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United States: President Trump signs his first ‘Buy American, Hire American’ executive order
On 18 April, President Trump signed an executive order that kick starts reforms to the H1B visa program, which allows 85,000 foreigners, engineers, programmers, and scientists to work in the US...
18 April 2017
News update as of 19 April 2017
On the menu : Starbucks will extend healthcare to Chinese employees’ parents, Lithuanian Labor code reform soon to come into force, a code of ethics for the labor inspectorate in France.
18 April 2017
China: first report published on reform to the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU)
China’s only officially authorized trade union the All-China Federation of Trade Unions (ACFTU) has traditionally allied itself with the business community in a bid to maintain social peace and...
18 April 2017
Philippines: Rodrigo Duterte’s government’s new sub-contracting regulations leave both unions and employers unhappy
Signed on 16 March 2017 by Secretary of State Silvestre Bello III this Department Order (DO) looks to combat excessive recourse to ‘contracting’ and its most negative effects; the use of...
18 April 2017
News update as of April 13, 2017
On the menu : Fresh strike action for the leather-footwear sector in Italy, US Labor Department denounces ‘systematic’ wage inequality at Google, Spanish Supreme Court rules on the recording of...
11 April 2017
France: company referendum to renew social dialogue?
France’s Labor Law adopted in August 2016 comprehensively changes the rules of company negotiation. The law intends for the widespread usage of majority agreements, whilst still allowing for...
11 April 2017
Auchan Retail: global agreement signed with UNI Global is put online (French version only)
French retail chain Auchan signed a global agreement with the international union organization UNI Global on 17 March.
11 April 2017
United States: for AFL-CIO ‘America First’ has to also mean ‘Good Jobs’
With its ‘Good Jobs’ national campaign, the AFL-CIO, America’s largest central trade union, is playing its own specific part in terms of President Donald Trump’s goal of 'making America great...
11 April 2017
Italy: social partners in the chemicals-pharmaceuticals sector to train both union representatives and HR managers
Italy’s employers bodies, Federchimica and Farmindustria, together with the union organizations Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl, and Uiltec-Uil have developed what is a landmark initiative for the...
10 April 2017
United Kingdom: after legal scrutiny, MPs take aim at gig economy’s “unintelligible” contracts
The gig economy was faced with the prospect of upheaval yet again on 6 April, as the UK’s Work and Pensions Committee judged that the contracts under which Uber, Deliveroo and Amazon hire the...
10 April 2017
EU: European Trade Union Confederation publishes its stance on revision to the EWC directive
The position adopted by the European Trade Union Confederation’s executive committee on 16 March is now available and is attached to this article. The organisation expresses the need to improve...
7 April 2017
Chile: labour law reform comes into force, signalling significant change in collective negotiation procedures
Chile’s new labour code, which came into force on 1 April, is geared towards modernising professional relations in the country. The reform extends collective bargaining, forbids the replacement of...
7 April 2017
Spain: employer organisations offer unions a 2017 pay rise of between 1% and 2.5%
The Spanish Confederation of Employers' Organisations (CEOE) has loosened its stance on wage moderation and sought to break the deadlock in negotiations over a framework agreement for salary...
7 April 2017
United States: Smartphone apps defending workers
Several smartphone apps have been launched in New York, Chicago, Santa Clara, and elsewhere that aim to support the most vulnerable workers. The goal is to make labor rights directly accessible...
6 April 2017
Spain: the Volvemos association seeks to assist youths who left during the crisis to find work again in Spain
Bringing talent back home. At a time when the country is recovering and creating some 500,000 jobs per year, this is what the Volvemos (We are returning) association is looking to do as it raises...
6 April 2017
EU: European social initiatives are expected for the end of April
In a bid to rebuild Europe’s image that has been tarnished by Brexit and the rise in populism, the EU Commission will, on 26 April, put forward a series of proposals to strengthen the Social...
5 April 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