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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

News update as of April 23, 2019

On the menu: EU reform of regulation on coordination of social security systems postponed, a reminder ahead of the European elections of a continent that is divided and preoccupied with the risk...

23 April 2019

EU: European social partners in chemical sector produce study on impact of digital transformation

As part of a project launched in January 2018, named “Our Future Workplace: Digital transformation in the chemical industry”, the trade union IndustriAll Europe and the European Chemical Employers...

19 April 2019

Brazil: will national industrial renewal include the Amazonian Manaus area?

Conceived of as a free trade industrial zone, the northern Amazonian city of Manaus initially attracted several multinational companies, however activity did subsequently dissipate. In a bid to...

19 April 2019

India: big companies push for more inclusive work environments for LGBT people

Several large Indian companies are trying to shift trends in the corporate world in favour of workplace equality. There are more and more examples of diversity and inclusion policies, for lesbian...

19 April 2019

Gig economy: university initiative seeks to set better standards for benefit of platform workers

“There are now over seven million digital platform workers that live all over the world, doing work that is outsourced via platforms or apps. Platform work provides essential income and...

19 April 2019

Solvay: 2019 renewal of the Global agreement on Performance Sharing Program

On 05 April 2019, Belgian chemical company Solvay together with its global social dialogue body, the Solvay Global Forum (c.f. article No. 10248), signed an agreement over the 2019 budget and...

18 April 2019

Spain: trade unions and employers lay out their respective demands ahead of the legislative elections set for 28 April

In the run-up to the legislative elections on 28 April 2019, both the employers and trade unions have been publishing their messages to the election candidates, as well as to the future...

18 April 2019

HR practices: French insurer MAIF immerses its whole social structure into digital transformation

Like others in the insurance industry, French insurance company Maif (7,500 employees) is facing a thorough overhaul of its entire business, not least with the arrival of insurtech startups, and...

18 April 2019

News update as of April 17, 2019

On the menu: the EU Commission proposes way of facilitating the adoption of social and non-discrimination legislation, trade union strategy to contain the ‘12 hour law’ in Austria, fuel shortages...

17 April 2019

EU: Parliament adopts draft legislation on working conditions, the European Labour Authority, and whistleblowers

On 16 April, MEPs adopted the European Labour Authority (ELA) regulation, as well as directives protecting whistleblowers and on transparent working conditions geared to safeguarding working...

16 April 2019

EU: rules reforming coordinated social security rights on hold

New rules to coordinate social security regimes aiming to modernize and clarify the rules that are to apply to workers who circulate within the EU and to encourage more worker mobility will not be...

16 April 2019

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