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Kering puts a global parental policy in place
On 14 December French luxury goods brand announced that as of 01 January 2017 minimum standards would be in place for maternity and adoption leave that will be fourteen weeks at 100% of basic pay...
14 December 2016
EU: the European federation EFFAT puts a comprehensive toolbox online for EWC representatives and coordinators to access
A truly comprehensive range of handbooks, guides, working tools have been prepared by the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions, EFFAT and are being made available to...
14 December 2016
Hungary: tension in the retail sector over the holiday period
Despite a 25% rise in the minimum wage for unskilled workers in 2017 and a further 12% rise in 2018 (c.f. article No. 9927) unions are raising alarm bells over worsening working conditions and...
14 December 2016
Germany: a review of the 2016 collective agreements
According to the independent academic Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) within the Hans-Böckler-Foundation, sector collective agreement workers’ pay rises this year have outstripped...
14 December 2016
Spain: the government looks to introduce individual compensation funds for employment termination according to the Austrian model
Spain’s Labor Minister has announced a raft of new labor reforms, the main one of which is the implementation of individual compensation funds for employment termination, which would clear the way...
14 December 2016
Germany: from 2018 Deutsche Bahn rail workers can choose between more money or more time off
Deutsche Bahn (DB) management and the large EVG rail union (Eisenbahn- und Verkehrsgewerkschaft) have written a new page in the history books. In Berlin on 12 December and following five rounds of...
13 December 2016
Spain: employees at the Vitoria Mercedes Benz (Basque region) site approve a new collective agreement against a backdrop of significant union division
The agreement intends for a 1.8% annual pay rise and permanent employment contracts for some 1,000 employees currently on temporary employment contracts. The agreement, negotiated solely by the...
13 December 2016
France: first working meeting on independent drivers between Uber and the CFDT union
Representatives from both Uber and the CFDT transport union met on 12 December to discuss the changing nature of the freelance chauffeur driver profession. At the close of the meeting a working...
13 December 2016
United Kingdom: punishments for companies which fail to report their gender pay gap
A bill which will force big companies to report the pay gap between men and women every year from 2018 has finally been unveiled. Such firms, which will need to include consultants and some...
9 December 2016
EU : permanent adoption of new rules on occupational pension funds
On 8 December 2016, the Council adopted a directive on institutions for occupational retirement provision (IORP 2), aimed at facilitating their cross-border development. According to the European...
9 December 2016
Argentina: planned mobilisation in the banking sector following foreign bank grouping’s refusal to sign agreement on salaries
Argentina’s banking sector appears set for a stormy week. The Asociación Bancaria, the union of banking workers, has announced a 24-hour strike which will take place on Thursday 15 December, and...
9 December 2016
Great Britain: reforms to employment tribunal system to include more digitalisation
As part of wider justice reforms the UK government has launched an open consultation to reform the employment tribunal system, which enjoys separate status within the UK’s justice system. Whilst...
8 December 2016
Germany: Continental and the IG Metall and IG BCE unions adopt an innovative agreement for students in dual-training
In Germany dual-training at third level education standard is in full-swing, and the Continental group together with the metals unions IG Metall and the chemicals union IG BCE announced they had...
8 December 2016
Great Britain: agreement over pensions to save jobs at Tata Steel
The 'Save our Steel' campaign that UK unions have been running for several months is yielding results in so far as on 07 December the Indian Steel company Tata Steel committed to remaining in the...
8 December 2016
France: a look back at François Hollande’s social laws as his five-year presidential term comes to a close…
Following President François Hollande’s announcement on 01 December that he would not be standing as a candidate in the Socialist party’s primary elections, and thus he would not be standing for a...
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7 December 2016
News update as of 7 December 2016
On the menu : Michel Barnier sets a course for the Brexit negotiations, Unite leader resigns in a calculated move (UK), main axes of pension reforms in Brazil, Greek public and private sector...
6 December 2016
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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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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EU: right and far right join forces in parliament to dismantle sustainability due diligence
On 13 November, the European Parliament approved the report by EPP MEP Jörgen Warborn on the proposed omnibus directive, clearing the way for trilogue negotiations. Backed by the far right, the...
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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Germany: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
24 October 2025
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France: government proposes suspending pension reform
French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu, reappointed on 10 October after resigning four days earlier, delivered his general policy speech to the National Assembly on 14 October. He announced the...
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EU: omnibus bill stalls in parliament
On 22 October, members of the European Parliament narrowly voted against a negotiating mandate that would have opened trilogue talks on the omnibus directive, which seeks to dilute the corporate...
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