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Germany: incapacity for work certificates go digital
Germany’s Federal Cabinet meeting on 18 September adopted draft legislation on ‘lightening the bureaucracy’ facing businesses (Gesetzentwurf zur Bürokratieentlastung III)...
24 September 2019
Italy: several sectors renew their national collective agreements
The renewal of the energy and oil sector national collective agreement (NCA), signed on 19 September 2019 (c.f. article No. 11365) has launched what is set to be a particularly busy period for...
24 September 2019
Croatia: government backs down on retirement age increase amid trade union opposition
Yesterday, on 19 September, Croatian prime minister Andrej Plenkovic announced that his government would lower the retirement age back to 65, having planned to increase this to 67 as part of a...
23 September 2019
Germany: difficult start to collective bargaining in insurance sector
On Thursday 19 September, a first meeting was held between social partners in Germany’s insurance sector: the trade union Verdi on one side and the employers’ association of insurance...
20 September 2019
Great Britain: vegetarianism does not come within the framework of discrimination at work legislation
A judge in the UK has ruled that from a legal perspective, vegetarians cannot be victims of discrimination vis-à-vis the law. The complaint, which was rejected by the employment tribunal at...
19 September 2019
Germany: collective negotiations in the interim employment sector at a time of a faltering economy and manpower shortages
On 17 September social partners in the interim employment sector commenced negotiations to renew collective agreements that are set to expire on 31 December 2019. Mandated by its members, the DGB...
19 September 2019
United Kingdom : parental leave of 20 weeks with full pay for all Hachette employees, to encourage new fathers to take time off
Hachette UK, subsidiary of Hachette Livre and the second-largest publishing group in the UK, is granting new mothers and fathers within its company identical rights to parental leave – 20...
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13 September 2019
Hungary: two studies confirm heightened rate of pay rises among manual workers and managers
According to a study conducted by recruitment company Trenkwalder, based on the pay data of some 7,000 job candidates, the average gross hourly wage of manual and trained manual workers increased...
13 September 2019
EU : European Trade Union Confederation calls on national trade unions to demonstrate for climate action
In a statement published on 5 September, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) called on its 90 affiliated national trade union organisations to commit to achieving a “just...
12 September 2019
Italy: Conte’s second government, a left-leaning 5 Star-Democratic Party coalition, wins vote of confidence
At 343 votes out of a 630 total, Italy’s Chamber of Deputies majority was largely more comfortable than that secured in the evening of 10 September 2019 in the Senate house (169 votes out of...
11 September 2019
Kering puts 14-week paternity (and partner) leave in place for all staff globally
With this commitment the French luxury goods brand is standing as a legal ethical pioneer. In a press statement on 10 September, Kering stated that from 01 January 2020, ‘all Group employees...
10 September 2019
Italy: mechanical engineering and metalworking unions put forward common platform of demands ahead of the renewal of the national collective agreement
It is the first time in twelve years that the FIOM-Cgil, FIM-Cisl and UILM unions have proposed a common platform, after the great divide between the union centrals, over the reform of the...
6 September 2019
Great Britain : SME punishes staff for bringing single-use plastic into the office in bid to reduce environmental impact
This unprecedented case was initially flagged by the HR-focused press in the UK. Intelligent Hand Dryers, based in Sheffield, in northern England, has attracted attention for having banned its...
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6 September 2019
South Korea: spy-gadgets and complaints, employees are making use of the workplace anti-harassment law
In an article from 03 September 2019, the Reuters news agency has reported numbers from the Labor Department for workplace harassment complaints, which have been recorded since the notion was...
5 September 2019
Germany: employees whose jobs are very likely to be automated receive the least amount of lifelong training
In a new study published on 20 August 2019, the IAB, German Institute for Employment Research, has highlighted an apparently paradoxical phenomenon. At a time when training is becoming...
5 September 2019
Italy : a company exiting an employer’s body must comply with the sector relevant collective contract until its expiry date (Court of Cassation)
In judgment No. 21537 handed down on 20 August 2019 Italy’s Court of Cassation, in a ruling on an appeal made by the Turin Filctem-Cgil trade union, held that when a sector national...
4 September 2019
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
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Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying
Under pressure from new US tariffs, many countries have presented texts in recent weeks to ban the import of products made with forced labor. A real breakthrough for workers' rights or a mere...
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Germany: a “simplification” proposal for the Corporate Governance Code
In early August, the Government Commission presented proposals to reform the Deutscher Corporate Governance Kodex (DCGK), Germany’s Corporate Governance Code. The proposals are primarily aimed at...
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France: EDF served formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations
The news. On 23 September, Greenpeace France announced that it had served EDF with a formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations due to the risks of harm...
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24 September 2026
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Slovakia: a bill to “clarify” personal data protection measures
The news. The Slovak government approved a bill on personal data protection on August 26, 2026. This text aims to clarify existing regulations regarding employees’ rights and...
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7 September 2026