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Reform to the right to strike is just one of several pieces of legislation that the Greek parliament has to vote on before the Eurozone Finance Ministers meeting on 22 January. Greece’s trade...

11 January 2018

2018, a key year for the ILO’s Future of Work initiative

At the ILO’s 102nd plenary session in 2013, the Future of Work (FoW) initiative was chosen as one of seven central themes that would mark the tri-partite UN agency’s centenary in 2019. This...

10 January 2018

Switzerland: FAIRLOG, a new trade union platform in transport and logistics

During December 2017, the SEV, syndicom and Unia unions, all of which are wholly or partly involved with the transport and logistics sectors, established the FAIRLOG alliance as a way of better...

10 January 2018

News update as of January 9, 2018

On the menu: Spanish courts require companies to implement their equal pay plans for interim workers, German metals worker strike action is looming, Italy's Labor Ministry defines call center...

9 January 2018

France: labour law reform fully applicable from 1 January 2018

A set of 26 decrees to implement the five ordinances to reform France’s labour law (for detail, see article n° 10330) were published in the country’s Official Journal before the end of 2017, so...

8 January 2018

Italy: social measures contained in 2018 budget to foster employment of young people

Italy’s 2018 budget law was published on 29 December 2017 in the country’s official journal (Gazzetta Ufficiale). It contains permanent measures to reduce social security charges for individuals...

8 January 2018

ENGIE: signature of a new European agreement on professional equality between women and men

On 21 December 2017, ENGIE and the European Trade Union Federations IndustriAll Europe, EPSU and EFBWW signed a new European agreement extending that of June 2012 on professional equality between...

22 December 2017

EU: the EU Commission seeks to modernize employment contract rules

On 21 December, the EU Commission presented a Directive proposal that would modernize Directive 91/533 requiring employers to provide employees with written communication on essential elements of...

21 December 2017

France: backs the Global Deal initiative

On 17 November, during the Social Summit gathering in Gothenberg, French President Emmanuel Macron announced France’s backing for the Global Deal initiative that was launched in September 2016 by...

21 December 2017

Spain: Minimum wage to rise 4% on 01 January 2018

Spain’s government and social partners have agreed on a gradual rise in the inter-professional minimum monthly salary, which will rise from €707 over 14 months in 2017 to €736 over 14 months in...

21 December 2017

News update as of 20 December 2017

On the menu: In Great Britain labor tribunals are once again swamped with claims as legal fees are done away with for the second time, Belgium’s Labor Minister is looking to regulate email...

20 December 2017

Germany: minimum wage, gender pay equality, pensions, some of the changes set for 01 January 2018

While Germany still waits for a government and with the SPD party, in a U-turn, now agreeing to enter into preliminary discussion’ to extend the former ruling conservative-social democrat grand...

19 December 2017

Sweden: an agreement to better integrate migrants into the labor market

Trade unions and employers’ bodies finally secured an agreement in principle that will enable both the significant numbers of new entrants into the country (In 2015 Sweden welcomed almost 500,000...

19 December 2017

Germany: Opel, the Works Council, and IG Metall have signed a cost cutting agreement that avoids layoffs

On 15 December there was a sigh of relief as management at Opel, PSA’s recent summer purchase, secured a social agreement with representatives from the central works council committee, the Bochum...

18 December 2017

Ryanair: Irish airline ready to recognise pilot unions, amid rising pressure

Announced on 15 December, Ryanair’s surprising decision to U-turn and offer recognition of pilot unions is a reaction to an unprecedented social front of pilots from across Europe, who threatened...

18 December 2017

United States: National Labor Relations Board overturns rulings passed during Obama era

On Thursday 14th November, the National Labor Relations Board overturned a ruling on joint employer status passed in 2015. The new interpretation reduces the responsibility shouldered by large...

18 December 2017

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