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Germany: IG Metall to prioritise job security in upcoming collective negotiations in metals sector
Roman Zitzelsberger, IG Metall’s chief in Baden-Württemberg, has earmarked job security as one of the trade union’s priorities ahead of collective negotiations set to kick off by 17 March in the...
13 January 2020
Business practices: how high-tech firm Thales is upping the pace of educational innovation and the ‘marketing’ of solutions that better meet the needs of professions and employees
More than 18 months ago Jean-Roch Houllier, director of educational innovation at the Thales Learning Hub, established a structure geared towards helping his company’s training system meet new...
13 January 2020
United States: telecoms union CWA targets tech and video game industries with its CODE (Campaign to Organize Digital Employees) campaign
The leadership of the Communications Workers of America, a large trade union that has a strong presence in the telecommunications industry, has decided to expand into the sectors of tech and video...
13 January 2020
India: how one hotel chain is leading the way to inclusion by employing workers with disabilities
India’s leading mid-range hotel chain, Lemon Tree is making the hiring of those with disabilities an integral part of its business model. Initially implemented in 2007, many hotels have are...
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10 January 2020
Japan: ‘technical trainees’, a euphemism for exploited foreign manpower
In a country that has lost 11% of its active population in the space of 20 years, Japan remains reticent over the idea of opening its borders to long-term immigrant workers. Companies in need of...
10 January 2020
Finland: a new agreement for the technology, electronics, mechanical, and metallurgy industry sets the tone for negotiations across the other sectors
Following an agreement between the industry union (Teollisuusliitonet) and technology sector employers (Teknologiateollisuuteen), employees have secured a 3.3% salary increase distributed over 25...
9 January 2020
Great Britain: government seeks to calm concerns before the IR35 off-payroll reforms on disguised employment come into force
As of 06 April 2020, UK private sector medium and large businesses will be required to declare if their service providers have to pay the income taxes and social contributions that correspond to...
9 January 2020
Works council expertise ‘à la française’ looking to extend across Europe
For several years works council specialist consultants have been active in both European Commission funded sector-level social dialogue, as well as in French EWCs. More recently however, these...
8 January 2020
France: after 34 days of strike action talks resume between the government and social partners over France’s pension reform
On 07 January 2020, talks between the government and social partners over France’s pension reform resumed after 34 days of industrial action and the longest such period in French industrial...
8 January 2020
Spain: new coalition government led by socialists aims to reassert collective bargaining and develop a workers’ statute for the 21st century
Having received the backing of the Spanish parliament today, on 7 January, Pedro Sanchez, leader of the country’s Socialist Party, is set to commence his second term as prime minister, forming a...
7 January 2020
Germany: Zonar, the performance evaluation software at Zalando that has sparked a data protection probe
A study conducted by a German university claims that e-commerce platform Zalando has been placing its workers under pressure and/or surveillance using the performance management tool Zonar, a...
7 January 2020
United Kingdom: tribunal rules that ethical vegans should be protected against workplace discrimination
On 3 January, as part of a hearing of an unfair dismissal complaint, an employment tribunal in the city of Norwich, in the east of England, deemed for the first time that being vegan qualifies as...
6 January 2020
Austria: a government more open to ‘social partnership’ and with a programme focused on the digital and ecological transitions
As Austria celebrates the start of the new year, the country has also seen the arrival of a new government. Following the legislative elections of September last year, and after lengthy...
6 January 2020
United Kingdom: Boris Johnson promises post-Brexit employment law
There were some surprises in the Queen’s Speech on 19 December, which marked the opening of Parliament following the Conservative Party’s clear victory in last week’s snap general election. Among...
20 December 2019
Italy: banking sector collective agreement renewed
On 19 December, after a year of negotiations, social partners in Italy’s banking sector agreed a provisional deal to renew the national collective agreement (CCN), which applies to more than...
20 December 2019
France: France Telecom and several former executives found guilty of moral harassment
On 20 December, the correctional tribunal in Paris sentenced three former executives of France Télécom – the ex-CEO, deputy chief and human resources director – to a year in prison, of which eight...
20 December 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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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