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Spain: souring relations between employers’ bodies and unions over the national framework agreement negotiations on salaries and collective bargaining
Since the end of 2016, discussions between the social partners on a framework for salary recommendations, which should have come into force on 01 January 2017, and which should allow businesses to...
28 February 2017
Italy: insurance sector national collective agreement renewed
On 22 February and more than three years after the previous collective agreement reached its term, social partners in the insurance sector came to a draft agreement for renewing the national...
28 February 2017
Belgium: bill adopted to make labour law more flexible
On Thursday 22 February, the country’s lower house adopted a bill to reform the country’s labour law. The plans will relax legislation on working time, create a framework for occasional telework...
27 February 2017
Austria: bonus for employing local workers
Last week, the Austrian government set out plans for a new recruitment subsidy (Beschäftigungsbonus) for the hiring of local workers. This measure, which will be funded with 2 billion euros and is...
27 February 2017
EU: “We need a pay rise for social and macroeconomic reasons”, interview with Luca Visentini, General Secretary of ETUC
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) launched a campaign on 14 February 2017 to demand a pay rise for workers throughout Europe. For its General Secretary Luca Visentini, the European...
24 February 2017
United Kingdom: Uber and Deliveroo in plea for greater protection of freelance workers
When questioned by a UK parliamentary commission over how the so-called gig economy’s boom has affected the country’s social protection system, bosses at the mobile application Uber and the food...
24 February 2017
Vigeo Eiris study on businesses and human rights: focus on commitments to freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining
Following on from yesterday’s article on Vigeo Eiris’ study (see article n°10081), we are now looking in greater deal at what the agency highlights as regards how companies address employees’...
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23 February 2017
Solvay: global agreement signed on social protection floor for all employees
On the evening of 22 February, Belgian chemicals company Solvay signed an agreement with its global forum for social dialogue that puts in place a social protection floor, dubbed Solvay Cares, for...
23 February 2017
News update as of 22 February 2017
On the menu : PSA next to reassure employees and government authorities over potential Opel-Vauxhall takeover, Belgium/ pre-agreement reached on redundancy plan at Caterpillar in Gosselies, but...
20 February 2017
Vigeo Eiris publishes new study on companies and respect of human rights
A new study conducted by non-financial rating agency Vigeo Eiris, which looks at corporate conduct in terms of the respect of fundamental human rights, reveals that few companies make a tangible...
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20 February 2017
Italy: renewal of collective agreement in textile and fashion sector
Following 10 months of negotiations and a 16-hour strike, social partners from the textile, clothing and fashion sector managed to reach a draft agreement on the renewal of their collective...
20 February 2017
France: final approval of law on multinationals’ human rights due diligence
Today 21 February, French National Assembly adopted the law that looks to oblige France’s largest companies to take reasonable care in order to pre-empt human rights violations and environmental...
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20 February 2017
Germany: Martin Schulz, SPD candidate for chancellor, hopes to “correct” Schröder reforms
While often cited during the French election campaign, reforms to the labour market are also a source of controversy in Germany. In particular, it is the set of reforms introduced as part of...
20 February 2017
Finland: partial failure of industrial union merger does not bode well for 2017 collective agreement negotiations
As detailed in a previous article (see article n°9954), the Confederation of Finnish Industries (EK) decided unilaterally – with the backing of the country’s government – to scrap the existing...
20 February 2017
United States: trade unions ride Donald Trump’s ‘made in America’ wave
On Thursday 16 February, the president of the United Auto Workers (UAW) Dennis Williams announced that the trade union is to launch a new advertising campaign to encourage consumers to buy cars...
20 February 2017
Japan: government plans to cap overtime work in push to combat karoshi
The Japanese government is attempting to combat worker burnout, a commonplace issue at companies in the country. The phenomenon is illustrated by the increasing number of karoshi, instances of...
20 February 2017
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Oliver Dietrich (IG Metall): “The advent of AI can be a means of deepening social partnership within companies”
In Germany, trade unions want to influence how AI is deployed in companies. Oliver Dietrich is an AI project manager at the regional office of the IG Metall trade union in North Rhine-Westphalia...
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EU: social partners split over competitiveness and action on job quality
The European Trade Union Confederation and BusinessEurope have published their response to the consultation document on the European Commission's upcoming EU quality jobs initiative. The two...
4 February 2026
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Germany: collective bargaining negotiations begin in chemical industry
Collective bargaining talks in Germany’s chemical and pharmaceutical industries are due to open this week, covering nearly 580,000 employees across around 1,700 companies. With the sector facing...
3 February 2026
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Germany: standoff over national plan to boost collective bargaining
Under the EU Adequate Minimum Wages Directive, Germany is required to produce an action plan to boost collective bargaining coverage. That plan has stalled, however, after being blocked by the...
9 February 2026
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Italy: new generational renewal agreement penned at UniCredit
The agreement signed on 30 December by UniCredit, Italy’s second-largest banking group, with the Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca and Unisin trade unions aims to continue generational...
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ENI incorporates just transition and AI into global agreement
On 13 January, Italian energy group ENI renewed its global agreement on international industrial relations, corporate social responsibility and the just transition with Italian unions CGIL, CISL...
5 February 2026