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Germany: steel sector set for 4% wage increase
The 72,000 steel sector workers based in North Rhine-Westphalia, Lower Saxony and Bremen will soon enjoy a wage increase. In the early hours of the morning on 17 March, at the end of a final...
17 March 2017
Norway: new salary agreement to boost low wages but casts doubt over local negotiations in several sectors
On 14 March, a salary agreement was reached by the two Norwegian confederations – the LO (the Confederation of Trade Unions) and the NHO (Confederation of Norwegian Enterprise). The agreement sets...
17 March 2017
United States: unpicking of social measures introduced under Obama well under way
Several social measures introduced under Barack Obama – including making labour law violations public and even prevention of workplace risks – have been either suspended or quashed by Donald...
17 March 2017
Brazil: day of national mobilization protesting labor law and pensions reforms
Following a call by six central union bodies, 500,000 demonstrators gathered on 15 March in twenty-two of Brazil’s major towns and cities to declare their opposition to Michel Temer’s government’s...
16 March 2017
Argentina: a wide reaching plan to relaunch the auto industry
On Wednesday 15 March, and following several months of negotiations, Argentine President Mauricio Macri presented the primary goals of what has been a much-anticipated agreement for the sector...
16 March 2017
GeoPost: Global Agreement signed between GeoPost and UNI Global Union
On 14 March, the French parcel delivery group GeoPost and the international union federation UNI Global Union, together with the French union members of UNI signed a global agreement on...
15 March 2017
Italy: government wants to reform the ‘voucher’ payment system prior to the labor market reform referendum on 28 May
On 14 March, PM Paolo Gentiloni’s government announced the 28th May as the date for the two referenda put forward by the central union body the Cgil that call into question the recent labor market...
15 March 2017
Denmark: a 5.85% pay rise over three years in the banking sector
On 28 February a three-year agreement was secured between the Finansforbundet union and the employers’ body, Finanssektorens Arbejdsgiverforening that covers some 43,000 in the banking sector. The...
15 March 2017
Great Britain: Asda supermarkets propose ‘flexible contracts’ in return for a 14% pay rise
Asda, the UK’s third largest supermarket chain, after Tesco and Sainsbury’s, and owned by US giant Wal-Mart, is offering its 135,000 staff the option to switch to ‘flexible contracts’ from October...
15 March 2017
EU: companies can ban religious clothing and symbols at work under certain circumstances
On 14 March, by way of two cases, one French and the other Belgian, the Court of Justice of the European Union has clarified its interpretation of EU law against discrimination over the wearing of...
14 March 2017
France: health and safety agreement signed for the interim sector
In the week of 06 March 2017, the organization representing temporary employment businesses, Prism’Emploi, and four out of the five union organizations (CGT, CFDT, FO, and CFTC) signed an...
14 March 2017
Spain: courts again reject multiservice companies collective agreements
Ten or so of the forty-six multiservice companies that were affected by the Social Chamber of Spain’s National court cancellation of their collective agreements had opted to continue the legal...
14 March 2017
News update as of March 13, 2017
On the menu : new law to more strictly govern salary increases in Belgium, extension of maternity leave in India and Philippines, H&M to encourage suppliers to pay their employees using...
8 March 2017
PSA Group global agreement: an interview with Valter Sanches, general secretary of the global union federation IndustriALL Global Union
Alongside the signing on 07 March of PSA Group's new global framework CSR agreement (see our article 10104), Planet Labor had the opportunity to interview Valter Sanches on both his vision and...
8 March 2017
PSA Group: Xavier Chéreau HR Director, “With our new global agreement, we want to assume our social and societal responsibility and support the enterprise’s success”
On 07 March the signing of PSA Group’s new global framework agreement (c.f. article No. 10104) provided an opportunity for Xavier Chéreau HR Director of the auto group to reply to some questions...
8 March 2017
EU: European social partners’ agreement on active ageing
On 08 March the European social partners, BusinessEurope, UEAPME, CEEP (employers) and the ETUC (unions) presented their voluntary autonomous agreement that proposes tools and measures for...
8 March 2017
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France: Crédit Agricole to tighten remote work rules
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
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2026 TRENDS – Pay transparency becomes a reality for European companies
mind RH is taking a look at the trends that will shape 2026. Many countries remain behind schedule in transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, leaving companies in a state of uncertainty as...
27 January 2026
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TRENDS IN 2026 — Reducing workplace absence at all costs: a major challenge for Europe
Workplace absence is on the rise across Europe, particularly among women, older employees and, since the Covid-19 pandemic, young people under the age of 30. Faced with this growing problem, some...
14 January 2026
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Vincent Lecerf (Orange): “Equality and diversity are competitive advantages for us”
Following the signing of a new agreement on professional equality and diversity in December, the chief HR officer of French multinational telecommunications corporation Orange Group, Vincent...
13 January 2026
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2026 TRENDS — Social dialogue, a major challenge in the deployment of AI in companies
mind RH is analysing the trends that will shape 2026. Artificial intelligence is emerging as a force that goes far beyond efficiency gains and productivity improvements. It is reshaping tasks...
4 February 2026
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France: transposition of the pay transparency directive takes shape
The transposition of the European directive on pay transparency into French law is entering a decisive phase. The Minister of Labour, Jean-Pierre Farandou, wants to present the bill to Parliament...
21 January 2026