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United States: UAW members approve the Fiat Chrysler agreement
This time round, 77% of workers at Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (FCA) voted to approve an agreement negotiated on their behalf between their union, the United Auto Workers (UAW) and FCA management...
23 October 2015
Canada: union relief at Liberal party’s election win
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s unexpected defeat during Canada’s federal elections on 19 October has calmed Canada’s unions that had been experiencing increasingly difficult relations with the...
23 October 2015
EU: chemicals sector social partners emphasize responsible social dialogue in their agreed five-year Roadmap
The European union federation IndustriALL Europe and the European Chemical Employers Group (ECEG) have agreed upon a Roadmap for the period 2015 – 2020. Ten years after the launch of sectoral...
22 October 2015
NGOs, guardians of CSR
Faced with increasingly powerful cross border actors, NGOs are multiplying the number of detailed and comprehensive reports including recommendations as well as the number of their ‘name and...
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22 October 2015
Germany: IG Metall’s new president announces a national campaign for redefining working time
In Frankfurt, between 18 – 24 October, IG Metall, the world’s largest major trade union with almost 2.3 million members, voted in its new management team. On Tuesday 20 October, former number 2...
22 October 2015
EU: the European Commission recommends establishing ‘national Competitiveness Boards’
On 21 October the European Commission presented a draft text recommending that the Member States establish national Competitiveness Boards. These national boards would be ‘independent and neutral’...
21 October 2015
Great Britain: steel industry buckling under the crisis
Indian group Tata Steel announced on Tuesday 20 October that almost 1,200 jobs would be lost in yet another brutal blow to the UK’s steel industry. Businesses and unions in the sector warn that...
21 October 2015
Germany: IG Metall warns rapid refugee integration measures should not result in social dumping
Amidst fierce debate over ways to facilitate refugees’ entry into the German labor market, on Monday 19 October the metals union IG Metall during its 23rd congress being held in Frankfurt between...
21 October 2015
Russia: businesses still looking to hire highly skilled professionals, despite the economic crisis
“We need engineers to design the aircraft of tomorrow, to meet the challenges that technology raises, stated Svetlana Kraïchinskaya, vice-president of HR at United Aircraft Corporation, a majority...
21 October 2015
Italy: budget 2016 jobs measures
On 15 October Italy’s Council of Ministers adopted a draft Finance Law that both continues incentives for hiring on indefinite employment contracts albeit in a reduced fashion and that lowers tax...
21 October 2015
France: political tug of war over a proposed law on due diligence
On 21 October a proposed law on parent company and contracting businesses’ due diligence will go for examination before a Senate plenary meeting. The National Assembly previously adopted the text...
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20 October 2015
NH Hotel Group: establishes an EWC
The European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions (EFFAT) has announced an agreement was signed last week that puts an EWC in place for the hotel chain NH Hotel Group. A...
20 October 2015
Brazil: economic crisis hinders collective negotiation
Bad news for Brazil’s workers. Economic crisis and rising inflation (+9.8% over a year) have seriously compromised unions’ collective bargaining powers. According to the Inter-Union Department of...
20 October 2015
France: a new Labor Code for summer 2016?
At the close of the social conference, held on 19 October, Prime Minister Manuel Valls announced a draft law for the beginning of 2016 “recasting the Labor Code” that intends to make way for more...
20 October 2015
Japan: banking sector leading the way with gender equality initiatives targeting management level
In Japan, the weight of tradition slows down management innovation. Nonetheless, for the past year or two, the banking sector, one of the country’s most conservative sectors, is trying to innovate...
19 October 2015
Inditex: Vietnam textile unions build Inditex network
IndustriALL global Union representatives together with the Vietnamese CGTV union have combined forces to build a union network aimed at defending workers across 42 factories in northern Vietnam...
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19 October 2015
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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.
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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...
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France: Crédit Agricole to tighten remote work rules
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
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2026 TRENDS – Pay transparency becomes a reality for European companies
mind RH is taking a look at the trends that will shape 2026. Many countries remain behind schedule in transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, leaving companies in a state of uncertainty as...
27 January 2026
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TRENDS IN 2026 — Reducing workplace absence at all costs: a major challenge for Europe
Workplace absence is on the rise across Europe, particularly among women, older employees and, since the Covid-19 pandemic, young people under the age of 30. Faced with this growing problem, some...
14 January 2026
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Vincent Lecerf (Orange): “Equality and diversity are competitive advantages for us”
Following the signing of a new agreement on professional equality and diversity in December, the chief HR officer of French multinational telecommunications corporation Orange Group, Vincent...
13 January 2026
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2026 TRENDS — Social dialogue, a major challenge in the deployment of AI in companies
mind RH is analysing the trends that will shape 2026. Artificial intelligence is emerging as a force that goes far beyond efficiency gains and productivity improvements. It is reshaping tasks...
4 February 2026
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France: transposition of the pay transparency directive takes shape
The transposition of the European directive on pay transparency into French law is entering a decisive phase. The Minister of Labour, Jean-Pierre Farandou, wants to present the bill to Parliament...
21 January 2026