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Germany: employment agencies being creative in a bid to convince start-ups that they can help them recruit
For the past two years, employment agency advisors in Berlin, Hamburg, and in North Rhine-Westphalia have been going out on their own particular version of ‘safari’. In fact these advisors have...
5 June 2019
Argentina: annual salary agreements for the commerce, oil and metallurgy sectors
With inflation rampant, social partners from Argentina’s key economic sectors including commerce, oil, and metallurgy, are reaching a series of annual salary agreements. Salary revaluations have...
5 June 2019
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On the menu : OECD adopts recommendations on the ethics surrounding artificial intelligence, World Health Organization officially recognizes ‘burn-out’ as an occupational syndrome and an online...
29 May 2019
EU: at the end of its 14th Congress the ETUC looks to unite behind efforts to tackle the challenges facing all national trade union organizations
United and Strong, thus the image that Luca Visentini, General Secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation sought to deliver of his organization during the 14th ETUC Congress. The ETUC’s...
28 May 2019
United States: tech employees are stirring themselves
Until now IT programmers, designers, and all different types of software editors have been quite dismissive of collective action. Being well paid they don’t really see how collective agreements...
28 May 2019
Singapore’s HR Tech boom
Start-ups are increasingly spawning that seek to use AI to revolutionize the world of work. In the densely populated city-State of Singapore (5.6 million living in 722km²), USD 1.4 billion is...
28 May 2019
Norway: joint union-business work project to contribute to national reflection on AI and ethical digitalization at work
Negotia, the largest member of YS, Norway’s third biggest union confederation, has jointly launched a shared reflection with Telenor, the country’s largest telecommunications company, on AI and...
27 May 2019
Argentina: Assessment of the Macri government’s social policy
Six general strikes in under four years. The call by the central CGT union (The General Confederation of Labor) for strike action on Wednesday 29 May marks the sixth strike since President...
27 May 2019
EU: interview with Laurent Berger, General Secretary of the French CFDT and freshly elected President of the European Trade Union Confederation
During the 14th ETUC Congress, Laurent Berger, General Secretary of the French CFDT was elected to the Presidency with 95.9% of the vote. In an interview with Planet Labor on 24 May 2019 as the...
24 May 2019
EU: election of the new ETUC leadership team
According to re-elected ETUC General Secretary Luca Visentini, the new ETUC leadership team that was elected during the 14th Congress (which closes on 24 May) is both representative of Europe’s...
24 May 2019
EU: the 14th Congress of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) debates the possibility of a framework directive on a minimum wage and promoting collective bargaining.
Day two of the 14th Congress of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) taking place place from Tuesday 21 to Friday 24 May 2019 at Wien Messe in Vienna, Austria, has seen the 600 delegates...
23 May 2019
Italy: collective negotiations are starting to introduce the right to disconnect from work
In Italy there is a longstanding tradition of overlooking the right to disconnect from work and the right does not feature in overall labor regulation. It does however feature in the law that...
23 May 2019
Switzerland: is the nationwide women’s strike set for 14 June actually within the law?
At the end of March 2019 a multitude of women’s’ networks launched a call to strike action: ‘Frauen Streik’ setting the symbolic date of 14 June as the day for the strike. The movement comprising...
23 May 2019
Poland: final adoption of several Labor Code modifications addressing discrimination and moral harassment
On 17 May 2019, Poland’s Senate adopted a series of amendments to the Labor Code, presented to parliament by the President of the Republic. The new employee-friendly provisions address definitions...
21 May 2019
Great Britain: trade union applying pressure on Amazon UK shareholders
Against a backdrop of repeated criticism of Amazon UK’s working conditions, in May 2019 trade unions had a first-time meeting with a number of the online giant’s shareholders, the goal of which...
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21 May 2019
Italy: major parties adopt anti-austerity stance ahead of European elections
Despite significant divergence in their respective views on Europe, the main parties in Italy appear to agree on one thing: enough of austerity. In a country that is yet to return to its GDP...
21 May 2019
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Netherlands: new government seeks to “control” social costs
In his government policy statement to Parliament on 25 February, Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten announced several measures designed to "control" social costs. Notably, he proposed raising the...
5 March 2026
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Spain: a bill to regulate internships
On 3 March, the Council of Ministers approved the bill on the “Status for persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies”. The text limits the number of interns a company can...
13 March 2026
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EU: co-legislators aim to pivot European Globalisation Adjustment Fund towards restructuring anticipation
On 25 February, the Council of the EU and the Parliament reached an agreement on the Commission’s proposed regulation to expand the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). Under the...
2 March 2026
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Block to slash workforce by nearly half
The news. In his latest shareholder letter, Jack Dorsey, CEO of payment service provider Block (formerly Square), announced plans to slash the company’s workforce “by nearly half, from...
6 March 2026