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United States: retail employees denounce sacrificing Thanksgiving for Black Friday
employees have had to get up in the middle of the night between Thanksgiving and ‘Black Friday’ to open stores before dawn for the most important shopping day of the year, opening the...
24 November 2011
Great Britain: government releases draft Labor Law reform
ng more flexible layoffs in SMEs with 10 employees and less; reducing the consultation period for mass layoffs; introducing “protected conversations” between employees and employers;...
24 November 2011
Companies: six telecom multinationals launch human rights initiative
g in telephony met to work together on Human Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility. These businesses are Teliasonera, Telenor, Vodafone, Telefonica, Nokia Siemens and Alcatel. Ewa...
EU: modifying its previous case law, the ECJ limits the possibility for employees to accumulate entitlements to paid annual leave during absence for illness
to contain the impact of one of its case laws, the mostly vividly criticized by employers. In a ruling rendered in early 2009, the European judges laid down the principle that the national...
23 November 2011
International: according to KPMG, CSR reporting has become the de facto law for business
cabinet has been doing an international survey on reporting in terms of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The 2011 edition shows a general increase in the phenomenon, and mostly that large...
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22 November 2011
Italy: measures affecting the labor world in the Monti administration’s program
he Italian Parliament, with a record approval rate. Based on three pillars – “budget austerity, growth and equity” – his program aims to brave the pension reform, to reform...
21 November 2011
Corporate practices: how the Rudus construction materials manufacturer managed to significantly cut the number of industrial accidents on its production sites
uction company which employs about 1,300 people. It produces concrete, coated macadam and asphalt and operates in Finland, the Baltic countries and Russia. Bought, in 1999, by Irish multinational...
21 November 2011
Netherlands: Philips wants to spread efficiency premiums
lips, wants to bring variable pay from 7 up to 12% of annual earnings for the group’s 14,000 employees in the Netherlands. Unions and the works council are currently discussing the new...
21 November 2011
Great Britain: new government measures for apprenticeship and vocational training
nment announced a GBP 1,500 (EUR 1,755) subsidy for businesses recruiting apprentices aged 16-24 and the creation of a GBP 250 million (EUR 292 million) fund to help businesses develop vocational...
18 November 2011
EU: home stretch for the creation of the first European Sector Skills Councils
textile social partners will officially launch the first European Sector Skills Council. Trade should follow, and many other sectors (automotive, chemistry, steel, construction…) also want...
17 November 2011
EU: European Commission Work Program 2012
e European Commission adopted its Work Program 2012, devoted to “European renewal.” The Commission announces a Green Paper on Restructuring and Economic Adjustment, the comet tale of...
16 November 2011
EU: European social partners to open talks with a view to reviewing the working time directive
federation (ETUC) and several employers’ organizations (BusinessEurope, the European Center of Enterprises with Public Participation – CEEP, and the UEAPME – SMEs) informed...
15 November 2011
EU: interview of Nicole Notat, President of Vigeo, the European CSR rating agency, about the European Commission’s communication on Corporate Social Responsibility
lanet Labor, Nicole Notat, President of Vigeo, the European CSR rating agency, is giving us her reading of the communication adopted by the European Commission on Corporate Social Responsibility...
14 November 2011
Italy: Parliament approves Stability Act, the last action by the Berlusconi administration
e House of Deputies approved the “2012 Stability Act,” the preliminary to the resignation of Silvio Berlusconi, who promised to leave the government after it passed. The Act brings...
14 November 2011
Austria: 110,000 heating engineers and fitters get a 3.85% wage increase
Metallgewerbe” sector, which includes thousands of SMEs, 110,000 employees and covers the trades of heating engineer, fitter (air conditioning, security electronics…) or mechanics...
10 November 2011
Estonia: two surveys to help understand the current state of labor relations in the country
of Social Affairs revealed the results of two surveys dedicated to the current state of labor relations in Estonia. Both surveys are about the same five themes (employee involvement, collective...
9 November 2011
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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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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...
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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...
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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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