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Germany: Deutsche Telekom proposes part-time training nationwide in an effort to maintain workers’ employability in the digital era
At a time when digitalization of the economy is causing workers to fear for their jobs, and during a press conference held on 14 June at which Social-Democrat Minister for Employment and Social...
15 June 2017
United States: Trump looking to boost apprenticeships
US Secretary of Labor Alexander Acosta used ‘Workforce Development Week’ to announce President Trump’s administration’s intentions for developing apprenticeships.
15 June 2017
EU: a framework of action for sustainable jobs in the chemicals sector
On 13 June the European Chemical Employers Group (ECEG) together with the European union federation IndustriAll Europe signed an ‘a framework of action for sustainable employment and career...
14 June 2017
Sweden: a new collective agreement and a new type of temporary employment contract for the retail sector
On 08 June, after challenging negotiations, an agreement on services, organization and retail business, affecting 80,000 employees, was struck between the trade unions Akademiker (third level...
14 June 2017
Germany: IG Metall reports on its research into ‘crowdworking’
On 09 June, IG Metall vice-president, Christiane Benner presented a summary of its organization’s ‘exploratory work’ into the area of ‘crowdworking’, where workers are paid per job via...
14 June 2017
Brazil: child labor rising among children aged between 5 and 9
Since 2013 Brazil has witnessed a rising number of child labor occurrences among children aged under ten. According to the latest study by the IBGE, Brazil’s Institute of Geography and Statistics...
14 June 2017
News update as of June 12, 2017
On the menu : labour law reform adopted in Lithuania , reforms on the horizon in Slovenia , agreement on teleworking in Estonia , right to strike in aviation sector, CJEU gives opinion on UK case...
8 June 2017
Solvay formalises its Global Forum, establishing it as a permanent body
On 7 June, Solvay group chief executive officer Jean-Pierre Clamadieu and Global Forum coordinator Albert Kruft signed a four-year agreement which formalises this body, which had been introduced...
8 June 2017
Italy: Intesa Sanpaolo launches ‘mixed’ employment contract, allowing workers to be half freelance and half employed
In an announcement recently published on LinkedIn and on its website, Intesa Sanpaolo wrote: “Are you interested in an employment opportunity that combines entrepreneurship and stability? If...
8 June 2017
Norway: unionization on the wane, fewer than one in two workers was a union member in 2016
Is this the end of a myth? Research foundation Fafo has just published 2016 statistics showing that only 49% of Norway’s employees are members of a trade union. Flirting with the 50% threshold for...
8 June 2017
L’Oréal: an interview with Bertrand de Senneville, Global Vice-President of HR-Industrial Relations and Head of the L’Oréal Share & Care Program
In January 2017 the global cosmetics giant launched ‘Season 2’ of its Share & Care program, which in addition to bolstering certain social cover and parental leave aspects also focuses on the...
8 June 2017
United States: the Republican majority in Congress is looking to weaken the unions
Several Republican members of the Chamber of Representatives are backing a draft law that weakens a union’s capacity to build a presence within a company.
8 June 2017
France: government delivers the social partners a work program for renewing the social model
On 06 June the government delivered a program of labor market reforms to the social partners that quite clearly sets out the direction to follow in order to accommodate consultation, timetabling...
2 June 2017
News update as of June 6, 2017
On the menu : vote on law for meat sector contractors' joint liability Germany, Irish freelance workers will be allowed the right to collective bargaining, wage agreement in oil sector in...
2 June 2017
Denmark: unanimous political agreement to benefit freelance workers
On 18 May the Danish government reached a deal with the country’s social democratic party and the People’s Party on a new type of unemployment benefit for freelance and so-called atypical workers...
2 June 2017
Sweden: agreements reached across telecommunications sector
An agreement was reached on 17 May between the SEKO union (for service and communications employees) and the employer organisation IT&Telekomföretagen (for the telecoms and IT sectors, a...
2 June 2017
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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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France: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill
After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...
10 September 2026
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Germany: IG Metall demands 5% pay rise amid severe pressure
Despite the crisis hitting the automotive industry, the leadership of the German trade union IG Metall announced on Wednesday 23 September that it would be asking for a 5% pay increase as well as...
23 September 2026
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Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...
8 September 2026
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EU: Commission proposes a list of worker-related criteria for public procurement
The news. On 9 September, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation aimed at unifying European public procurement law, which accounts for 15% of European GDP. It is notably set...
17 September 2026
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Spain: approval of decree on employees’ right to clear information on working conditions
The Spanish government validated, on September 8 in the Council of Ministers, the decree transposing the European directive on transparent and predictable working conditions. This text requires...
9 September 2026
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France: bioMérieux strengthens its end-of-career support measures
The news. In vitro diagnostic specialist bioMérieux (4,400 employees in France) and unions CFDT, CFE-CGC, and CGT signed a new agreement on June 18, 2026, dedicated to end-of-career...
10 September 2026