Labour relations

How are we doing? The impact of Brexit at industry level. Thus the title of a new report presented on 10 September by the TUC union confederation during its annual conference in Brighton. In it...

13 September 2017

ENGIE: latest EWC agreement put online

ENGIE's EWC agreement has undergone its second amendment since it was initially put in place following the Gaz de France | Suez merger (for more on the agreement itself c.f. article No. 090489). ...

12 September 2017

Briefly, Spanish union UGT has launched a platform for workers in the collaborative economy

After Germany’s IG Metall initiative (c.f. article No. 9064), it is the turn of Spain’s union confederation the UGT to offer web-based platform workers a specific site where they can “criticize...

12 September 2017

Italy: Sanofi lifts employee working time monitoring

During the summer, the Italian subsidiary at French pharmaceutical group Sanofi signed an agreement with trade unions on work hours and services for employees and their families working in Milan...

11 September 2017

India: Darjeeling tea pickers are on strike for over 80 days

In India’s prized Darjeeling tea region, tea pickers continue their strike action that they started in June. Trade unions have allied with the separatist Gorkha People’s Liberation Front and are...

5 September 2017

Finland: a make or break autumn following the employers’ decision to decentralize collective agreement negotiations

In March 2016 Finland’s employers took an historic decision to put an end to the country’s system of top down cascading negotiation. Thus no longer will collective agreement negotiations start at...

1 September 2017

Germany: insurance sector pay to rise 3.7% over 29 months

On Wednesday 30 August following three waves of strike action and an unusual two-month negotiations hiatus, the insurance sector social partners compromised on a sector agreement that includes a...

31 August 2017

UK: large firms will need to make their pay gaps public

In order to polish the image of companies in the UK that have been tarnished by scandals, Theresa May’s Conservative government has unveiled a corporate governance reform. Made public on 29...

29 August 2017

Italy: social partners prepare for dialogue after summer break

Negotiations between the Italian government and social partners, which had got under way in July, are set to resume in the coming days. On Wednesday, the country’s labour minister Giuliano Poletti...

29 August 2017

Portugal: strike at Volkswagen factory after employees reject pre-agreement with trade unions

Workers at AutoEuropa, the Volkswagen factory in Setubal, near the Portuguese capital Lisbon, are set to strike on Wednesday 30 August. They are opposing the move to a six-day working week, which...

29 August 2017

Suspension of our information thread for our summer vacation

Our information thread will be stopped during our summer break, from July 31 to August 28 included. The website and the archives remain available during that period. The whole Planet Labor team...

28 July 2017

Spain: nationwide salary negotiations break down

Following more than eight months of talks, social partners appear to have thrown in the towel. Unless there is a late twist, there will be no framework agreement on wages to guide collective...

28 July 2017

In brief, Rio Tinto commits to changing its attitude towards trade unions

The campaign led by IndustriALL Global Union that has targeted Rio Tinto, the Australian-British metals and mining corporation, is most probably one of the most tenacious pursued by an...

28 July 2017

News update as of July 26, 2017

Last minute : today the UK government has said it will abolish the charging of employment tribunal fees and reimburse those that have paid them. The decision follows a ruling from the country's...

25 July 2017

Philippines: the methods of the biggest temporary work agency in the world

In a long-standing trend that dates back to the oil crisis of the 1970s, the Philippines’ government not only encourages the export of labor, but institutionalized it so that today, through a...

25 July 2017

Spain: Axa Seguros becomes first company to recognise ‘right to disconnect’

The insurance firm's new collective agreement recognises employees' right to turn off their mobile phones outside of working hours. The agreement also looks to help workers achieve a work-life...

24 July 2017

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