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Estonia: government decides to make parental leave more attractive to fathers
Already known for being one of the most generous countries in terms of parental leave, Estonia has decided to go even further in making the provision more flexible and attractive for fathers to...
10 October 2017
Japan: criticism and debate surrounds reform to labour norms
The Japanese government is set to table a bill bringing about changes to its Labour Standards Law, with reform applying to two areas. Firstly, the reform covers exemptions for high-level...
9 October 2017
United States: anti-discrimination law no longer applies to transgender people
United States law no longer prohibits discrimination against transgender people. The shift was detailed in a two-page memo written by Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who was instructing legal...
9 October 2017
United States: Teamsters oppose driverless trucks
Truck drivers from the Teamsters trade union have convinced the US Congress to exclude particularly heavy trucks from its draft legislation on driverless vehicles. The decision provides temporary...
9 October 2017
News update as of October 5, 2017
On the menu : in Portugal, Volkswagen Autoeuropa Workers Commission election reshuffles the cards, in Luxembourg a tripartite project to support digital competences development, Caterpillar calls...
4 October 2017
EU: Commission adopts proposal for a European framework for quality and effective apprenticeships
This draft recommendation, that still needs to be endorsed by the Member States, identifies 14 key criteria that EU countries and stakeholders should use to develop quality and effective...
4 October 2017
Carrefour: interview with CSR Head Bertrand Swiderski on the Bangladesh Accord
Carrefour was one of the first companies to sign the 2013 Bangladesh Accord on Fire & Building Safety (c.f. article No. 130323) and is also one of the first to have renewed its commitment as...
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4 October 2017
Spain: a wages report explains the phenomenon of wage devaluation disparities
A report by Funcas (a private non-profit think-tank organization created and financed by CECA (Spanish confederation of savings banks)) has delivered a statistical overview of the impact of the...
4 October 2017
Italy: the impact of inflation on minimum salary levels is upsetting the social climate in certain sectors and has re-ignited the debate over collective negotiations
Tensions are brewing in the rubber-plastics sector. The national collective agreement intends for previously agreed (last year) salary rises to be revised according to the observed inflation rate...
4 October 2017
Germany: refugee integration pilot project seen as a success
According to the IG Metall union the success of this experiment has proved conclusive: as part of a joint pilot project launched in April 2017 by the Baden-Württemberg Esslingen IG Metall section...
4 October 2017
ASOS: signs a global framework agreement with IndustriALL Global
In a Global Framework Agreement (GFA) signed on 02 October, the UK clothing company ASOS commits to adopting policies and procedure that develop collective bargaining and social dialogue along its...
3 October 2017
Great Britain: Aviva pledges 25% of headcount will be older than 50 by 2022
The insurance giant is looking to set an example by hiring 1,000 over-50s over the next five years. This ‘senior-friendly’ policy come sa year after Andy Briggs, chief executive of the Aviva UK...
3 October 2017
Portugal: a law on workplace harassment comes into force
Going forward victims of moral or sexual harassment in a company or administrative service in Portugal will be afforded better protection. The law adopted in August 2017, and which came into force...
3 October 2017
Portugal: pension reductions for early retirement abolished for individuals with long careers
Individuals in Portugal who have had lengthy careers will be able to take early retirement, without seeing their pension reduced. Around 15,000 people will be affected by this first phase of...
2 October 2017
Belgium: banking sector collective agreement for 2017-18 targets industry response to digitalisation
On 29 September, social partners from the Belgian banking sector reached a deal on a new collective agreement. For the first time, the agreement includes a supplementary pay rise guarantee and...
2 October 2017
Spain: ‘civic work stoppage’ and general strike planned in Catalonia tomorrow (brief)
On 2 October, the leadership of the regional strands of the CCOO and UGT – Spain’s largest trade union groupings – announced that an agreement had been reached in principle on the previous day to...
2 October 2017
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
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
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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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: Volkswagen cancels almost all collective bargaining agreements signed with IG Metall
The Volkswagen brand announced on 30 September that it is terminating 10 of its 13 internal collective bargaining agreements, effective 31 December 2026. The announcement, which the carmaker...
1 October 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026