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With under ten days to go to the historic referendum on 23 June, when the British will vote ‘yes’ or ‘no’ to the EU, more and more businesses are getting involved in the campaign. For example the...

14 June 2016

Germany: a law to narrow gender wage gaps is unjustified, affirms the IW employers institute

On 13 June while Germany’s Families Minister Manuela Schwesig (SPD) continues her battle within the coalition government to get her draft law on equal pay passed, the employer friendly IW (Cologne...

14 June 2016

Italy: government toughens its ‘vouchers’ payments regulation

Italy’s Council of Ministers meeting on Friday 10 June provisionally adopted a corrective decree-law for five application decrees stemming from the Jobs Act. The much awaited and most significant...

13 June 2016

China: controversy surrounding the announced reform of the law on employment contracts

A new cycle of economic reforms is being undertaken against a backdrop of a slowdown in the country’s economy and emerging criticism over high levels of protection being offered to workers. Eights...

13 June 2016

105th ILO international labor conference sets out a roadmap to guarantee decent work in global supply chains

The ILO international conference was held from 30 May to 10 June. One of the key topics increasingly gaining prominence was the issue of decent work in global supply chains and this conference...

13 June 2016

EU: a new series of measures to boost skills in Europe

On 10 June the European Commission presented a new and comprehensive Skills Agenda for Europe in a bid to boost skills acquisition and use. The measures include a ‘Skills Guarantee’ so that every...

10 June 2016

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...

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

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