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France: gender pay gap index introduced, leaving companies that fail to ensure equality liable to penalties
On 22 November French labour minister, Muriel Pénicaud, and the secretary of state in charge of gender equality, Marlène Schiappa, presented to social partners a tool developed to gauge the size...
23 November 2018
EU: the Employment and Social Affairs Committee (EMPL) of the European Parliament votes to strengthen workers participation rights as part of the EU Directive on cross-border conversions, mergers and divisions
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) has welcomed the news that on 15 November the Employment and Social Affairs Committee (EMPL) of the European Parliament approved the proposal for a...
23 November 2018
Spain : Banco Santander commits to a non-disruptive merger with Banco Popular (in brief)
On 21 November Banco Santander together with the trade unions signed a 'Merger Protocol' document in which management wholly renounces all disruptive measures during the upcoming reorganization of...
23 November 2018
Germany: how trade unions and employers intend to bolster the eroding system of collective agreements
Anniversary dates are often an opportunity to take stock of a situation and lay bare any key differences. Celebrating the 100th anniversary of the signing of the first collective agreement in...
22 November 2018
EU: the CJEU recalls that in terms of employment termination compensation workers on temporary employment contracts are not in a similar situation as those on permanent employment contracts
On 21 November, in response to a request by the Spanish courts, the CJEU ruled again on the September 2016 Diego Porras case (c.f. article No. 9818) that had resulted in a highly controversial...
22 November 2018
India: the ILO, government, employers, and trade unions commit to promoting quality jobs
India’s latest Decent Work Country Programme (DWCP) as set out by government, employers bodies representatives, workers representatives, and the ILO provides a framework so that the nation’s...
22 November 2018
EU: the European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee introduces whistleblower protection for labor rights violations
The European Parliament's Legal Affairs Committee has adopted MEP Virginie Rozière’s (Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats) report on a draft directive protecting whistleblowers...
21 November 2018
Germany: Federal Labor Court ruling strengthens the right to strike
On 20 November, by ruling in favor of the Verdi services trade union against Amazon, Germany’s Labor Court (Bundesarbeitsgerich, or BAG) decided that a trade union had the right, under certain...
21 November 2018
Great Britain: Aviva’s parental leave for second parents program proves successful
Introduced just a year ago (c.f. article No. 10475) Aviva’s second parent parental leave program that allows all employees who become parents regardless of gender to take a fixed period of paid...
21 November 2018
News update as of November 20, 2018
Spain/ Call to strike at Amazon’s logistics centers before key Black Friday shopping day. The UGT union has called for four-day strike action spanning 22-25 November across XPO’s logistics centers...
20 November 2018
Austria: huge strike avoided after collective agreement is reached in main branch of metal industry
Social partners in the main branch of Austria’s metal industry (machinery and tools) reached a collective agreement in the late hours on Sunday 18 November, meaning the sector narrowly avoided a...
19 November 2018
News update as of November 19, 2018
United Kingdom/50 business leaders demand a law on mental health. In an open letter published in the UK press on 18 November, 50 business leaders including the chiefs of Thames Water, Royal Mail...
19 November 2018
News update as of November 16, 2018
On the menu : Industriall Global and IndustriAll Europe condemn the criminalisation of union activity in Turkey, in Germany, Deutsche Bahn unveils hiring push and discusses staff option to...
16 November 2018
Brexit: draft divorce agreement proves divisive but does provide clarity for business
On 14 November a draft agreement spanning some 585 pages for the UK’s exit from the EU was unveiled in London and Brussels. The UK employers’ body, the CBI, welcomed the agreement. PM Theresa May...
15 November 2018
EU: EU parliament mandate to negotiate a draft directive on transparent and predictable working conditions is confirmed
Negotiations between the EU Council of Ministers, the EU Parliament, and the EU Commission on the draft directive relative to improving working conditions will indeed go ahead. On 15 November the...
15 November 2018
News updates as of November 14, 2018
Au menu : Chile's workers get the right to disconnect, Spain reverting to the 'time clock' , German Ryanair workers' secure their first ever collective agreement, females still underrepresented...
14 November 2018
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
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31 October 2025
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Catherine Chavanier (CDC Habitat): “Social dialogue on AI facilitates its deployment”
In February, CDC Habitat (10,500 employees) signed a two-year framework agreement governing social dialogue on AI. Catherine Chavanier, HR Director of the subsidiary of CDC (Caisse des dépôts et...
20 March 2026
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
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France: Club Med includes “multiculturalism” in its professional equality agreement
In December 2025, Club Med and the CFTC, Unsa, and FO trade unions signed an agreement on professional equality and working conditions. It introduces measures addressing AI, pay transparency, and...
23 March 2026
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France: bioMérieux’s new disability agreement pivots towards mental health
The news. On 6 January 2026, bioMérieux—an in vitro diagnostics specialist employing 4,400 people in France—signed a new four-year agreement “relating to the employment...
4 March 2026
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United Kingdom: launch of consultation on protection against detriment for industrial action
The British government launched a public consultation on 26 February regarding new protections for workers against "detriment" related to industrial action, scheduled to take effect in October...
12 March 2026
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Germany: controversial collective bargaining compliance act adopted
On 26 February, the Bundestag approved the Tariftreuegesetz (collective bargaining compliance act), aimed at strengthening collective agreements and tackling social dumping by tying certain public...
26 February 2026