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Austria: new Chancellor to introduce a new ‘machines’ tax in a bid to boost employment and businesses
On 17 May Austria’s newly appointed Chancellor, Christian Kern promised a ‘New Deal’ for the country with an ‘Agenda 2025’ for its employees and social partners. Although too soon to know all the...
10 June 2016
Great Britain: oil workers looking to strike over pay
The Unite, GMB, and RMT unions have called on hundreds of workers with the Wood Group oil services giant to vote over strike action in defense of their pay. The call indicates the extent to which...
10 June 2016
Italy: national collective agreements leading to regional inequalities
National collective agreements governing Italy’s salaries are fostering inequalities in terms of purchasing power and benefiting workers from the South. Thus are the conclusions of a study...
9 June 2016
Finland: government secures an annual increase in working time of 24 hours with no change in pay that will apply to the 300 sector agreements
Following the agreement in March 2016 over the government’s proposed competitiveness pact, which freezes salaries until 2017, raises annual working time by twenty-four hours, lowers the public...
9 June 2016
Japan: record numbers of foreign workers mark a turning point in the country’s labor market
According to the Labor Ministry data, for the very first time, the number of foreigners working in Japan is expected to exceed the one million mark. This is a major turning point in the country’s...
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9 June 2016
EU: a reform to attract more highly qualified non-European migrants
On 07 June the European Commission presented a proposal to reform the European system of residency and working permits for highly skilled migrants originating from countries outside the EU (under...
8 June 2016
Turkey: an agreement is signed with a group of businesses in the textile sector
On 03 June, TEKSIF, Turkey’s main textile trade unions signed a three-year agreement with 26 big businesses in the sector that will raise salaries and bonuses for the 9,000 members of the union...
8 June 2016
Denmark: Siemens Wind Power and Arbejdstilsynet (Danish Professional Environmental authority) both tarnished by an epoxide scandal
Since 2012, Siemens Wind Power, along with some 4,000 other Danish businesses has been proudly boasting the Arbejdstilsynet green smiley (Kronesmiley) that recognizes a high quality-working...
8 June 2016
Poland: a union for immigrant Ukrainian workers
On 20 May in Katowice, Poland, Ukrainian workers decided to establish their own union with support from the All-Poland Alliance of Trade Unions, the OPZZ. This will mark the first ever migrant...
7 June 2016
Spain: AndBank signs Spain’s first ever financial sector professionalism agreement
Signed on 02 June between the CCOO union and AndBank, a private bank headquartered in Andorra that has been operating in Spain since 2012, the landmark agreement is the first to set out the...
7 June 2016
Great Britain: Uber drivers strike over pay
On 06 June roughly 1,000 drivers with the high profile private hire transport company, Uber, stepped on the brakes for a 24 hour work stoppage in Birmingham in protest at reductions in passenger...
7 June 2016
EU: interview with Claire Toumieux and Emmanuelle Bartoli, partner and senior associate respectively at the international law firm Allen & Overy with expertise in the HR impacts of new European regulations on personal data protection
Together, Claire Toumieux who heads the Paris employment law department, and Emmanuelle Bartoli who specializes in personal data protection matters provide some perspective, in terms of HR...
6 June 2016
Spain: auto sector’s competitiveness agreements starting to yield results
Spain’s unions are thrilled. Against a backdrop of a slow improvement in the country’s labor market, albeit still with more than 20% unemployment, the auto sector continues to make good progress...
6 June 2016
Sweden: a collective agreement making the temporary employment sector more attractive
Collective negotiations that came to a close in Sweden on 18 May confirmed the increasing importance of the temporary employment sector, especially given the undercurrent of unemployment in the...
6 June 2016
Italy: sector collective bargaining mechanisms are defunct
Sector collective negotiations, which have governed Italy’s union-employer relations for over twenty years, would appear to have hit a roadblock. In the metals sector, deadlocked discussions over...
3 June 2016
EU: the European Commission invites the Member States to assess the adequacy of their national employment rules in light of labor patterns in the collaborative economy
How best to react? On the one hand the collaborative economy presents ‘considerable potential for competitiveness and growth’ not forgetting jobs. On the other hand, this economy raises several...
3 June 2016
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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
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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Germany: pensioners in work already common practice, study shows
As the German government steps up measures to encourage people to stay in work beyond the legal retirement age, a new study by the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) – an independent...
6 November 2025
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Spain: government approves creation of ‘intern status’
The Spanish government has paved the way for the creation of a new status for "persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies, institutions or public or private organisations...
7 November 2025
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France: social conference on labour and pensions to proceed without main employers’ group
The preparatory meeting ahead of the social conference on labour and pensions, which is set to decide on the pension system model and the funding thereof, was held on 4 November at France's labour...
5 November 2025
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Luxembourg: two pension reform bills submitted to parliament
After lengthy negotiations with the social partners, in mid-October the Luxembourg government submitted two bills to parliament aimed at reforming the pension system to ensure its long-term...
6 November 2025
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France: TotalEnergies steps up commitment on disability
On 9 October, French energy group TotalEnergies and all representative trade unions signed a new four-year agreement on disability inclusion. Taking effect on 1 January 2026, the deal aims to help...
13 November 2025
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Candice Guillot (Talan): “Our recruiters save just over 80 hours per year on administrative tasks thanks to AI”
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025