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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
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
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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...
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