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News update as of June 27, 2018
On the menu: in Spain, a Banco Santander agreement is secured over digital disconnection for employees, US staff at Bank of America are being trained for their replacement by robots, again in the...
25 June 2018
EU: Council agrees position on paid paternity and parental leave
Under a compromised agreed yesterday 21 June by labour ministers that met at the Council of the EU in Luxembourg, the right to 10 days of paid paternity leave will be introduced into EU law...
22 June 2018
Switzerland: National Council adopts draft law establishing reasonable due diligence requirement for multinationals
In order to avoid a more demanding law, which could result from the so-called ‘responsible business initiative’, and a vote on the issue, the lower house of the Swiss parliament decided to bring...
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22 June 2018
Spain: new collective agreement in chemicals industry agreed in principle
On 20 June, social partners in the sector agreed on an annual pay rise of 2.5% over three years as well as new measures as regards professional training and policies on gender equality.
22 June 2018
Italy: Conte government preparing a work-related ‘dignity decree’
As the 5 Star Movement leader and Minister for both Economic Development and Labor, Luigi Di Maio announced, this ‘dignity decree’, which the Council of Ministers is expected to adopt by the end...
22 June 2018
EU: Council reaches compromise on draft directive for employment contracts
The Council of the European Union has struck an agreement in principle over a proposed directive on “transparent and predictable working conditions”, which aims first and foremost to lay the...
21 June 2018
France: Saint-Gobain signs a group agreement on the quality of life at work by way of encouraging new forms of working based on trust and responsibility
On 17 May an agreement was signed by all the union organizations present in the two-century old construction group that accompanies the company’s development towards a work organization that is...
21 June 2018
Brexit: streamlined residency procedure for Europeans living in the UK unveiled
After Brexit, Europeans who have been in the United Kingdom for five years and who want to obtain settled status in the country, will have to prove just three things: their identity, that they are...
21 June 2018
Italy: Poste Italiane and the trade unions sign an employment agreement that intends for major staffing renewal
Poste Italiane, Italy’s largest postal provider in terms of employees (140,000) has signed a protocol agreement with the trade unions on active employment policies. The agreement intends for 6,000...
21 June 2018
Asahi Breweries Europe Group: agreement to establish an EWC
On 06 June and following months of negotiations involving support from the European Federation of Trade Unions in the Food, Agriculture and Tourism (EFFAT), Asahi Breweries Europe Group (ABEG)...
20 June 2018
India: economic growth with no new jobs?
‘Where are the jobs?’ The Narenda Modi government’s opposition has not stopped asking this question and the executive majority has not stopped trying to answer it. Jobs were one of the Narenda...
20 June 2018
In brief, timid first steps towards a European unemployment –insurance
On 19 June, and after the Franco-German summit meeting came to a close, the 'Meseberg declaration' was published in which both nations stated they would be examining 'the issue of a European...
20 June 2018
France: a first step for companies to reconcile profits with the public interest
On 18 June France’s Council of Ministers adopted the draft law " an action plan for corporate growth and transformation" (Pacte). The text, which according to the Government, ‘seeks to give...
19 June 2018
Poland: significant pay rises in energy sector after wage negotiations
After several years of wage moderation, negotiations at companies from the energy sector – energy firm Tauron, fuel company PKN Orlen, coal-mining firms JSW and PGG, and copper and silver...
19 June 2018
News update as of June 15, 2018
On the menu : German Constitutional court bans renewal of fixed term contracts "without reason", WhatsApp, an innovative means for creating groups and defining representation, 'in France...
15 June 2018
Germany: a European unemployment insurance project is causing fissures in the ‘grand coalition’
On 09 June just 10 days ahead of the Franco-German Council of Ministers meeting scheduled for 19 June and two weeks ahead of the European Council meeting (28-29 June), German Finance Minister Olaf...
14 June 2018
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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