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Sweden: following the global #metoo campaign, female union members are launching their own movement
With the slogan ‘This is non-negotiable’, #inteförhandlingsbart, female union members want to take advantage of the momentum that the global #metoo campaign against sexual harassment has generated...
29 November 2017
EU: the EU Commission launches a public consultation on a European Labour Authority, as well as a European Social Security Number
The European Commission is considering the shape of a future European Labour Authority and European Social Security Number and on 27 November it launched a public consultation across all relevant...
28 November 2017
Great Britain: a productivity-led industrial strategy with a construction sector agreement
On 27 November the UK government presented a new industrial strategy to tackle the country’s ongoing productivity woes since the financial crisis and to try to reassure business as Brexit...
28 November 2017
Sweden: Spotify employees can choose their own ‘public holidays’
On 17 November Sweden’s online music streaming company, Spotify announced that its 3,500 staff would be offered flexible public holidays (Flexheg). Since Spotify employees come from many different...
28 November 2017
Bangladesh: the government announces its intention to relax trade union laws
On Tuesday 21 November Bangladesh’s government announced it was looking to relax its labor law so as to facilitate the establishment of trade unions in factories. “The laws will be amended in line...
28 November 2017
Austria: retail sector secures up to a 2.6% pay rise and reforms to pay scales
On Wednesday 22 November, Austria’s retail sector, the country’s largest employer with almost 400,000 workers, presented the results of negotiations that secured a collective agreement, which will...
23 November 2017
Portugal: pre-agreement on working time at the Palmela Volkswagen plant
On 22 November at AutoEuropa, Volkswagen’s automotive assembly plant, located in the city of Palmela, near Lisbon, Portugal, management at the German automaker together with the Workers Commission...
23 November 2017
Great Britain: a training program designed by both employers and unions
On 22 November during the UK government’s autumn budget presentation, the chancellor announced an ‘historic’ partnership between the employers’ body, the CBI, and the union confederation body, the...
23 November 2017
France: the Court of Cassation delivers its ruling on wearing of the veil in the workplace
On 22 November France’s highest appeals court handed down its ruling that affirmed the principle whereby an employer can only dismiss an employee who has direct contact with customers whilst...
22 November 2017
Brazil: although the government clarifies certain points in its new labor legislation uncertainties still remain
In force since 11 November 2017, Brazil’s Labor Code reform (Consolidação das Leis do Trabalho – CLT, c.f. article No. 10312), which the country’s parliament voted in during the summer, and which...
22 November 2017
Italy: the chamber of deputies has definitively adopted a law to protect whistleblowers
To apply equally in the public and private sectors, on 15 November Italy’s ‘whistleblowing’ law was voted in by a significant majority of the country’s Chamber of Deputies. The law intends to...
21 November 2017
EU: the European Commission pushes for social protection and gender pay equality
On 20 November during the EU Social Summit held in Gothenberg, the European Commission adopted an action plan aimed at eliminating the gender pay gap. The EU Commission also launched a second...
21 November 2017
Vinci: agreement signed over workers’ rights in Qatar
This agreement is the first of its kind On 21 November Vinci and the Qatari company Qatari Diar VINCI Construction (QDVC), signed an agreement with the global federation, the Building and Wood...
21 November 2017
EU: Gothenburg summit sees top-level commitment to social rights
On Friday 17 November at the social summit held in Gothenburg, Sweden, the European Union, as had been expected, adopted the European Pillar of Social Rights. To allow the Commission to keep tabs...
17 November 2017
Romania: social and tax reforms cause widespread chaos
The Romanian government, led by the Social Democratic Party (PSD), has decided to implement a series of controversial reforms, despite protests on the streets of the country and strong opposition...
17 November 2017
Bangladesh: Alliance achieves improvement in worker safety
In its annual report, published on 15 November, the Alliance for Bangladesh Worker Safety was positive on the progress it has made. The organisation, which is funded by leading US retailers, has...
17 November 2017
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20 October 2025
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15 October 2025
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14 October 2025
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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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EU: right and far right join forces in parliament to dismantle sustainability due diligence
On 13 November, the European Parliament approved the report by EPP MEP Jörgen Warborn on the proposed omnibus directive, clearing the way for trilogue negotiations. Backed by the far right, the...
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Italy: European pay transparency directive, a major step forward for businesses
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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Germany: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
24 October 2025
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France: government proposes suspending pension reform
French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu, reappointed on 10 October after resigning four days earlier, delivered his general policy speech to the National Assembly on 14 October. He announced the...