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Sodexo: Interview of Hugh Owens, director of reward, pensions and employee relations at Sodexo UK
rd, pensions and employee relations at Sodexo UK, is telling Planet Labor how unions and Sodexo’s management have been working together for years. He is also talking about the content of the...
27 September 2011
Italy: Fiom-CGIL announces claim platform for the renewal of the metal collective agreement
embly approved, last week, its claim platform for the renewal of the 2008 national collective agreement in the metal industry. The metalworkers’ federation notably proposes reviewing the...
26 September 2011
Poland: social partners determine working program for the coming months
artners determined, during the meeting of the tripartite committee (unions-employers-government) on September 12-13, their working program: maximum duration of fixed-term contracts, determining...
26 September 2011
Interview of Xavier Bertrand, French Minister of Labor and President of the social G20: “the G20 is the time to improve the social dimension of globalization”
f G20 Labor Ministers in Paris on September 26-27, Xavier Bertrand, French Minister of Labor, who will chair this meeting, answered Planet Labor’s questions on his ambition for this...
22 September 2011
Lithuania: controversy over the right to strike
ike at the biggest beer manufacturer in Lithuania, “Švyturys-Utenos Alus,” revived the debate on the right to strike, very strictly supervised in the country. (Ref. 110561)...
21 September 2011
Netherlands: employers reject “systematic” wage increases in collective agreements
.5% wage increase in 2012 and employers say it is too much. They are criticizing this trend of “systematic” increases. (Ref. 110562) One of the biggest members of the Confederation of...
21 September 2011
Great Britain: Fujitsu staff repeatedly on strike
technology (IT) services company, Fujitsu, has experienced two recent industrial disputes. While the second conflict continues, with Unite blaming the company for failure to comply with collective...
21 September 2011
EU: home stretch for the creation of European and international manufacturing federations
ake place on May 16, 2012 for the European federation and on June 19-20 for the international organization. (Ref. 110559) Regional structure. The merger of European manufacturing union federations...
20 September 2011
Great Britain: government publishes guide to help businesses improve gender equality
aunched by Minister for Women and Equality, Theresa May, is to encourage businesses to publish progress made in terms of professional equality. The “Think, Act, Report” report...
20 September 2011
Umicore: international framework agreement renewed
n metal maker, the representatives of the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers’ Unions (ICEM) and of the International Metalworkers’ Federation (IMF)...
20 September 2011
Netherlands: pension reform adopted but divides the FNV federation
g retirement age from 65 to 66 in 2020 and then to 67 in 2025 – received the support of a majority of MPs on September 16th, with the help of the labor party, the traditional ally of the...
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20 September 2011
Sodexo: after the deal reached in the US, SEIU union drops opinion campaign against the French catering company
he French catering company and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) reached, at the end of last week, an agreement putting an end to several months of dispute. The American union...
19 September 2011
United States: General Motors and UAW sign first Big Three pay agreement
) just ended its first bargaining round with the Big Three, after reaching a pay deal with General Motors on the night of Friday, September 16th. The agreement was signed for four years and...
19 September 2011
EU: paid annual leave to include financial compensation linked intrinsically to the performance of tasks which the worker is required to carry out
tember 15th, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) defined, for the first time, Community rules regarding the definition of the salary which will serve as a basis for calculating paid...
19 September 2011
Germany: 2010 collective bargaining schedule
are almost over, with a few major sessions left by the end of the year in the rubber industry, paper industry and, most importantly, steel industry in November. Long-awaited, the outcome of...
19 September 2011
Great Britain: ongoing negotiations in London transport to avoid a strike during the Olympics
ground strike by train drivers during next year’s Olympics Games appears to have abated after senior managers claimed to have reached a deal with train drivers’ unions, Aslef and the...
19 September 2011
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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