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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
EU: European semester set to be more social
It has been a long time in coming. Since the 2014 announcement that European economic governance would be including social aspects it wasn’t until three years later at the end of 2017 that the...
24 May 2018
In brief, Amazon signs its first collective agreement in Italy
In a press statement on 23 May 2018 (here) the international services union federation Uni Global announced that the first ever company agreement was signed with online retail giant Amazon. The...
24 May 2018
In brief, Uber is to propose social benefits cover for its independent workers across Europe
In a 23 May press statement platform-based taxi firm Uber announced it is to offer free insurance cover for its drivers including sickness, injury and maternity and paternity payments. It will...
24 May 2018
News update as of 23 May 2018
On the menu: in the US while the National Labor Relations Board has approved an IAM request for a unionisation vote to be held at Boeing, the Supreme Court has thwarted the NLRB's efforts for the...
23 May 2018
Italy: inside the ‘government of change’ contract that has been agreed between the Five Star Movement (M5S) and the League
Although the make-up of Italy’s new coalition government (between two populist parties, the Five Star Movement (M5S) and the League) still needs ironing out, the two parties have ratified the...
22 May 2018
Brazil: sharp dip in the number of collective agreements reached during first quarter of 2018
In the first quarter of 2018 in Brazil, the number of collective agreements that were approved was down 48% compared to the same period in 2017. The first quarter also saw a 29% dip in new...
22 May 2018
ILO: the transition to a Green Economy will generate more than sufficient number of jobs under the 2015 Paris Agreement’s 2-degree limit to global warming
On 18 May, the ILO launched their flagship World Employment and Social Outlook (WESO) report focused on “Greening with Jobs”. The report finds that 24 million new jobs will be created globally by...
22 May 2018
Germany: re-elected to the helm of the DGB, Reiner Hoffmann wants to “humanise” digital capitalism
At the national congress of the DGB, Germany's Trade Union Confederation, which took place from 13 to 17 May in Berlin, 400 delegates from the body’s eight member-unions spent time debating how...
17 May 2018
United Kingdom: sizeable pay rise for Rolls Royce employees, as it looks to reduce pension spending
After five months of intense negotiations, engineering company Rolls Royce has reached an agreement with trade unions that will see its 22,000 UK employees get a pay rise of between 7% and 11.7%...
17 May 2018
Belgium: lawyers assess legal application of requirement for employers to justify dismissals
In an article published by Belgian economics and finance magazine Tendances on 10 May (available here in French), several lawyers specialised in employment law offer their conclusions after an...
17 May 2018
In brief, protests in Belgium against move to a points-based pension system
On Wednesday 16 May, close to 55,000 people protested in Brussels against pension reforms proposed by Charles Michel’s government, while parts of the country’s public services, areas of transport...
17 May 2018
Germany: company works councils focus increasingly on employee psychological welfare
Two years after the Hans-Böckler Foundation survey of company works councils’ major foci relating to negotiated company agreements (c.f. article No. 9681), the Foundation has repeated the project...
16 May 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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France: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill
After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...
10 September 2026
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Germany: IG Metall demands 5% pay rise amid severe pressure
Despite the crisis hitting the automotive industry, the leadership of the German trade union IG Metall announced on Wednesday 23 September that it would be asking for a 5% pay increase as well as...
23 September 2026
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Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...
8 September 2026
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EU: Commission proposes a list of worker-related criteria for public procurement
The news. On 9 September, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation aimed at unifying European public procurement law, which accounts for 15% of European GDP. It is notably set...
17 September 2026
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Spain: approval of decree on employees’ right to clear information on working conditions
The Spanish government validated, on September 8 in the Council of Ministers, the decree transposing the European directive on transparent and predictable working conditions. This text requires...
9 September 2026
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France: bioMérieux strengthens its end-of-career support measures
The news. In vitro diagnostic specialist bioMérieux (4,400 employees in France) and unions CFDT, CFE-CGC, and CGT signed a new agreement on June 18, 2026, dedicated to end-of-career...
10 September 2026