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Although still in process, negotiations for finance sector collective convention have made no serious progress. The sector’s trade unions have announced fresh strike action for the weeks ahead.

20 March 2018

EU: agreement on European rules for posted workers

On 19 March representatives of Europe’s three institutions (The European Commission, Council and Parliament) finished deliberating the rules over situations where workers may be temporarily sent...

20 March 2018

Germany: metal sector social partners adapting professions and work-linked training to fit the digital age

With Industry 4.0 in full swing across Germany, on 15 March the country’s employers’ federation Gesamtmetall, the machine-tool federation VDMA, the central electrical-electronic union ZVEI, and...

20 March 2018

Estonia: historic agreement on collective agreements extension

Are Estonia’s industrial relations coming to maturity? Trade unions have traditionally been viewed as extensions of the country’s communist era and as such have struggled to secure legitimacy...

20 March 2018

United Kingdom: large gender pay gaps revealed in banking sector

Under new legislation, companies in the UK with 250 employees or more will have to publish their gender pay gap by 4 April, or run the risk of a penalty (see articles n°9966 and n°9502). The...

19 March 2018

Brazil: private retirement plans, the new trump card in recruitment negotiations

Last year in Brazil was marked by debate over how the pensions of the country’s population would be funded. This culminated in a failed attempt at reform, abandoned by the government before it...

19 March 2018

News update as of March 15, 2018

Czech Republic/Unions seek a 30-minute daily reduction in working time for a 37.5 hour week without any change in salary. The national press is reporting this story of a reduction in the working...

15 March 2018

SAP: the 22,000 German-based employees at this software company can now work wherever they wish, in the office, at home or elsewhere

SAP Germany has a longstanding tradition of teleworking and ‘confidence-based working time’. Nonetheless the German enterprise-software giant has decided to go further and make its working...

14 March 2018

EU: the European Commission makes proposals for a European Labor Authority

The European Commission is adopting proposals for a European Labour Authority (ELA). On 13 March, exactly six months after having first floated the idea, the Commission presented a legislative...

13 March 2018

EU: non-binding measures to provide social protection access to all irrespective of employment status

The European Commission continues to implement its European Social Rights Pillar that aims to ensure the upward convergence of social protection. On 13 March the European Commission presented a...

13 March 2018

Germany: Deutsche Post unions fear creating a single distribution subsidiary will result in downgrading working conditions for postal delivery workers

An article in the daily publication Die Welt from 12 March reports that Deutsche Post (DP) was preparing a significant restructuring. The article indicated the German postal giant was in the...

13 March 2018

Argentina: draft legislation that promotes gender equality at work

In a bid to encourage gender equality, Argentina’s government has submitted a text to parliament modifying the current employment contract law (LTC, ley de Contrato de Trabajo). Reaffirming the...

13 March 2018

News update as of March 12, 2018

On the menu : French Government mulls potential reforms to give companies ‘purpose’ and encourage long-term stratégies, Creation of a ‘skills council’ for the automobile industry, Retail Sector...

12 March 2018

Germany: the extreme-right makes advances during Daimler’s WC elections

Eagerly awaited, the results from WC membership elections in Daimler’s facilities are now available and unambiguous with an overwhelming win for the IG Metall union. At Daimler’s Untertükheum...

9 March 2018

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

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