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Germany: chemical and metallurgy employers’ bodies disagree over ‘tax bonus’ for companies that apply collective agreements
How can the erosion of collective agreements and co-determination be effectively stemmed? This question has been more than niggling the political and trade union worlds for a decade. In 2015 and...
6 May 2019
Chile : the government wants to facilitate working-time flexibility
President of Chile Sebastián Piñera announced las Friday (may 3rd) the key provisions of a bill that will be presented this week to the Parliament aiming at « modernizing labor legislation » to...
6 May 2019
China: legal text aims to combat discrimination against women
On 21 February, a text introducing measures to curb discrimination against women in terms of their access to employment was jointly adopted by nine ministries and committees*, with a view to...
6 May 2019
France: the mandate of a staff representative within a EWC does not automatically terminate if they change union membership
Planet Labor, 3 May 2019, nº11112-
3 May 2019
Mexico: trade union legislative reforms definitively adopted
Mexico’s landmark labor reforms, which will make trade unions as well as conciliation and dispute resolution mechanisms more democratic, were a pre-requisite for ratification by the US and Canada...
3 May 2019
China: tech workers spark debate over relentless working culture, by raising awareness of their situation
At the end of March, a group of programmers in China set up the webpage 996.ICU, to bring attention to the lengthy working hours that are common practice in the country’s tech sector (see articles...
3 May 2019
Germany : Daimler head-office WC election is annulled on the basis that it is representing employees who are geographically too far away (in brief)
At the end of April 2019 and following complaints lodged by five candidates who unsuccessfully contested Daimler WC elections, the Stuttgart Labor Tribunal annulled the election for Daimler’s...
3 May 2019
Korian: signs agreement to establish an EWC
On 29 April 2019, Korian, a leading French multinational provider of medical and non-medical care and support services for the elderly and people with short or longer-term health issues across a...
30 April 2019
China: laborer’s outrage sparks an unprecedented wave of media attention
On 11 April a construction worker posted a video showing a striking difference in quality between regular builders’ protection helmets and those worn by site supervisors. Holding a regular...
30 April 2019
Germany: working time in textile sector in east and west to be aligned by 2027 under new agreement in east German sector (in brief)
The plan is part of a deal agreed during the night of 29 April between the union IG Metall and the employer federation VTI (for the textile industry in Lander in East Germany). It is the principle...
30 April 2019
Portugal: walkout in the retail sector set for 1 May
Following a call by the CESP, the trade union of retail and services workers – a member union of the FEPCES, the Portuguese federation of trade unions for retail, services and office workers...
30 April 2019
Sweden: spring budget seeks to ease hiring by companies
During the negotiations that took place in January to form Sweden’s new government, prime minister Stefan Löfven, of the Social Democratic Party, committed to adopting a policy that would make it...
29 April 2019
Germany: outline of the major political parties’ European election social manifestos
In the run up to the May elections what are Germany’s major political parties proposals in terms of labor policy? At first glance one can observe a marked return to polarization with the right...
29 April 2019
United States: Google employees speak out against group
Several hundred Google employees and contractors met on Friday 26 April at a town hall, which was broadcast live so as to be seen by as many people as possible, to talk about the retaliatory...
29 April 2019
Japan: teleworking and ‘workations’ are becoming more popular
Although teleworking is a concept that has difficulty being generally applied across the country because of employers reticence and a lack of knowledge as to the advantages of this type of...
25 April 2019
News update as of 24 April 2019
On the menu: implementation of the cross-industry agreement (AIP) in Belgium, UK government to provide free digital training for adults, EU Parliament adopts text of draft directive on...
24 April 2019
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France: austerity measures proposed in social security financing bill for 2026
Limits on sick leave, the end of social security exemptions for apprentices, and the introduction of additional birth leave: the 2026 social security financing bill, presented to parliament on 14...
16 October 2025
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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Romania: collective agreement extended to entire insurance sector
On 3 November, Romania’s National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue approved the extension of the collective labour agreement signed on 23 May by the Confederation of Employers in the...
10 November 2025
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Germany: legal battle at Tesla ahead of works council election
The Frankfurt/Oder labour court has postponed a mid-November hearing in the case between the IG Metall union and Michaela Schmitz, employee representative and head of the works council at the...
28 October 2025
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Italy: new collective agreement for managers in tertiary sector
On 5 November, the ManagerItalia union and the employers’ association Confcommercio renewed the collective agreement for managers in Italy’s tertiary, distribution and services...
12 November 2025