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United Kingdom: industrial strategy for artificial intelligence unveiled
The UK government has unveiled a new so-called ‘sector deal’ for the artificial intelligence industry. Announced on 26 April, it follows sector deals dedicated to the life sciences, construction...
27 April 2018
EU: the EU Commission wants to help companies merge, divide and move seats across Member State borders while safeguarding workers’ rights
On 25 April the European Commission proposed new company law rules to make it easier for companies to merge, divide, and move company seats within the EU. The EU directive proposal aims to...
26 April 2018
EU: Commission has presented a series of measures aimed at making artificial intelligence (AI) work for the economy and for European citizens
In a press conference on 25 April the European Commission argued for a three-pronged approach to AI including an increase in public and private investment in AI, preparation for socio-economic...
26 April 2018
EU: the ETUC says an EU Commission initiative for greater online platform fairness and transparency should protect platform workers as well as businesses
According to the ETUC (European Trade Union Confederation), the EU Commission regulation proposal presented on 26 April 2018 that aims to promote online platform fairness and transparency, ‘is a...
26 April 2018
Finland: government announces controversial changes to fixed term employment and employment termination contracts
Both the opposition and trade unions are mobilizing in opposition to the government’s most recent announcements aimed at boosting youth employment via fixed term employment contracts and...
25 April 2018
Norway: Labor and Social Affairs Minister presents changes to legislation on temporary work and ‘zero hours’ contracts
On 10 April, Norway’s government presented a draft law that aims to do away with so-called ‘zero hours’ contracts as well as to restrict recourse to temporary employment and the growing influence...
25 April 2018
EU: Commission proposes law to strengthen whistleblower protection
The proposal aims to offer protection to whistleblowers who report breaches of European Union law. It obliges companies to implement safe channels for reporting regulatory breaches, illegal...
23 April 2018
United Kingdom: labour reform promised by the government continues to lag
On 18 April, the UK government published its response to labour law reform proposals put forward by two parliamentary committees. While Theresa May and her team recognise that things need to...
23 April 2018
Delivery Hero: German food delivery group agrees to creation of a works council and to equal representation on its supervisory board
The German parent company of the food-delivery service Foodora announced on 16 April that it had signed an agreement on worker representation, as it prepares to transition from an AG (public...
20 April 2018
Denmark: LO and FTF combine to make for a 1.5 million strong confederation
“Today we are creating the union movement of the future”, declared Lizette Risgaard, president of the LO (the Danish Confederation of Trade Unions) and future president of the new confederation...
20 April 2018
News update as of April 19, 2018
On the menu: an upturn in real salaries in the UK, principal social measures in Belgium’s law to bolster economic growth and social cohesion, employees in Portugal now have the right to oppose...
19 April 2018
Germany: new employment Minister seeks to introduce the right to temporary part-time employment from January 2019
On 17 April, barely five weeks into his new office as Minister for Social Affairs and Employment and SPD Hubertus Heil has submitted his first draft law to government on the introduction of the...
18 April 2018
Schreiber: EWC, EFFAT and management signatures to a declaration on inclusion, diversity and equality at the workplace
On 05 April during the EWC annual meeting the milk products group signed with the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT) a declaration on inclusion, diversity...
18 April 2018
Foodora: riders attend first European meeting in Vienna
Representatives of employees from six of the ten European Member State subsidiaries operating meal delivery services from Foodora met on 11 April in Vienna, and is the first European meeting of...
18 April 2018
Japan: springtime negotiations to remedy contracting salaries
Japan’s ‘Shunto’ (springtime social dialogue) is expected to deliver an overall rise in salary levels for 70% of large companies. Ever since 1952 unions launch the annual ‘Shunto’ between March...
18 April 2018
Germany: Schaeffler, its WC and IG Metall seeking together to meet the digital challenge
Formerly at ‘daggers drawn’, family run Schaeffler, its WC and the IG Metall union adopted on 16 April a ‘Pact for the future’, which IG Metall believes may become a model for the auto sector. In...
17 April 2018
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Catherine Chavanier (CDC Habitat): “Social dialogue on AI facilitates its deployment”
In February, CDC Habitat (10,500 employees) signed a two-year framework agreement governing social dialogue on AI. Catherine Chavanier, HR Director of the subsidiary of CDC (Caisse des dépôts et...
20 March 2026
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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
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France: Club Med includes “multiculturalism” in its professional equality agreement
In December 2025, Club Med and the CFTC, Unsa, and FO trade unions signed an agreement on professional equality and working conditions. It introduces measures addressing AI, pay transparency, and...
23 March 2026
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France: bioMérieux’s new disability agreement pivots towards mental health
The news. On 6 January 2026, bioMérieux—an in vitro diagnostics specialist employing 4,400 people in France—signed a new four-year agreement “relating to the employment...
4 March 2026
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United Kingdom: launch of consultation on protection against detriment for industrial action
The British government launched a public consultation on 26 February regarding new protections for workers against "detriment" related to industrial action, scheduled to take effect in October...
12 March 2026
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Germany: controversial collective bargaining compliance act adopted
On 26 February, the Bundestag approved the Tariftreuegesetz (collective bargaining compliance act), aimed at strengthening collective agreements and tackling social dumping by tying certain public...
26 February 2026