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Poland: workers from outside the EU come to the rescue of Poland’s tight labor market
For several months Poland’s labor market has been struggling with a significant manpower shortage that threatens to compromise the development of several major economic projects. Employers are...
9 March 2018
Germany: focus on the HR impact of the European General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the new Federal Law on data protection in German companies (Part One)
The countdown has started. On 25 May 2018 the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) will come into effect, as will the new ‘Federal law on data protection’...
8 March 2018
Germany: the new European regulation on personal data protection means company works councils will have to revise several company agreements (Part 2)
Employers aren’t alone in feeling the effects of the coming into force on 25 May 2018 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) (Regulation (EU) 2016/679) and the ‘Federal law on data...
8 March 2018
France: government seeks to make occupational equality a result requirement
On 07 March the government submitted for review by the social partners a number of approaches towards reform so that gender pay equality can become a result requirement. The government has set...
8 March 2018
Spain: women to down tools on 08 March
On March 8 the women of Spain will take part in the first national strike to combat wage inequality and gender violence. In 2017 feminist associations called for a symbolic 30 minute work...
7 March 2018
Brazil: IT sector trade unions facing challenges in attracting younger members
Over recent years Brazil’s information and technology sectors have grown rapidly and are now number 7 in the world. Brazil’s population is ‘internet connected’ and attracted to good pay and growth...
7 March 2018
Argentina: a slight upturn in employment as well as an increase in the number and proportion of self-employed
Argentina’s Labor Ministry published its employment data for 2017, which revealed a slight upturn by way of a 2.2% annual increase in the number of employed as well as a dramatic increase in the...
7 March 2018
News update as of March 6, 2018
On the menu : a gig economy employer obliged to officially recognize a trade union in the UK, Clarification of maximum working time in Korea, Salary agreement for the Volkswagen Autoeuropa plant...
6 March 2018
Alstom-Siemens Mobility merger: unions are calling for measures to safeguard the future of jobs in Europe’s rail industry
In the wake of a union coordination meeting that was organized in Brussels by industriAll Europe in Brussels on 14 February at the close of a, trade unions from Germany, Austria, Belgium, the UK...
5 March 2018
France: bolstering individual rights to occupational training
This is the second series of employment-related reforms and follows the first that in 2017 addressed the labor law. On 05 March the Labor Minister promised a ‘big bang’ reform as she presented the...
5 March 2018
Portugal: social dialogue over labour code reform at an impasse but yet to break down
Social partners in Portugal are continuing social dialogue, as part of which they are discussing significant changes to the labour code adopted during the period of austerity in the country...
2 March 2018
Germany: attempts from extreme-right union to infiltrate factories provokes concern
For several months, the German press has been raising the alarm as extreme right-wing trade union Zentrum Automobil (ZA) has attempted to gain a foothold in the country’s automobile sector...
2 March 2018
Brexit: Theresa May expresses desire for a labour mobility framework (in brief)
On Friday 2 March, the UK prime minister presented her vision for the UK’s future partnership with the European Union after Brexit. For the first time, Theresa May clearly stated her desire to...
2 March 2018
EU : an agreement on posted workers yet to be confirmed
Europe’s co-legislators have cautiously announced an agreement on draft legislation treating posted workers, which aims to combat social dumping.
1 March 2018
Italy : industry social partners conclude an agreement for collective bargaining reform
Following 18 months of discussions, Confindustria president, Vincenzo Boccia and the secretaries general of the Cgil, Cisl, and Uil unions came to agreement on 28 February over a text that is set...
1 March 2018
Brexit: the UK concedes on European citizens’ rights whilst still firmly rejecting first draft of the treaty
On 28 February, and based on the initial agreement signed in December 2017, a draft Brexit treaty drawn up by the EU and for the first time formulated in legal text was presented in Brussels (c.f...
1 March 2018
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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...
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