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Argentina: social partners agree on a 21% minimum wage increase
tiations, unions and businesses, led by the government, set the amount of minimum wage. Basic remuneration, received by over 300,000 Argentinean workers, will go from 1,240 pesos (230 euro) to...
31 July 2009
China: government holds the course of the reform of the health system
d that it was determined to speed up the reform of the health system to allow Chinese people to access public health services and get health insurance. The changes planned are aimed at rectifying...
30 July 2009
Italy: Latium region signs pact with unions to get out of the crisis
n presented the pact concluded with the CGIL, Cisl and Uil trade unions on the guidelines of the region’s commitment to get out of the crisis. Increased funding for guaranteed minimum wage...
30 July 2009
Germany: “transfer businesses” fight over the quality of their services
offs next fall in Germany is becoming clearer (see our dispatch No. 090747), a quarrel burst out between “transfer businesses” (Transfergesellschaften) in charge of reclassifying laid...
30 July 2009
Great Britain: Acas’ annual report shows that labor disputes intensify
nd Arbitration Service, ACAS, published its annual report on July 23, 2009. Figures mirror the economic crisis: a 22% increase in conciliation cases concerning unfair dismissals, booming calls...
30 July 2009
Slovenia: analysis of the law on the partial reimbursement of compensation paid by employers suspending the activity
arliament adopted the law on the partial reimbursement of compensation paid by employers suspending the activity. It regulates partial compensation for employees working for employers who are...
29 July 2009
Germany: Employment Minister wants to extend gradual early retirement
um organized by the IG-Metall on July 27, 2009 in Boblingen, Olaf Scholz, SPD Minister for Employment and Social Affairs, announced his will to extend by five years the current gradual early...
29 July 2009
Italy: beginning of the negotiations for the renewal of the national collective convention in the metal sector
of metalworkers’ CCN started on July 24 with a conflict. Of the two separate platforms, one presented by the Fim-Cisl and Uilm-Uil unions and the other by the Fiom-CGIL, the sector’s...
29 July 2009
Club Med: agreement on fundamental rights and transnational mobility to be signed in September
g on July 23, the IUF and EFFAT union organizations officially entered the agreement on fundamental right and transnational mobility in the Europe-Africa zone. The signature of this agreement...
28 July 2009
Italy: negotiations for the renewal of the national collective agreement broken off in the food sector
errupted negotiating for the renewal of the national collective agreement of the food sector, the only sector where the three unions, member of the CGIL, Cisl and Uil, presented a single platform...
28 July 2009
Germany: trainers and apprenticeship supervisors will have to provide evidence of registered training as of August 1, 2009
irective on trainers’ training” (Ausbilder-Eignungsverordnung / AEVO), which was suspended in 2003, will be applicable again. All trainers will have to provide evidence of certified...
28 July 2009
Sweden: new collective agreement makes call centers more ethical
n trade union and Almega employers’ federation signed a collective agreement. Launched in 2008, the negotiations were aimed at cleaning up the call-center sector. The agreement should put an...
28 July 2009
EU: the new regulation to coordinate social security systems to be applied soon
uncil of Ministers approved the text applying Regulation No. 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems. This permanent adoption allows the new rules which govern the rights to social...
27 July 2009
Brazil: “wage campaign” for metalworkers and banking employees launched
s opened annual wage negotiations. On July 23, they celebrated the beginning of the “wage campaign” expressing their claims on a real wage increase assorted with working time...
27 July 2009
Italy: Telecom Italia signs agreement with unions avoiding layoffs via solidarity contracts
Telecom Italia signed with the sector’s unions and thanks to the Minister of Labor who acted as a mediator, an agreement which avoids the 470 layoffs announced in May, via the adoption of...
27 July 2009
Germany: IG-Metall demands employee participation in the capital of the future Volkswagen-Porsche
ve in and Volkswagen gradually took over auto activities, Berthold Huber, leader of the IG-Metall, and the two formerly rival chairmen of Porsche and VW’s works councils displayed unity. At...
27 July 2009
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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.
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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...
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31 October 2025
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
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United Kingdom: government urged to legislate against forced labour
After consulting victims, businesses and NGOs, the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) has published a report showing that the UK is lagging behind in the fight against forced labour. The...
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EU: European Parliament calls for a directive on just transition
On 20 January, MEPs approved, with 420 votes in favour, an own-initiative report calling for a just transition directive. The text calls for the protection of workers to be guaranteed in the...
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