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On Wednesday 14 December, Daimler announced that a company health agreement had been struck between the company’s management and the central European works council. The agreement, which will be...

16 December 2016

Denmark: a policy to better govern firms with a working environment certification

In spring of this year, several companies bearing the so-called ‘green smiley’ (Krone Smiley) – a certification issued by the Danish Working Environment Authority (Arbejdstilsynet), which is...

16 December 2016

Legrand: signs an amendment to its EWC

The amendment signed on 22 June amends the 21 November 2000 agreement, which has already undergone two revisions (first in 2008 and then in 2013).

15 December 2016

Visteon: the automotive electronics supplier has renegotiated a new EWC agreement placing it under British law

Transferring Visteon’s EWC to operate under British law has been one of the American global automotive electronics supplier’s longstanding goals (c.f. article No. 120351). Significant changes in...

15 December 2016

News update as of 15 December 2016

On the menu : unions from Austria, Denmark, Germany, Sweden, and the US have launched a joint appeal for better working conditions for ‘crowdworkers’ , pension reforms definitely approved in...

14 December 2016

Germany: company Facebook pages including comments features are subject to co-determination

On 13 December, a ruling by Germany’s Federal Labor Tribunal (BAG) overturned a decision by the second court and held that company Facebook accounts that include comment features can be used as a...

14 December 2016

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

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