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Great Britain: new conciliation service resolves around half of tribunal claims before their actual court date
‘Early Conciliation’ was launched in Britain in April 2014 and requires those thinking of making an Employment Tribunal claim to notify the arbitration service Acas who then tries to resolve the...
8 July 2015
Great Britain: Pressure increasing from shareholders and stakeholders for retailers to pay the living wage
Major retailers like supermarkets (Tesco, Morrisons, Marks and Spencer and Sainsbury’s) as well as clothes chain, Next, are experiencing a barrage of unwanted and critical attention from...
7 July 2015
Société Générale: interview with Jean-François Climent, Director of Industrial Relations, on the global agreement on fundamental rights
On June 03, 2015, Société Générale and UNI Global Union signed a global agreement on fundamental rights (c.f. article No. 9111). Jean-François Climent, Director of Industrial Relations explains...
7 July 2015
Italy: trade unions and civil society present the Workers Act as an alternative to Prime Minister Renzi’s Jobs Act
Put forward as an alternative to the Jobs Act, the Workers Act was presented at the CGIL headquarters head office at Modena. The Sbilanciamoci! network, an array of 51 associations and Catholic...
7 July 2015
Germany: Deutsche Post and Verdi bury the hatchet
The biggest dispute at Deutsche Post for twenty years finally came to a close in the evening of 05 July. At the end of almost four weeks of strike action plus a final 3-day negotiation marathon...
6 July 2015
Great Britain: the fight against modern slavery in supply chains is about to get started
For the first time, once the summer comes to a close, firms operating in Britain will have to report on an annual basis what they are doing to combat human trafficking along their global...
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6 July 2015
Italy: Whirlpool concludes a framework agreement with unions as a way to avoid layoffs
After months of mobilization, the metals sector unions secured changes to Whirlpool’s initial restructuring plans involving 2,060 layoffs and the closure of two sites following its purchase of...
3 July 2015
Japan: employees laid off ‘unfairly’ can opt for financial compensation
The Japanese government has just announced that employees subjected to unfair dismissal would soon be able to opt for financial compensation instead of taking up their former job. For the...
2 July 2015
Great Britain: construction union UCATT succeeds in banning the use of umbrella companies by two local authorities
The Construction union, the Union of Construction and Allied Technical Trades (UCATT), has secured its first two major victories in its campaign against the use of ‘umbrella companies’ used by...
2 July 2015
Denmark: first round to the unions but conflict with Ryanair continues
Denmark’s trade union has the right to take industrial action against Irish airline Ryanair in order to secure a collective agreement covering Ryanair’s new base at Copenhagen. This is the court’s...
2 July 2015
Belgium: oil sector signs new collective agreement
On June 24, Belgium’s oil sector signed its collective agreement for the period 2015/2016. Unions secured the maximum in terms of pay rises as well as improved provisions for quality of life and...
2 July 2015
EU : Commission confirms the withdrawal of the maternity leave draft directive
The Commission just announced the withdrawal of the maternity leave directive draft directive. It will propose new initiatives in the 2016 Work Programme, « aiming to meet the objectives in a more...
1 July 2015
Germany: longest strike in the history of rail comes to an end
Relief for Germany on the eve of the summer holidays: caught up in a year long apparently intractable dispute, the train drivers’ union GDL together with management at Deutsche Bahn announced on...
1 July 2015
Germany: six months after introducing the minimum wage, Minister for Employment, Andrea Nahles announces lighter working time documentation requirements
On June 30, during a press conference on the minimum wage some six months after the law came into force, Andrea Nahles, Minister for Social Affairs and Employment announced to much surprise all...
1 July 2015
United States: Barack Obama turns his attention to overtime
The US President wants to expand the pool of workers eligible for overtime. Up until now a worker earning over 23,660$ a year was not eligible for overtime pay. The President is looking to raise...
1 July 2015
Luxemburg: draft law on social dialogue within companies in the process of being voted in
On Thursday July 01 the Chamber of Deputies will decide on a project under debate since 2013. Joint committees have been legislated away for a while and their competences have been transferred to...
1 July 2015
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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