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In a press release on 10 January, French banking group, BNP Paribas announced that a European agreement on the prevention of work-related stress had been signed with two European federations, the...

9 January 2017

News updates as of 10 January 2017

On the menu : United States/ automaker bosses under pressure, Spain/UGT union bares its teeth, Great Britain/ courts consider gig economy bike-delivery worker as an employee

9 January 2017

Argentina: foreign bank grouping lends support to salary agreement reached in December

After a month of negotiations, deadlocks, mediation by the labour ministry and go-slows, the decision was made to go back to an initial agreement on wage raises in the banking sector. The terms...

9 January 2017

Denmark: industry sector commences negotiations

On 5 January, negotiations got under way between Dansk Industri (DI) and Co-Industri, the Central Organisation of Industrial Employees in Denmark, which brings together nine unions including the...

9 January 2017

News updates as of 6 January 2017

On the menu : UK appoints first-ever ‘defender’ of employment law, merger of four main finish industry sector unions planned for 2017, Uber driver considered an employee by Swiss work accident...

4 January 2017

Would you like to know more about Valter Sanches, the new General Secretary of IndustriAll Global, the global trade union federation for industry?

An interview is available on the federation’s website, where Mr Sanches talks about his journey and what he has planned for the union.

4 January 2017

Portugal: the minimum wage moves to €557, effect offset by lower employers’ social contributions

The social partners agreed to raise the gross monthly national minimum wage (SMN) from €530 to €557 as of 01 January 2017. This rise is to be offset by a 1.25% drop in employers’ social...

3 January 2017

Suspension of the information thread during Christmas break

Dear readers, as we approach the end of the year we inform you we will be suspending our regular service from the evening of 22 December until the morning of 02 January 2017. As always our...

21 December 2016

Suez: European agreement signed over employment and skills management

On 21 Decembre 2016, management at the Suez group (water treatment, electricity, natural gas, and waste management) signed a European agreement on employment and skills management with a part of...

21 December 2016

Daimler: new company health agreement introduces controversial attendance bonus

On Wednesday 14 December, Daimler announced that a company health agreement had been struck between the company’s management and the central European works council. The agreement, which will be...

16 December 2016

Denmark: a policy to better govern firms with a working environment certification

In spring of this year, several companies bearing the so-called ‘green smiley’ (Krone Smiley) – a certification issued by the Danish Working Environment Authority (Arbejdstilsynet), which is...

16 December 2016

Legrand: signs an amendment to its EWC

The amendment signed on 22 June amends the 21 November 2000 agreement, which has already undergone two revisions (first in 2008 and then in 2013).

15 December 2016

Visteon: the automotive electronics supplier has renegotiated a new EWC agreement placing it under British law

Transferring Visteon’s EWC to operate under British law has been one of the American global automotive electronics supplier’s longstanding goals (c.f. article No. 120351). Significant changes in...

15 December 2016

News update as of 15 December 2016

On the menu : unions from Austria, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, and the US have launched a joint appeal for better working conditions for ‘crowdworkers’ , pension reforms definitely approved in...

14 December 2016

EU: the European federation EFFAT puts a comprehensive toolbox online for EWC representatives and coordinators to access

A truly comprehensive range of handbooks, guides, working tools have been prepared by the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions, EFFAT and are being made available to...

14 December 2016

Hungary: tension in the retail sector over the holiday period

Despite a 25% rise in the minimum wage for unskilled workers in 2017 and a further 12% rise in 2018 (c.f. article No. 9927) unions are raising alarm bells over worsening working conditions and...

14 December 2016

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