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United States: more transparency over companies’ recourse to “union hunters”
On 23 March, the Labor Department published the final version of the new rule on transparency as relates to companies hiring consultants and lawyers to assist in discouraging workers from...
23 March 2016
Great Britain: financial services to commit to making room for women
Several British banks have signed a Government charter in which they pledge for a better gender balance especially by placing more women in key roles. This represents a revolution in so far as the...
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23 March 2016
Italy: moves to make vouchers used for casual labor more traceable
On 22 March, Giuliano Poletti, the Minister for Labor announced that the voucher system used for casual labor would become traceable. This is in a bid to counter misuse of the system, a fact that...
23 March 2016
EU: the 4th UNI Europa Conference was held under the heading ‘Changing Europe Together’
With the desire to ‘Change Europe’, thanks to stronger unions with increased negotiations influence, UNI Europa gathered its members together for a three-day conference, held in Rome from the 14th...
22 March 2016
Great-Britain : Brexit could cost Britain £100 billion and one million jobs (CBI)
Leaving the EU would cause a serious shock to the UK economy that could lead to 950,000 job losses and leave the average household £3,700 worse off by 2020, a report commissioned by the CBI...
21 March 2016
Denmark: parliament adopts a reform over social assistance
On 17 March the Danish parliament adopted a government draft law reforming the social services system in a bid to encourage those on benefits to reenter the jobs market. The main changes include a...
21 March 2016
Belgium: a Royal Decree is published authorizing night work in the e-commerce sector
The Royal Decree, published on 10 March, authorizing night time work in the e-commerce sector appeared in the Belgian Official Journal on 18 March. As part of its digital program, e-commerce is...
21 March 2016
Denmark: tripartite agreement over integrating refugees through work
One in two refugees in work. That’s the government’s goal in an agreement concluded on 17 March between the social partners over integrating refugees via employment. Key to the agreement is the...
18 March 2016
Spain: an agreement with Repsol to ensure respect for the working conditions in sub-contracting companies
Management at the oil group together with the union announced the signing of a cooperation protocol to guarantee respect for suppliers’ employees’ rights who carry out services at the...
17 March 2016
Great Britain : Government suffers important defeat on its Trade Union Bill in the House of Lords
The government suffered three important defeats to its Trade Union Bill in the House of Lords on the issues of balloting mechanisms, facility time and political funding. Under these amendments...
17 March 2016
EU: European social partners offer up three common messages to EU institution on the integration of refugees, industrial policy and the digitisation of the economy
In preparation for the customary tripartite social summit, which takes place on the eve of European summits, the European social partners — the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), the Union...
17 March 2016
Germany: Minister for Labor, Andrea Nahles, wants to establish “chosen working time” for all, in the medium term
Almost one year after the starting gun was fired in April 2015 for a ‘national dialogue’ over the future of the world of work in the digital age, Andrea Nahles, Federal Minister for Social Affairs...
16 March 2016
Italy: an initial ruling calls into question the obligation to work on public holidays as written into employment contracts
The Rovereto labor tribunal (Trento) cancelled disciplinary sanctions for cashiers who had refused to work on public holidays, in spite of their employment contracts including the obligation to do...
16 March 2016
United States: Silicon Valley bus drivers unionize in order to reap benefits from the new economy
Belonging to a union as a way to ensure that everyone gains from the new economy. Thus is the message from the Silicon Valley Rising movement, which, as is characteristic of the American...
16 March 2016
Great Britain: trade unions adjust their organization strategies in the face of challenging circumstances
With each under new leadership, three unions are currently undertaking organisational redesign programmes in an effort to re-imagine their role and stave off further decline and by increasing...
16 March 2016
Danone signs a global framework agreement on sustainable employment
On 15 March the giant food-products company together with the sector’s international union federation, the IUF, International Union of Food and Allied workers, announced the signing of a tenth...
15 March 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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Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying
Under pressure from new US tariffs, many countries have presented texts in recent weeks to ban the import of products made with forced labor. A real breakthrough for workers' rights or a mere...
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France: EDF served formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations
The news. On 23 September, Greenpeace France announced that it had served EDF with a formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations due to the risks of harm...
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24 September 2026
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Slovakia: a bill to “clarify” personal data protection measures
The news. The Slovak government approved a bill on personal data protection on August 26, 2026. This text aims to clarify existing regulations regarding employees’ rights and...
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7 September 2026