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Denmark’s government is seeking to better take changes in the labor market into account by simplifying employment regulations and improving its appraisal of new forms of independent work so as to...

11 May 2017

India: update on recent labor law reforms

Since coming to power in 2014, Narendra Modi’s government has been trying to carry out one of its major campaign promises that is to completely overhaul India’s labor law situation although...

11 May 2017

Germany: chemicals sector’s social partners in Germany’s northeast adopt a landmark agreement on working time

At the close of the fifth round of negotiations on 09 May in Potsdam and true to their reputation as innovative social partners, the chemical union IG BCE together with the employers’ organization...

10 May 2017

EU: Commission seeks to shape globalization

On 10 May the European Commission published a reflection document entitled, ‘Harnessing Globalisation’ affirming that solutions do not lie in national protectionism or in isolationism, or indeed...

10 May 2017

EU: Peter Hartz, architect of Germany’s 2010 Hartz Reforms Plan, is calling on France and Germany to combine their efforts in tackling Europe’s youth unemployment.

The well-known former human resources executive at the German public company Volkswagen AG (VW) and the man behind the controversial 2002-2005 labor market reforms has come front stage once again...

10 May 2017

Italy: 13 major companies sign a call-center code of conduct protocol

Signed on 04 May by both Prime Minister Paolo Gentiloni and Minister of Economic Development Carlo Calenda this protocol defines the set of best social and business practices for customer service...

9 May 2017

EU: report on social protection access for non-standard and independent workers across 35 countries

Converging social protection schemes for non-standard workers towards those in operation for regular employees, establishing a minimum standard of social protection for every worker irrespective...

9 May 2017

Briefly, an ETUI report shows that workers in Poland, Hungary, and the Czech Republic are currently being paid even less well than in 2008 as compared to their German counterparts

Thus the conclusion of the working paper ‘Why central and eastern Europe needs a pay rise’ that was published on 08 May by the ETUC’s independent research and training center, the European Trade...

9 May 2017

France: decrees published on social dialogue forums in franchise networks and the social responsibilities of digital platforms

The two decrees are geared towards implementing reform to the country’s labour law (see article n° 9784). The first decree sets out the conditions for negotiating and setting up a common forum for...

8 May 2017

Argentina: automobile sector reaches wages agreement paving the way for the industrial sector, where pay rise talks are ongoing

Argentina’s automobile workers’ union Smata has signed a deal with Adefa, an association which brings together eleven manufacturing sites and international firms present in the country, on a 6.41%...

8 May 2017

France: Emmanuel Macron’s labour law programme

The new President of France, who was elected to the post on 7 May, has placed reforming the labour market among his first priorities.

8 May 2017

United Kingdom: Brexit threatens the rights of European workers, TUC warns

In a study published on 5 May, the Trade Union Congress sought to answer the question: ‘Could a bad Brexit deal reduce workers’ rights across Europe?’. The UK trade union centre puts forward the...

5 May 2017

In brief, New York bans employers from asking job applicants to reveal their salary history

On Thursday 4 May, New York's mayor signed the bill, adopted weeks previously, which has been presented as a means to fight discrimination. The city's Human Rights Commission will have the...

5 May 2017

In brief, the Indian IT services provider Infosys has announced that it is to recruit 10,000 workers in the US over the next two years

The announcement, made on 2 May, was greeted with a self-congratulatory tweet from President Trump. He put the move down to his 'Hire American' (see our article 10168) policy and reform to the...

5 May 2017

EU: for the Advocate General of the CJEU, German legislation granting the right to sit on in supervisory boards only to employees in Germany is not contrary to the principle of non-discrimination

The CJEU has to decide if the German 1976 Co-Determination Act results in discrimination since in contrast to staff employed in Germany, other employees neither have the right to vote nor the...

4 May 2017

Spain: agreement over the recruitment process in Volkswagen’s Spanish plant in Navarro

On 02 May, Volkswagen management and the on-site majority unions, UGT, CCOO, and CGC, ratified an ‘Employment Agreement’ that establishes selection and recruitment arrangements and prioritizes...

4 May 2017

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