France: agreement struck to regulate suspensions of independent delivery drivers from platforms National industrial relations Drivers for ride-hailing services such as Uber have struck a deal whereby conditions for their suspension will be regulated by collective bargaining,…
Great Britain: TUC turns to the ILO to challenge UK’s Minimum Service Levels requirement during strike action National industrial relations En plein congrès annuel, la confédération syndicale TUC a annoncé le dépôt d'une réclamation devant l'Organisation Internationale du Travail (OIT) contre la loi imposant un service minimum.
Spain: AI assumes greater prominence in collective bargaining National industrial relations Trade unions in Spain are working actively to develop employees' right to information as regards the use of artificial intelligence, with the aim of incorporating this into collective agreements as they are updated.
Italy: series of agreements signed by major agri-food companies ahead of national collective agreement renewal negotiations National industrial relations With agri-food sector social partners commencing discussions for renewing the national collective agreement, many of the sector's major companies have spent the summer months signing individual agreements with the Fai Cisl, Flai Cgil and Uila unions. Recurring themes in these agreements include the strengthening of labour relations, a greater commitment to the environment, and a sharp rise in productivity bonuses.
Italy: Mondelez focuses on parenthood and diversity National industrial relations In July 2023, the Italian subsidiary of Chicago-based multinational confectionery, food, beverage and snack food company, Mondelez signed an agreement with the Fai-Cisl, Flai-Cgil and Uila trade unions that focuses on themes linked to parenthood, diversity & inclusion, as well as to remote working. It also provides for a €300 boost to the profit bonus, at a time when household consumption is stagnating and competition from both private and discount brands is significant.
Réglementaire Argentina: minimum wage raised as of 01 July 2023 National industrial relations National legislation On 17 July, Argentina’s government announced an increase in the minimum living wage. From 01 July it will rise more than 31% from 80,342 pesos (€267 at the current official rate) to 105,500 (€351) for “all workers who are paid monthly and complete a full legal working day.” A second uplift of 6.67% is also scheduled for 01 August (rising to 112,500 pesos,…
Italy: banking sector employees approve trade unions’ platform of demands as sector collective agreement still awaits renewal National industrial relations With the procedures for renewing the banking sector’s collective bargaining agreement running behind schedule, the sector’s social partners agreed to extend the previous agreement from its expiry date of 31 December 2022 until 31 July 2023. The workers' assemblies have almost unanimously (99.5%) approved the trade unions’ ‘platform of demands’ so negotiations for renewing the sector’s national collective bargaining agreement (NCA) should open imminently. The NCA covers some 280,000 employees.
Spain: big fashion retailers set out to negotiate their own branch collective agreement National industrial relations Fashion retailers including Inditex, Mango, H&M, Primark, Kiabi and Uniqlo have joined forces to form their own employers' organisation – ARTE – with a view to defending their interests, which differ from those of the small retailers with which they have previously been associated.
Great Britain: BCC launches a new national employers’ organisation National industrial relations On 05 June and amid a series of scandals and allegations over an abusive corporate culture and senior management misconduct (including sexual harassment, assault, and rape) at the CBI (Confederation of British Industry, founded in 1965 by royal charter) that continues to rock what is said to be the UK’s largest business lobby group, the BCC (British Chambers of Commerce network of accredited business chambers representing all sectors regions and business sizes and founded in 1860) announced it was launching a brand new national cross-cutting, employers' representative body called the Business Council.
