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Italy: PM Giuseppe Conte’s inaugural speech to parliament is light on detail
With little need to delve into great detail on schedules, quantitative commitments and concrete measures, newly installed Italian PM Giuseppe Conte’s made his inaugural speech before parliament...
5 June 2018
EU: the CJEU revises its jurisprudence on equal treatment as regards employment contract termination compensation for employees on permanent and temporary employment contracts
Some may see this as a radical change in opinion while others may view it as the CJEU bringing greater clarity in response to requests by Spain’s courts that are little inclined to apply its 2016...
5 June 2018
United States: machinist union gains a foothold in Boeing’s southern State facility
Boeing technicians at the Charleston South Carolina plant have succeeded in rallying the IAM (International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers) to their cause with the establishment...
5 June 2018
Germany: Employment Minister seeks to launch an initiative promoting life-long training and give the long-term unemployed back some prospects
In this the run-up to the summer, SPD Social Affairs and Employment Minister Hubertus Heil has presented two projects addressing key SPD-backed election campaign issues. Re-iterating that the...
4 June 2018
Switzerland: Federal Assembly’s upper house votes in favor of minimalistic gender wage equality legislation
On 29 May, the Swiss Federal Assembly’s upper house (Cantons) voted 27-15 in favor of a gender wage equality law applying to corporate entities. All companies with a minimum of 100 staff will be...
4 June 2018
News update as of June 1, 2018
On the menu : populist League and Five Star Movement finally form a government in Italy, Polish union OPZZ to fight to reduce the working week to 35 hours, in Hungary, collective agreement...
1 June 2018
News update as of 31 May, 2018
ILO/ First discussions on moves towards an international standard against violence and harassment in the world of work. Governments and social partners from the ILO’s 187 member countries are...
31 May 2018
Portugal: social concertation over a new reform to the Labor Code has secured an agreement but fails to secure CGTP approval
Portugal’s government has secured support from employers and the UGT union on its Labor Code reform project that aims to correct certain aspects of reforms undertaken during the crisis. The CGTP...
31 May 2018
Germany: Opel workers guaranteed jobs until 2023 in return for wage concessions
The Sword of Damocles hanging over the 19,000 Opel workers’ jobs in Germany has been lifted. In the evening of 29 May, and following long and tough negotiations between management at the automaker...
30 May 2018
India: job offers are biased in favor of males
According to a recent World Bank survey, job offers in India are most often explicitly biased towards males together with on average better pay for men. A World Bank analysis examined 800,000 job...
30 May 2018
EDF: signs a new global CSR agreement
Thirteen years after its first global agreement (the first being signed in 2005 and subsequently renewed in 2009), France’s energy giant has re-engaged with the global union federations...
29 May 2018
Brazil: government sets new rules over ‘hours of service’ employment contracts
Created as part of the Labor law reform program that was approved in July 2017, occasional work, or ‘trabalho intermitente’ (c.f. article No.10312) enables employers to hire workers ‘by the hour’...
29 May 2018
In brief, new European rules on posted workers have been definitively adopted
The European parliament has given the go ahead to what is effectively a compromise negotiated between the EU Member States (c.f. article No. 10610), and as such marks an end to the adoption...
29 May 2018
Germany: almost a million employees have already taken advantage of early retirement at age 63
Revealed by the Blidzeitung publication and later confirmed by the Ministry of Employment and Social Affairs, latest data over take-up of retirement at age 63 has relaunched the fierce debate of...
28 May 2018
Finland: new legislative basis for zero hours employment contracts but with better conditions for those employed on them
Finland’s President has just promulgated several legislative amendments that will come into force on 01 June, which aim to better protect those working under variable time employment contracts.
28 May 2018
News update as of May 25, 2018
Netherlands/ Trade union set up to get internet users paid for their (unpaid) work producing data. On Wednesday 23 May, a group of activists announced the launch of a trade union for 'data...
25 May 2018
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Italy: decree-law adopted to increase workplace safety
On 28 October, the Italian cabinet adopted a decree-law on health and safety at work, aimed at preventing and reducing accidents. The text addresses both the powers and actions of supervisory...
4 November 2025
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Spain: already well on the way to pay transparency?
Spain is preparing for the implementation of its national law transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, which will take effect on 7 June 2026. The legislation marks another step forward in...
5 November 2025
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Romania: parents of children with disabilities granted up to eight days of remote work per month
On 9 October, the Romanian parliament adopted a bill aiming to bolster support for parents of children with disabilities up to the age of 18. The legislation, which came into force on 12 October...
4 November 2025
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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
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EU: Court of Justice largely upholds directive on adequate minimum wages
On 11 November, the Court of Justice of the European Union upheld most of the directive on adequate minimum wages, rejecting Denmark’s claim that it infringed on national sovereignty over wage...
12 November 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