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Italy : Sunday opening restrictions clarified
As previously announced by Economic Development Minister Luigi di Maio, Italy is set to row back on what are the currently full Sunday opening hours. On 06 September the Chamber’s ‘Productive...
12 September 2018
News update as of September 18, 2018
On the menu : British TUC calls for a 4-day working week, working time- a Europe-wide topic for the trade union movement?, UK trade unions push for an exit agreement, T-Systems agreement with its...
11 September 2018
Italy: historic agreement preserves the future of Ilva and saves jobs
After months of twists and turns and a final 18-hour round of negotiations, an agreement was reached on Thursday 6 September to save Italian steelworks company Ilva. The deal, agreed by Italian...
7 September 2018
EU: European social partners in the chemicals, pharmaceuticals, rubber and plastics sector launch an online survey on workplace digital transformation
Aimed at the representatives of business leaders, trade unions and employees who are working on Digitalization, HR, and Health and Safety issues, this survey project should enable the European...
6 September 2018
Argentina: digital sector initiatives to retain young talent
Economic crisis aside, Argentina’s digital companies are struggling to hold onto young talent and are developing policies to try and attract them. Against a backdrop of a labor market known for...
6 September 2018
News update as of September 5, 2018
On the menu : IG BCE seeking more flexible working time for the benefit of workers, chancellor Merkel ready to relax dismissal protection for highly paid bankers, Partnership between Google and...
5 September 2018
Germany: the grand coalition government has started setting out a ‘national life-long training strategy’ in concert with the social partners
On 03 September, at the Meseberg Chateau, Germany’s Chancellor gathered together government Ministers and social partners that are impacted by digitalization for the ninth ‘Dialogue on the Future’...
4 September 2018
Greece: after eight years in economic crisis, Alexis Tsipras seeks to restore labor law
On 20 August 2018, Greece’s third and last EU bailout plan that was signed in 2015 after difficult negotiations between Athens and its creditors (EU, ECB, IMF) finally came to a close. PM Alexis...
4 September 2018
Brazil: a new collective agreement for the banking sector
On 29 August, following weeks of protracted negotiations, (c.f. article No. 10775), representatives of the public and private sector banking employees came to agreement with FEBRABAN, the...
4 September 2018
United States: Microsoft requires its suppliers and contractors to provide at least 12 weeks of paid parental leave upon the birth or adoption of a child (in brief)
This new policy, announced during the week of 27 August applies across all its US supplier companies employing at least 50 staff and which carry out ‘substantial work’, by which is understood...
4 September 2018
Portugal: law promoting equal pay for men and women set to come into force
The law proposed by the government, which was approved by the country’s national assembly and published in its official journal in August, covers three key aspects: raising awareness of the issue...
3 September 2018
Argentina: another general strike scheduled to protest job cuts
The General Confederation of Labour (CGT) in Argentina has called for a general strike to take place on Tuesday 25 September, which would be the fourth such strike since the centre-right president...
3 September 2018
Spain: occupational illnesses linked to the work done by hotel cleaning ladies to be recognised by health insurers, following pressure from the group of workers Las Kellys
Spain’s ministry for employment has demanded that health insurance companies immediately recognise a series of complaints experienced by hotel cleaning staff, such pain and inflammation resulting...
3 September 2018
News update as of August 30, 2018
On the menu : Draft directive on transparent and predictable working conditions: the European Parliament rapporteur proposes moving away from the concept of subordinated worker in order to...
30 August 2018
Germany: government adopts the ‘Pensions Pact’ that will run until 2025
During a summit meeting held at the Berlin Chancellery on the evening of 28/29 August, the heads of the ruling coalition parties (CDU/CSU and SPD) secured a compromise on both pension payments and...
29 August 2018
Great Britain: Royal Mail mental health training for employees with first-aid training
In the months ahead all Royal Mail’s first-aiders will be offered officially recognized mental health training. The program, which was agreed with the CWU union aims to guarantee staff a fresh...
29 August 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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France: austerity measures proposed in social security financing bill for 2026
Limits on sick leave, the end of social security exemptions for apprentices, and the introduction of additional birth leave: the 2026 social security financing bill, presented to parliament on 14...
16 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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Romania: collective agreement extended to entire insurance sector
On 3 November, Romania’s National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue approved the extension of the collective labour agreement signed on 23 May by the Confederation of Employers in the...
10 November 2025
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Italy: new collective agreement for managers in tertiary sector
On 5 November, the ManagerItalia union and the employers’ association Confcommercio renewed the collective agreement for managers in Italy’s tertiary, distribution and services...
12 November 2025
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Germany: legal battle at Tesla ahead of works council election
The Frankfurt/Oder labour court has postponed a mid-November hearing in the case between the IG Metall union and Michaela Schmitz, employee representative and head of the works council at the...
28 October 2025