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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
Poland: establishment of a competences planning Council
On 04 April, Poland’s government officially launched a Rada Progamowa (competences planning Council). The Council’s primary objective is to formulate guidelines to reform the education system in...
17 April 2018
Germany: ‘generous’ deal reached at Deutsche Telekom amid pressure of digitalisation
On 12 April, after a fourth meeting, negotiators from Deutsche Telekom and the services trade union Verdi announced that they had reached a compromise that is likely to please the 55,000 employees...
13 April 2018
Brazil: labour market begins to adjust to the ageing population by harnessing the human qualities of older workers
In 2017, a number of Brazilian companies launched their first-ever recruitment campaigns specifically targeting workers over the age of 50. Such individuals are experiencing heightened interest...
13 April 2018
Italy: rescue plan for the former Alcoa Sardinia steel facility sparks debate over worker participation in companies’ capital structures
To general surprise, on 09 April during a meeting on a rescue plan for the Alco Sardinia steel facility, Carlo Calenda, Italy’s Minister for Economic Development announced that the project...
12 April 2018
Brazil: as the government launches its agenda for ‘Industry 4.0’, unions are seeking consultation and dialogue on the future of jobs
In mid-March Brazil’s Ministry of Industry and Foreign Trade put a series of measures forward that aim to stimulate ‘the industry of the future’. The metals union has harshly criticized the lack...
12 April 2018
Rana Plaza; five years on
It was almost five years ago when on 24 April 2013 the 8-storey Rana Plaza building in Bangladesh collapsed resulting in 1,134 fatalities and 2,000 injured. At the time the disaster caused a great...
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12 April 2018
Germany: a new collective agreement at Deutsche Post allows employees to choose between more money and more free time
In line with recent sector and company level negotiations that indicate how Germany’s workers are seeking ways to achieve a better work-life balance, Deutsche Post’s (DP) 130,000 employees, who...
11 April 2018
Great Britain: satisfied senior managers but with the low skilled stuck in their jobs, the CIPD provides its first overview of how good job quality is in the UK
On 11 April, the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the professional body for HR and people development, published its first broad survey on the quality of jobs in the UK...
11 April 2018
EU: European social partners are divided over the New Deal for Consumers
Europe’s New Deal for Consumers, which in particular aims to introduce a system of limited collective recourse across the EU has met with hostility from representatives of both workers and private...
11 April 2018
News update as of 10 April 2018
On the menu :wage gap law on the way in Ireland, towards a right to disconnect in North America/?, japanese draft law to combat work-related mortality due to overwork, the number of company rating...
10 April 2018
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
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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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Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying
Under pressure from new US tariffs, many countries have presented texts in recent weeks to ban the import of products made with forced labor. A real breakthrough for workers' rights or a mere...
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France: EDF served formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations
The news. On 23 September, Greenpeace France announced that it had served EDF with a formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations due to the risks of harm...
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24 September 2026
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Slovakia: a bill to “clarify” personal data protection measures
The news. The Slovak government approved a bill on personal data protection on August 26, 2026. This text aims to clarify existing regulations regarding employees’ rights and...
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7 September 2026