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Spain: signature of a new national collective agreement for the banking sector
On 19 April, following fourteen months of meetings and difficult negotiations, an agreement was signed for a banking sector that is preparing itself for a new wave of restructuring. The four-year...
20 April 2016
Great Britain: McDonald’s will no longer require zero hour contract working
British workers at McDonald’s fast-food chain operating under zero-hours contracts that guarantee neither workers’ working hours nor their pay, will now be able to choose to move over to...
20 April 2016
India: unions call for nationwide strike protesting anti-labor policies and worker disaffection increases
Following a ‘National Protest Day’ on 10th March (c.f. article No. 9535), India’s 11 major trade unions have called for a second nationwide strike on 02 September, protesting what they call...
20 April 2016
Great Britain: companies are accused of not playing ball with the National Living Wage
Barely two weeks into the official implementation of the National Living Wage (NLW) that translates into a 7.5% rise in minimum pay, and British MPs are pointing the finger of ‘blame and shame’ at...
19 April 2016
Poland: pressure mounting over low pay for women
This is what is termed a policy side effect. On 01 April Poland’s non-means tested ‘500 Plus’ program was inaugurated, which pays 500 Zlotys (approx. €115) in child benefit per child per month to...
19 April 2016
Italy: trialing a progressive pension system
On 13 April, Italian Minister for Labor, Giuliano Poletti announced the signature of a decree allowing the application of a rule introduced in the 2016 Finance law that allows workers with less...
19 April 2016
News update as of 18 April 2016
United States/Volkswagen runs into difficulties with the United Auto Workers UAW union. In a decision handed down on 13 April, the National Labor Relations Board, in charge of supervising union...
18 April 2016
News update April 18, 2016
United States/Volkswagen runs into difficulties with the United Auto Workers UAW union. In a decision handed down on 13 April, the National Labor Relations Board, in charge of supervising union...
18 April 2016
EU: a new European campaign for occupational health and safety
Sustainable employment and healthy ageing were the two themes underlying the new European campaign for occupational health and safety, launched by the European Commission on 15 April and follows...
15 April 2016
Germany: the federal government agrees the main points for the ‘law on integration’ for migrants
What is the best way to integrate the many refugees arriving in Germany, into society as well as the labor market? The draft ‘law on integration’ termed as ‘historic’ on 14 April, is intended to...
15 April 2016
Great Britain: trade unions declare their intentions for the Brexit referendum
The Trades Union Congress (TUC) along with the three largest unions (Unite, UNISON, GMB) have declared their intention to use their resources to back a ‘yes’ vote in the Britain’s 23 June...
15 April 2016
Solvay: a new Global Performance Sharing Program
On 04 March, Solvay signed an agreement with the company’s Solvay Global Forum (its global forum for social dialogue) over the 2016 budget and goals for the Global Performance Sharing Program. The...
14 April 2016
EU: adoption of the Trade Secrets Directive
On Thursday 14 April the European Parliament gave the green light to the controversial Directive on trade secrets. The text seeks to combat industrial espionage and protect employed workers but it...
14 April 2016
Hungary: the automotive industry has a manpower shortage and is under pressure to raise wages
Several recent social movements have brought a new situation in the Hungary’s automotive industry to light, namely, manpower shortages are pushing employers to raise salaries and cooperate further...
14 April 2016
Lufthansa: five Austrian, German, and Swiss trades union set up the DACH European aviation trade union alliance
In Vienna on 08 April, Austrian services union Vida, Germany’s cabin personnel union UFO and pilots union Cockpit, together with their Swiss equivalents Kapers (cabin personnel) and Aeropers...
13 April 2016
ENGIE: an interview with Henri Ducré, Executive Vice-President, in charge of Group Human Resources, on the European Social Agreement
For the HR head, the European Social Agreement signed on 08 April by Isabelle Kocher and Gérard Mestrallet (see our article n°8597), must, first and foremost, give employees confidence in the...
13 April 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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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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France: Decathlon introduces a ‘duty to respect others’ right to disconnect’
A right-to-disconnect agreement was signed in late September for the French arm of the Decathlon sports retail group. It sets out a "duty to respect others’ right to disconnect" and provides...
14 November 2025
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Romania: collective agreement extended to entire insurance sector
On 3 November, Romania’s National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue approved the extension of the collective labour agreement signed on 23 May by the Confederation of Employers in the...
10 November 2025
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Italy: new collective agreement for managers in tertiary sector
On 5 November, the ManagerItalia union and the employers’ association Confcommercio renewed the collective agreement for managers in Italy’s tertiary, distribution and services...
12 November 2025
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Germany: legal battle at Tesla ahead of works council election
The Frankfurt/Oder labour court has postponed a mid-November hearing in the case between the IG Metall union and Michaela Schmitz, employee representative and head of the works council at the...
28 October 2025