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On the evening of 06/07 February 2019, representatives of the EU Parliament and Council of Ministers secured provisional agreement on a draft directive that aims to guarantee clearer information...

7 February 2019

India: labor law reform still in progress

With just a few more weeks to go before the April/May 2019 general elections, increasingly harsh criticism is mounting against current Indian PM, Narendra Modi, and an article by the financial...

7 February 2019

EU: Europe’s social partners present their 2019-2021 work programme

On 06 February 2019, Europe’s social partners including the European Trade Union Confederation ETUC, and for employers, the Confederation of European Business BusinessEurope, the European Centre...

6 February 2019

Spain: following months of discord the textile industry collective convention is finally renewed

Spain’s textile sector social discord is now resolved. On 19 February 2019, and following a four-month delay, CCOO-Industria will ratify the text that had been agreed on 03 September 2018 by the...

6 February 2019

Mexico: historic social conflict in the maquiladora sector as workers there call for higher salaries

Almost 40,000 maquiladora sector workers from the northern Mexico city of Matamoros joined in massive strike action calling for a 20% increase in salary as well as an annual bonus of the...

6 February 2019

Germany: Bosch augments the number of company agreements in preparation of digitalization

In the face of the dual transition stemming from electric vehicles and digitalization, Germany’s largest auto-parts manufacturer has to both adequately prepare its employees for new work...

5 February 2019

EU law requires the recording of daily working times (Advocate General of the CJEU)

In an opinion on 31 January, 2019, Advocate General Pitruzella invited the CJEU to respond to Spain’s National High Court request for a ruling by affirming that EU law (Article 31(2) of the...

5 February 2019

France: Government wants companies to back the development of sustainable mobility

In November 2018, and echoing the ‘Yellow Jerseys’ emphasis on problems with mobility across some of France’s regions, Prime Minister Edouard Philippe asked the Ministry of Labour, Interior...

5 February 2019

News update (on platform workers) as of February 4, 2019

On the menu : self-employed plus’ status for Hermes delivery workers in the UK, in Spain ride-hailing companies announce 3,5000 job cuts in Catalonia and delivery platforms call for...

4 February 2019

Société Générale renews the global agreement with UNI Global Union on fundamental rights

On 04 February, Société Générale together with UNI Global Union renewed their global agreement on fundamental rights. This new version explicitly addresses the role of the international trade...

4 February 2019

News update as of January 31, 2019

On the menu: a trialogue agreement to protect workers from carcinogenic chemical agents, in the US Teamsters union wants Amazon to accept unionized labor in New York, agreement at Audi Hungary...

31 January 2019

EU: the EU Commission adopts regulations to safeguard citizens’ social security rights under a hard Brexit scenario

‘The Commission has consistently made clear that the rights of EU citizens in the United Kingdom and UK nationals in the EU are our priority. They should not pay the price for Brexit,’ indicated...

30 January 2019

EU: the EU Commission adopts a set of contingency proposals so Erasmus+ students can complete their programmes under a ‘hard Brexit’ scenario (in brief)

In another ‘urgent’ measure that seeks to mitigate the consequences of a no-deal UK exit from the EU, on 30 January the EU Commission adopted a set of proposals so in the case of a ‘hard Brexit’...

30 January 2019

Brazil: Bolsonaro government announces first reforms, 100 days after coming to power

Access to employment agency data, stiffer eligibility requirements Social Security assistance, and reforms to the pension system are just some of Brazil’s new government’s foci.

30 January 2019

UE: clock is ticking for the ‘Working Conditions’ draft directive (in Brief)

Europe’s co-legislators are struggling to agree on a text for the ‘working conditions’ draft directive (see article n°10507). In spite of five rounds of negotiations, EU Parliament and Council...

30 January 2019

News update as of January 29, 2019

On the menu : minimum salary set to rise from February in Greece, Poste Italiane to trial Smart Working, Danone and Nestlé both guilty of using forced labor to traffic yoghurt, Audi strike action...

29 January 2019

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