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News update as of June 8, 2018
On the menu : German union IG Metall warns of impact of electric vehicle development on job, in Belgium FGTB union in favour of a 32-hour week, in the UK PwC bans all-male job shortlists in...
8 June 2018
Germany: WhatsApp and other apps are increasingly being banned from professional telephone devices
Auto-equipment maker Continental and chemical company Lanxess have announced a ban on downloading the instant messaging app WhatsApp as well as a ban on image and video exchange via Snapchat...
7 June 2018
India: so where is this ‘universal social security’?
India’s government intends to implement two major social programs, one for mortality, ageing, and maternity to cover some 500 million workers in the informal sector and a second providing health...
7 June 2018
Italy: delivery riders making big waves on the political agenda
The issue of workers’ rights as relates to digital platforms and in particular meal delivery riders has just exploded onto Giuseppe Conte’s new government’s political agenda. Upon taking office...
7 June 2018
Germany: towards further flexibility over working time
The metals industry, Deutsche Post, Deutsche Telekom, Deutsche Bahn: an increasing number of sectors and companies are arming themselves with flexible working time models that enable employees to...
6 June 2018
Yves Rocher: IndustriALL global launches an international campaign against the French cosmetics company
The situation here could well have panned out along the lines of typical Turkish industrial relations comprising an official union authorization combined with a legal appeal by company management...
6 June 2018
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
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