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In brief, Rio Tinto commits to changing its attitude towards trade unions
The campaign led by IndustriALL Global Union that has targeted Rio Tinto, the Australian-British metals and mining corporation, is most probably one of the most tenacious pursued by an...
28 July 2017
News update as of July 26, 2017
Last minute : today the UK government has said it will abolish the charging of employment tribunal fees and reimburse those that have paid them. The decision follows a ruling from the country's...
25 July 2017
China: the first case law on online employment relationship provides a better view on future legal trends
The People’s Court of Beijing Chaoyang District has tried and wound up China’s first judicial case involving labor disputes related to online employment, and the judge deciding on the case has...
25 July 2017
Philippines: the methods of the biggest temporary work agency in the world
In a long-standing trend that dates back to the oil crisis of the 1970s, the Philippines’ government not only encourages the export of labor, but institutionalized it so that today, through a...
25 July 2017
Spain: Axa Seguros becomes first company to recognise ‘right to disconnect’
The insurance firm's new collective agreement recognises employees' right to turn off their mobile phones outside of working hours. The agreement also looks to help workers achieve a work-life...
24 July 2017
Russia: towards new legislation aimed at expanding the rights of trade unions?
Members of the social democratic Fair Russia party that backs Dmitry Medvedev introduced a controversial bill in the State Duma. The bill was considered in first reading on 11 July. The initiators...
24 July 2017
Germany: Federal Development Ministry and the DGB sign a partnership agreement aimed at reinforcing union organizations in developing countries
Two and a half years after having jointly set up in November 2014 the 'German alliance for a sustainable textile sector', which also gathers companies and NGOs together the German Minister for...
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21 July 2017
France: ordinance published on non-financial CSR reporting
The ordinance which modifies non-financial reporting provisions in order to come in line with Directive 2013/34 on CSR non-financial reporting for large companies and other businesses as well as...
21 July 2017
Germany: Microsoft Deutschland’s new ‘Smart Workspace’ head office showcases its vision for the future
Since its inauguration in October 2016, employees at the US IT giant’s subsidiary, Microsoft Deutschland’s new head office in Schwabing, north of Munich, can now get to work when they want and...
20 July 2017
Italy: greater than expected take up of the APE early retirement scheme
The Anticipo Pensionistico (APE) scheme whereby Italian workers can retire prior to the legal retirement age by way of a bank ‘bridging’ loan that supplies an income until the regular pension...
20 July 2017
Brazil: impact of final adoption of the Labor Code reform
On 13 July and as expected, Brazil’s President Michel Temer enacted the law that the Senate had adopted the previous week. Seen as the most significant reform since the establishment seventy years...
19 July 2017
Italy: the Uil central union launches a database of company and regional agreements
On 11 July the Uil presented project DIGIT@UIL, which is a database of some seven hundred second level agreements (local and company). The software, which will be open to the public in September...
19 July 2017
Axa: EWC’s role in the group’s digital transformation process (interviews)
Axa Group’s European Works Council (EWC) has some twenty years of experience with social dialogue under its belt not least concerning the agreement regulating its own operations but also the...
19 July 2017
EU: CJEU indicates that Germany’s legislation can retain the right for representatives of establishments in Germany to participate on supervisory boards
In an ruling delivered on 18 July, the CJEU declared that the EU Member States can legally choose to retain their right of representation and the collective defence of workers’ interests within...
18 July 2017
The accident prevention fund, Vision Zero Fund, starts its first African project in Ethiopia
A few days after the G20 summit meeting in Hamburg, where in a landmark move the twenty richest nations made a commitment in their final declaration to promote the implementation of social and...
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18 July 2017
Spain: unions hoist the standard of Catalan independence
Trade unions have taken up their positions vis-à-vis Catalan independence. The large central unions, the UGT and the CCOO, which at national level back a federal and pluralist Spain, have signaled...
18 July 2017
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On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
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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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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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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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...