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Norway: agreement on salaries and pensions struck between the union confederations (LO and YS) and the employers’ body (NHO)
On 08 April 2018, 15 hours after the date that was set for strike action, agreement was eventually found between the employers’ NHO body, and the LO and YS union confederations. Extracting...
9 April 2018
United Kingdom: a breakdown of gender pay gap figures
More than 10,000 UK companies with 250 employees or more published their gender pay gap in time for the April 4 deadline set by the country’s government, as part of a new law adopted in 2017 (see...
9 April 2018
Spain: talks between unions and employers over collective bargaining and employment framework agreement at a standstill
Will trade unions and employers in Spain manage to seal a framework agreement on collective bargaining and employment this year? That is the question on people’s lips as talks remain at a...
9 April 2018
United States: trade unions raise concerns over draft labour law reforms in Mexico, which could undermine the objectives of the NAFTA renegociation
With negotiations over a new free trade agreement between the United States, Canada and Mexico (NAFTA), which had long been viewed as dead in the water, recently resuming, aided perhaps by the...
9 April 2018
News updates as of April 5, 2018
On the menu : in Germany, major retailer Real quits the employer’s body in order to cease dealing with the services union Verdi, roughly 1,500 UK companies have missed the midnight 04 April...
4 April 2018
Italy: oil and gas company ENI augments ‘smart working’
In light of the success of its pilot phase that was launched in February 2017 and which only concerned parents with young children, on 23 March 2018, ENI, together with the Filctem-Cgil...
4 April 2018
Vodafone looks to boost the digital skills of 10 million young people worldwide
At the end of March 2018, UK telecommunications giant Vodafone presented a landmark program that aims to provide careers guidance as well as more access to digital training for up to 10 million...
4 April 2018
Germany: unprecedented agreement on occupational health management reached by Primark and Verdi
The services industry trade union Verdi and the Irish clothing retailer Primark have reached an agreement to provide training for management staff on workplace health. The agreement, which is one...
30 March 2018
United Kingdom: government unveils £12 million fund to boost adult skills
The UK’s skills minister Anne Milton announced on 29 March that some 11.7 million pounds (13.3 million euros) would be freed up to fund 32 new projects in the country, to help adults learn new...
30 March 2018
News update as of March 28, 2018
On the menu : IndustriALL Global Union and the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) and have filed a complaint with the OECD Brazil national contact points against the British-Australian...
28 March 2018
Finland: last minute agreement for the banking sector
Following five months of negotiations, and sector-wide strike action set for the start of April (c.f. article No. 10611), employers and unions have finally accepted conciliator Minna Helle’s...
26 March 2018
Solvay: signing of a charter on the recognition of employee representative skills
On 28 February, Solvay CEO, Jean-Pierre Clamadieu and EWC coordinator Albert Kruft together signed the first European text that recognizes skills acquired by those undertaking employee...
26 March 2018
Poland: rising labor market demand side pressures means employers are being increasingly creative in offering social benefits
Faced with constant falling unemployment and a dearth of skilled candidates, employers are varying the range of social benefits they offer in order to attract the best talent. Below is an overview...
26 March 2018
Germany: new employment minister seeks to combat poverty and introduce right to temporary part-time work
Debate is raging in Germany over poverty in the country and the impact of the labour market reforms (Hartz IV) introduced under former chancellor Gerhard Schröder. In his first general policy...
23 March 2018
Great Britain: a return to higher real salaries?
On 21 March 2018, the UK’s Office of National Statistics (ONS) reported that salaries in the country rose an annual 2.6% in the quarter between November 2017 and January 2018. Against this...
22 March 2018
Japan: banks may launch their own recruitment service
In light of regulatory reforms within the banking sector as announced by the Financial Services Agency, the FSA, Japan’s banks will be able to provide their customers with recruitment support...
22 March 2018
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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.
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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
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
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Oliver Dietrich (IG Metall): “The advent of AI can be a means of deepening social partnership within companies”
In Germany, trade unions want to influence how AI is deployed in companies. Oliver Dietrich is an AI project manager at the regional office of the IG Metall trade union in North Rhine-Westphalia...
21 January 2026
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EU: social partners split over competitiveness and action on job quality
The European Trade Union Confederation and BusinessEurope have published their response to the consultation document on the European Commission's upcoming EU quality jobs initiative. The two...
4 February 2026
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Germany: collective bargaining negotiations begin in chemical industry
Collective bargaining talks in Germany’s chemical and pharmaceutical industries are due to open this week, covering nearly 580,000 employees across around 1,700 companies. With the sector facing...
3 February 2026
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Italy: new generational renewal agreement penned at UniCredit
The agreement signed on 30 December by UniCredit, Italy’s second-largest banking group, with the Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca and Unisin trade unions aims to continue generational...
15 January 2026
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France: social partner talks extend far beyond contractual terminations
After a false start on 3 December, French social partners resumed talks on 7 January 2026 on potential changes to the unemployment insurance agreement, including the rules governing compensation...
12 January 2026
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EU: banking sector social partners commit to combating violence and harassment
On 15 January, the trade union federation UNI Europa Finance and three employers’ associations in the banking sector signed a joint statement on preventing violence and harassment in the...
16 January 2026