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Portugal: the government turns its attention to interim employment
Law 28/2016 that affirms the battle against ‘modern forms of forced labor’ broadens the responsibility of user companies and contractor companies for labor law rules violations that are carried...
21 September 2016
Canada: General Motors comes to agreement with the Unifor union securing jobs at its three production facilities
At the eleventh hour and just before strike action was due to start on 20 September, management at US carmaker General Motors (GM) and the Unifor union clinched a deal set to run for four years...
21 September 2016
Germany: both unions and employers call for improvements to the draft law reforming maternity protection
On 19 September at the Bundestag during the public hearing for the draft law modernizing the law on maternity protection (Mutterschutzgesetz) both the Confederation of German Trade Unions and the...
20 September 2016
United Nations: the ‘Global Deal’, or, internationalizing the Nordic model in response to the negative effects of globalization
On 21 September, Sweden’s Prime Minister, Stefan Löfven is set to present to the United Nations his Global Deal project that aims to achieve a fairer working world. He will put forward the...
20 September 2016
Lithuania: labor law reform adopted
On Wednesday 14 September, following two years of protests and a presidential veto that forced parliamentarians to reexamine the text, Lithuania’s parliament has finally adopted the labor law...
20 September 2016
United States: care services platform Care.com is to provide a system for self-employed carers to receive social benefits
In the US, where according to the National Domestic Workers Alliance two thirds of care professionals don’t have a health insurance program, the Care services platform Care.com announced it was...
19 September 2016
Spain: Basque nationalist unions mobilize against a framework agreement signed in July signed by both the CCOO and UGT
The Basque nationalist unions are up in arms. They are protesting a framework agreement on collective negotiations that was signed on 22 July by the regions employers’ confederation Confebask and...
19 September 2016
Great Britain: labor law changes coming in effect in October
Every autumn changes in British labor law come into force that keep human resource departments with plenty of extra work. This time round suspense is the order of the day as several implementation...
16 September 2016
EU: funding limited for its Youth Guarantee
The EU’s Youth Guarantee is set to continue for a further three years, although with limited funding. The EU Commission is to provide fresh support for this instrument via an injection of €1...
16 September 2016
Bulgaria: the new list of representative from trade unions and employers at the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation (NCTC)
The decision taken by the Bulgarian government in August to recognize as representative at the national level two trade unions and five employers’ associations is under heavy critics from the...
15 September 2016
Greece: labor law negotiations recommence between Greece and its creditors
Once again representatives of Greece’s creditors (ECB, EU, IMF) visited Athens to assess the reforms already underway or intended by the Alexis Tsipras government. At the center of the discussions...
15 September 2016
EU: the CJEU takes a first step in favor of equal treatment in terms of compensation for termination of an employment contract whether it is a temporary or permanent contract
On 14 September, the CJEU delivered a ruling on a case in which it affirms that in principle, nothing justifies any difference in terms of compensation for workers on temporary or on permanent...
15 September 2016
Portugal: the CGTP union is organizing a week of mobilization in companies
On 26 September the CGTP will be calling for better pay via the launch of a week of mobilization within companies. The Communist leaning central union body wants to start a debate on pay during a...
15 September 2016
Germany: the government adopts the draft law on flexible retirement
On Wednesday 14 September the government approved a draft law on flexible retirement (Flexirentengesetz). The Christian-Democrat’s flagship project acts as a counterbalance to the...
14 September 2016
EU: Mr. Juncker delivers a critical yet rallying address on the state of the EU
“The European Union is not social enough and this must be remedied,” thus was the opening message of the European Commission president, Jean-Claude Juncker, in his 14 September State of the Union...
14 September 2016
Italy: the government nearing a solution on early retirement
Following the 12 September meeting with the unions, Italy’s government is now nearing a solution on the early retirement issue (Anticipo Pensionistico, APE), which should allow workers over 63...
14 September 2016
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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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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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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: 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