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News update as of October 30, 2017
On the menu : Catalonian independence row causes exodus of firms, BusinessEurope prepared to negotiate revision to the Written Statement Directive, Bill to reduce the pay gap between men and women...
30 October 2017
United States: AFL CIO union federation backs President Trump’s NAFTA negotiations
Leaders of the union federation AFL-CIO that groups some 56 unions have converged on some areas in the NAFTA renegotiations
26 October 2017
Italy: banking social partners institute a bilateral commission on responsible selling of financial products
The ‘code of good conduct’ signed in February 2017 by both the banking employers’ body (ABI- Associazione Bancaria Italiana) and the trade unions (FABI, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, UGL, Uilca, and...
26 October 2017
Lithuania: a tri-partite agreement aimed at giving fresh impetus to the country
On 16 October the government, together with employers and unions signed an agreement that intends for several reforms, especially as regards developing collective bargaining and making the country...
26 October 2017
France: the government presents its roadmap for apprenticeships, vocational training and unemployment insurance
This roadmap is the ‘second stage in renewing the social model’ after the first reform of the Labor Code stage, and as sought by President Emmanuel Macron. Following discussions with the social...
25 October 2017
Austria: landmark alignment of blue collar and employee employment status
On 25 October, Austria’s Federal Council, the Bundesrat, confirmed changes made, during the final Council of Ministers session on 12 October by the then outgoing government prior to the elections...
25 October 2017
The third UN working group session on a proposed binding business and human rights treaty gets to the heart of the matter
The Open-ended Intergovernmental Working Group (IGWG) on Transnational Corporations and Other Business Enterprises that is tasked with developing a binding instrument on multinational enterprises’...
25 October 2017
Denmark: Sweden and Denmark agree Post Danmark bailout package
Officially the term used was ‘relief’ but the agreement struck between Sweden and Denmark that pulls Post Danmark back from the brink of bankruptcy involved complicated negotiations, not least...
25 October 2017
EU: European Commission to present a social fairness and equity package in 2018
In spring 2018, the European Commission intends to present a series of legislative and non-legislative measures supporting social fairness. The package will tackle the challenges of labor mobility...
24 October 2017
EU: difficult compromise agreement secured on the posting of workers directive
Meeting in Luxembourg, on the evening of 23 October, and after twelve long hours of discussions, Europe’s Employment and Social Affairs Ministers finally came to a compromise agreement on reform...
24 October 2017
Germany: ‘culture clash’ between Tesla Grohmann automation and IG Metall concludes with compromise
For several months a tough struggle has been underway between the German trade union IG Metall and the US electric automaker Tesla, which in 2016, bought the small German company Grohmann...
24 October 2017
Great Britain: government to begin refunding employment tribunal fees
In July 2017 the UK’s Supreme Court ruling on a case brought by the trade union Unison held that the controversial Government’s 2013 employment tribunal fees system (c.f. article No. 10321) was...
24 October 2017
News update as of October 23, 2017
On the menu : a mediator for the ‘crowdworking’ sector in Germany, OECD highlights risk of UK departure from the EU, employers in California face stricter requirements for sexual harassment...
20 October 2017
Germany: collective negotiations schedule for 2018
In 2018, social partners in Germany will conduct negotiations over salaries and collective agreements, which will effect more than 9.7 million employees. This compares to the 11.4 million affected...
20 October 2017
Germany: Voith reduces the number of works councils at its headquarters amid digitalisation
Voith, the German industrial machinery corporation, will reduce the number of works councils at its company headquarters. As of March next year, when the works council elections are scheduled to...
19 October 2017
Brazil: government creates controversy as it modifies the criteria for defining ‘forced labor’
On 16 October, Brazil’s government published a Ministerial ruling relaxing how it defines ‘modern slave labor’ practices. Organizations intent on defending vulnerable exploited workers have called...
19 October 2017
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TRENDS IN 2026 — Reducing workplace absence at all costs: a major challenge for Europe
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