The Tribunal ruling now unlocks the right to collective dismissal compensation, and...

30 January 2018

Germany: IG Metall union agrees to last-ditch negotiation push in the metal sector and issues ultimatum

Following a crisis meeting held on 26 January, the leadership of the IG Metall union announced that it would continue negotiations with the employer organisation in Baden-Württemberg, the most...

25 January 2018

Finland brief update: Google is funding a cooperative set up by the journalists union to give journalists freelance status

Mediakunta cooperative, which according to the latest count employs more than 160 freelance journalists, has just received €50,000 from the Google Digital News Initiative, as funding support to...

25 January 2018

Stora Enso: global framework agreement signed

On Friday 19 January, Stora Enso, the Finnish-Swedish company that specialises in renewable solutions in packaging, biomaterials, wood and paper, signed a global framework agreement with three...

22 January 2018

Japan: older workers allowed to accumulate jobs

Job combining or accumulation has been prohibited for a longtime at Japan’s companies and their internal regulations have stated as much. However the Minister for Health Employment and Social...

19 January 2018

France: the automaker PSA becomes the first company to harness new permission to mutually terminate contracts through collective agreement

A majority of unions ( five out of six) at the French car manufacturer signed today (January 19) the agreements to make use of two new measures introduced as part of France’s new labour reform –...

18 January 2018

Spain: social partners prepare to renew the salary framework agreement

Employers and unions are getting set for the upcoming salary framework agreement negotiations due to start on 25 January that will serve as a guide for collective negotiations overall. This...

18 January 2018

Great Britain: an industrial strategy for the automotive sector

Following the first ‘Sector Deal’ for the Construction sector presented in November 2017, and the second, for the Life Sciences sector presented the following month in December 2017, on 10 January...

11 January 2018

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