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H&M and IndustriALL Global together secure a global dispute resolution mechanism
IndustriALL Global’s Global Framework Agreement (GFA) is unique in that it comprises National Monitoring Committees (NMC) that are made up of representatives from unions and company management and...
8 January 2019
Italy: first national collective agreement for the major retailers
Following more than five years of discord (c.f. article No. 9699), Federdistribuzione, an independent umbrella employers’ body encompassing the major supermarket chains (Auchan, Carrefour...
8 January 2019
Germany: train drivers secure the right to disconnect from work
On 04 January, just a few weeks after signing the initial agreement with the major rail union, EVG, Germany’s rail company Deutsche Bahn signed another collective agreement, this time with the GDL...
8 January 2019
News update as of December 21, 2018
On the menu : Italian banking sector social partners implement a bilateral commercial business policy committee, introduction of largest minimum wage hike for 25 years, in th UK/ Should veganism...
21 December 2018
France: a ruling on the information-consultation obligation for WCs operating in French subsidiaries of non-French companies (take-over situations), which hold EWCs but which do not detail how interaction should occur between the various representation levels
The dispute centred on the Thales takeover of Dutch headquartered digital security firm Gemalto. The WC in Gemalto’s French arm Gemalto SA (a 99.99% parent holding entity) turned to the courts and...
20 December 2018
EU: the qualification period required to be eligible for paternity leave is the final question to be discussed to allow the adoption of the ‘conciliation’ draft directive
Europe’s co-legislators have almost secured agreement on the draft directive on ‘conciliation’ (c.f. article No. 10177). During what had been scheduled as their final meeting on 14 December they...
20 December 2018
Great Britain: employers’ body overwhelmingly rejects the government’s post-Brexit immigration plan
On 19 December, and with the 100-day countdown to Brexit just underway, the UK government unveiled its much-awaited Post-Europe Immigration white paper. Key measures in the plan include the...
20 December 2018
Italy/EU Commission avoids pursuing excessive deficit procedures over budget in return for less fund allocation to citizen’s income and pensions
Italy’s Conte government has reviewed the contents of its 2019 budget and in order to avoid EU Commission sanctions will lower the expected deficit to GDP ratio to 2.04% from the original 2.4%. In...
20 December 2018
Germany: nation opens its doors to skilled workers from across the world
After 30 years of ideological debate on the need to formulate legislation on economic immigration and on whether or not to consider Germany as an ‘immigration country’, the country’s grand...
19 December 2018
France: Council of Ministers adopts draft legislation corresponding to President Emmanuel Macron’s ‘Gilets Jaunes’ announcements
This draft legislation addresses urgent social and economic measures that were adopted by the Council of Ministers on 19 December. It sets out arrangements for implementing President Macron’s post...
19 December 2018
Germany: Verdi and Deutsche Post give a positive assessment of the Deutsche Post part-time early retirement model
Implemented in 2011, Deutsche Post’s (DP) part-time early retirement model (Altersteilzeit), called the ‘Generation Contract’ has struck a very positive chord with postal workers and it has just...
19 December 2018
News update as of December 18, 2018
On the menu : in Sweden, a trade union is using an algorithm that can gauge predict when to organize, negotiate, and demonstrate, EU urges S. Korea to ratify ILO conventions, Deutsche Post DHL and...
18 December 2018
United Kingdom: May blows the cobwebs off the labour code, without taking action on zero-hour contracts or the gig economy
On 17 December, the UK government unveiled a package of labour reforms, which it believes are the biggest for 20 years. The government’s Good Work Plan, which is a response to the Taylor report...
17 December 2018
Germany: Deutsche Bahn workers can still choose between more pay and more free time
On Saturday 15 December, following difficult negotiations that were marked by a warning strike on 10 December that left much of the country’s rail traffic paralyzed, Germany’s rail company...
17 December 2018
Romania : first collective agreement in the finance sector signed (in brief)
On 12 December, FinBan, the Romanian federation for financial services employers, and the FSAB, the federation of insurance and bank trade unions, signed the first collective agreement in the...
17 December 2018
Italy: a first experiment of workers on the board at Vitec Imaging Solutions
In what is to be a first in Italy, a country in which co-management remains unusual, the company agreement at Vitec Imaging Solutions (formerly Manfrotto), which was signed in April this year with...
14 December 2018
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31 October 2025
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...
20 October 2025
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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EU: Omnibus Directive clears key milestone in European Parliament
On 13 October, the European Parliament’s position on the Omnibus Directive was approved by its Committee on Legal Affairs by 17 votes to six. Regarding due diligence rules, the report...
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13 October 2025
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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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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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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Italy: European pay transparency directive, a major step forward for businesses
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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Germany: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
24 October 2025
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France: government proposes suspending pension reform
French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu, reappointed on 10 October after resigning four days earlier, delivered his general policy speech to the National Assembly on 14 October. He announced the...