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Roughly ten years ago Latvia’s construction sector was under the spotlight with a high profile court case that pitted Latvian construction company Laval un Partneri Ltd against the Swedish...

3 May 2018

Germany: both unions and manager are skeptical over the basic income

Controversy reigning over whether or not to retain Hartz IV* unemployment benefits, the economy’s move towards digitalization and robotization, and a potential overhaul to the working time...

2 May 2018

In brief, both the ETUC and French trade unions call on President Macron to back the draft Directive relative to work-life balance

In a letter addressed to French President Macron dated 02 May (here), the secretary general of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) together with the secretaries general of its affiliated...

2 May 2018

News update as of April 30, 2018

On the menu : ETUC publishes a table indicating countries where the right of collective bargaining is under threat, French government adopts bill to revamp vocational training, Toll signs an...

30 April 2018

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

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