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The management at the Belgian chemicals group and members of its European Works Council have decided that “considering the importance of social dialogue in the company, the continuity should...

19 March 2019

Great Britain: go-ahead given to new collective defined contribution pension scheme

Legislation will of course be needed in order for the new collective defined contribution pension scheme to become effective, but on 18 March 2019 the UK Government officially announced in its...

19 March 2019

Germany: 3.7% pay rise and ‘options model’ for a wage supplement in the steel sector

Social partners in Germany’s steel industry announced a new collective agreement for the 72,000 workers in the areas of North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony and Bremen, where the majority of the...

18 March 2019

United Kingdom: app allows employees to get paid when they want

Launched in January 2018, the Wagestream application allows employees to receive a percentage of their earned wages when they want, before their routine pay date. The creators of the application...

18 March 2019

News update as of March 15, 2019

Novartis to gradually introduce 14-weeks of parental leave for its global workforce. In a statement published on its website on 14 March (here), the Swiss pharmaceuticals group announced that all...

15 March 2019

Germany: “Today we need the best level of protection possible, a little less in terms of overall rules, and agreements that provide employees with more autonomy over decision making,” Jörg Hofmann, President of IG Metall

In an interview with Planet Labor, Jörg Hofmann, President of IG Metall (and of the international federation, IndustriALL Global Union) explained how the union is addressing employment problems...

14 March 2019

News update as of March 13, 2019

On the menu: Resolution to the dispute between the Yves Rocher Turkey subsidiary and the IndustriALL Global backed Petrol-Is union, Consumer legislation offers only weak leverage in the area of...

13 March 2019

EU : minimum rules protecting whistleblowers

Whistleblowers will soon be able to avail of a minimum level of protection across the whole of the EU. On the evening of 11 March the EU Parliament, EU Council and European Commission came to a...

12 March 2019

Unilever: agreement signed with EWC on the ‘Future of Work’ to support retraining of workers and the development of employment models that are more compatible with their expectations

On Wednesday 5 March, the management at consumer goods group Unilever signed an agreement on the ‘future of work’ with its European Works Council. The deal sets out jointly-devised measures, to be...

12 March 2019

Siemens: an intelligent learning experience platform that helps employees acquire the competences they will need for tomorrow

What is the impact of digitalization on training and lifelong learning within businesses? How can we identify essential competences several years ahead? How can we learn to learn in the digital...

12 March 2019

Spain: new requirement for companies to record daily working hours, to detect false part-time arrangements and unpaid overtime

On 8 March, the Spanish government approved a decree-law containing “urgent measures” to combat work insecurity, which includes a requirement for companies to record the working hours or their...

11 March 2019

United States: government revises overtime pay rules

The United States labour secretary has decided to amend the rules governing the payment of overtime hours, enlarging the pool of workers eligible for such remuneration to more than 1 million...

11 March 2019

EU: CEC European Managers publishes its set of Managers’ Demands ahead of the European elections

Over the next five years the European Union will have to meet the challenges of a world in transition, not least in terms of labor mobility and increasing employment digitalization. Thus the...

11 March 2019

News update as of March 7, 2019

On the menu: Spanish and Belgian female workers set for strike action on 08 March, on 06 March, Unilever and the EWC signed an agreement on the future of work, Ceska Posta raises salaries by 10%...

7 March 2019

Great Britain: PM May focuses on issue of workers rights post-Brexit

Following her surprise announcement on workers rights on the evening of 05 March, UK Prime Minister Theresa May continued her efforts to woo support by way of a tweet on 06 March, ‘Great Britain...

6 March 2019

Ireland: legislation regulating zero hours contracts comes into force

On 04 March, legislation came into force that seeks to improve certainty and security for those working on flexible employment contracts. The legislation precedes a draft European Directive on the...

6 March 2019

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