Labour relations

During some valuable time spent in India, a member of the Planet Labor team found it impossible to resist the opportunity to study and share how the country is progressing along its digital...

1 February 2017

United States: President Trump’s anti-immigration order rattling companies across all sectors

Widespread opposition to President Donald Trump’s 27 January immigration executive order has been sparked both internationally and across all sectors including from the likes of Nike, Starbucks...

1 February 2017

Portugal: launch of a digital economy development plan for business – ‘Revolution 4.0’

Portugal has announced a four–year €4.5 billion investment plan to develop ‘intelligent’ industry and promote companies’ technology growth. The so-called ‘Revolution 4.0’ program will span both...

1 February 2017

Austria: a new plan to promote jobs and prepare for the minimum wage

On 30 January and following several weeks of conflict, Austria’s Socialist (SPÖ) Conservative (ÖVP) ruling coalition government succeeded in presenting a program that will take it up to the autumn...

31 January 2017

Italy: draft agreements for renewing oil-energy and electricity sectors collective agreements

On 25 January, following more than a year of negotiations, the social partners in both the oil-energy and the electricity sectors secured draft agreements to renew their respective collective...

25 January 2017

Germany: for 2017 IG Metall is looking to consolidate the collective agreements system and promote an employee-oriented working time policy

On 25 January during the German IG Metall annual conference, the president of the metals and electrotechnical union Jörg Hofmann presented a profile of the union’s membership for 2016 whilst also...

25 January 2017

Great Britain: Brexit consequence – banks relocating from the City

Since the UK’s announcement that it would be leaving the EU Single Market, London’s banking community has increasingly made plans to relocate its City of London staff. Bosses from leading...

24 January 2017

Great Britain: Theresa May’s industrial plan underlines shift to more state intervention

Firmly focused on preparing for the post-Brexit era, on 23 January the UK government confirmed its intention to turn the Thatcher page and strengthen ties between the State and business. To this...

23 January 2017

Brazil: industries federation indicates that 152,500 industrial sector jobs were lost in 2016 in São Paulo

For the sixth year in a row, the São Paulo industrial basin, Latin America’s biggest has seen the number of jobs fall across the industry sector. On Thursday 19 January the Industry Federation for...

23 January 2017

Argentina: government, companies and unions strike deal to maintain jobs in southern oil field Vaca Muerta, an agreement hailed as an example to follow by President Macri

Following lengthy negotiations and a period marked by strike action as well as dismissals, the Argentinian government and the oil sector trade union announced an unprecedented deal regarding the...

20 January 2017

BNP Paribas: interview with Jean-François Bourrée, head of social policy and social affairs, on the European agreement to prevent work related stress

Jean-François Bourrée reviews the negotiations over as well as the content of the bank’s European agreement on the prevention of work-related stress that was signed on 10 January with the EWC...

20 January 2017

News update as of 19 January 2017

On the menu : Coca Cola Fuenlabrada (Madrid, Spain), legal outcome but no dispute, Wales against the Trade Union Act, Deustche Bank employees no longer allowed sending text messages , MasterCard...

18 January 2017

Italy: mixed report on the Jobs Act’s first two years

The Jobs Act (c.f. article No. 8763), Renzi’s government’s key measure, when implemented, was applauded by Europe’s institutions as one of Italy’s most anticipated reforms. Its aim was to...

18 January 2017

Spain: the Basque region’s social partners sign an agreement prioritizing regional social agreements over national collective negotiations

On 17 January, employers’ body Confebask together with the four main Basque region’s trade union bodies (ELA, LAB, CCOO, and UGT) secured a cross-industry agreement that dedicates a specific forum...

18 January 2017

China: strike action multiplies because of foreign companies’ workers’ fears over their potential transfer to Chinese companies

2016 was a year marked by a series of significant strike action in multinational companies because of workers being transferred to Chinese national companies. The mobilization efforts are an...

18 January 2017

Great Britain: Theresa May worries unions and employers by saying goodbye to the European single market

Theresa May’s shock announcement that the UK would be leaving the EU single market has raised significant worries and doubts for both unions and employers in spite of the fact that the PM’s much...

17 January 2017

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