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Argentina: government looks to move quickly on labour law reform, despite protests
The Argentinian government has set itself an ambitious target for its controversial reform of working time. The bill reached the parliamentary stage two weeks ago, following an unprecedented...
4 December 2017
Italy: UniCredit and its EWC sign a joint declaration on work-life balance
This declaration is a first in Europe’s banking sector. It sets out a series of measures that recognize workers’ skills and working time, whilst also respecting their private lives at a time when...
30 November 2017
Germany: Audi launches a major training campaign focused on big data and artificial intelligence
Germany’s automaker has just launched a major further-training ‘campaign’ called ‘data.camp’, which should enable “faster and more targeted skills acquisition for employees in areas for the...
30 November 2017
Aviva: the UK insurer puts parental leave in place for second parents in five countries
Going forward, second parents employed by Aviva and currently working in France, the UK, Ireland, Canada and Singapore can, upon the birth or adoption of their child/children, benefit from real...
30 November 2017
Italy: far reaching transformation has occurred in recent years in the country’s the industrial relations model
Six years have passed since FCA (then Fiat) quit the country’s employers’ body Confindustria. The resultant seismic effects on the social landscape sparked a series of structural changes that have...
29 November 2017
EU: national legislation cannot hinder a self-employed worker reclassified as a worker from securing ex-poste compensation for all untaken holiday periods
On 29 November, the CJEU ruled that a worker must be able to carry over and accumulate unexercised rights to paid annual leave when an employer does not put that worker in a position in which he...
29 November 2017
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
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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
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31 October 2025
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20 October 2025
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Germany: government seeks to facilitate immigration of skilled Indian workers
During a visit to India earlier this week, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz addressed the strategic importance of attracting Indian workers to Germany, signing a series of cooperation agreements...
15 January 2026
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France: Medef publishes guide to support career transitions and retraining
France's largest employer federation Medef has provided its regional representatives with a practical guide designed to support career transitions and retraining. Structured around three key tools...
6 February 2026
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France: 2026 budget expected to maintain employer contribution relief
On 19 January 2026, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu decided to invoke Article 49.3 of the Constitution to pass France's 2026 budget without a vote in the National Assembly. Three days...
20 January 2026
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EU: Cyprus unveils its six-month presidency programme
Cyprus has set out its priorities for its six-month presidency of the Council of the EU. On the social front, the centre-right government will focus on the Union of Skills, which aims to boost...
23 January 2026
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Informal economy and slow wage growth hamper decent work, ILO says
The International Labour Organisation published its Employment ans Social Trends 2026 on 14 January. It anticipates unemployment stabilising in 2026 and employment growth of 1%, driven by...
16 January 2026
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EU: Commission wants to facilitate entry of international ‘talent’
In a recommendation published on 29 January, the European Commission calls on member states to take a series of measures to attract and retain international talent. It targets holders of skilled...
6 February 2026