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United States: public sector unions will no longer be able to levy union dues on non-members
The Supreme Court’s decision, handed down on 27 June, deals a severe blow to public sector trade union piggy banks. The ruling concerns ‘fair-share fees’, also known as ‘agency fees’, which are...
28 June 2018
India: technology sector hiring less manpower
Is India’s Tech miracle turning sour for the sector’s 3.9 million workers? For more than a year India’s media have been drawing attention to an increasing number of Tech sector redundancies. The...
28 June 2018
Japan: companies cosseting their new hires
Against a backdrop of increasing and broad-based manpower shortages, Japan’s employment landscape is undergoing profound change. With students now seeking better working conditions, Japanese...
28 June 2018
Germany: minimum wage set to rise in two stages, starting in January 2019
On 26 June, an independent commission, made up of employee and employer representatives, tasked with re-evaluating the legal minimum wage in Germany every two years, put forward its...
26 June 2018
Spain: unions and employers announce a pre-agreement clearing the way for salary changes after years of discord
Unions and employers announced that on 25 June they had agreed on the foundations for a framework agreement outlining guidelines for the collective negotiations that are set to take place over the...
26 June 2018
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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
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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
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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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: Volkswagen cancels almost all collective bargaining agreements signed with IG Metall
The Volkswagen brand announced on 30 September that it is terminating 10 of its 13 internal collective bargaining agreements, effective 31 December 2026. The announcement, which the carmaker...
1 October 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026