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Germany: conflict escalating at Deutsche Post as DPVKom joins strike action
10 days after services union Verdi went on indefinite strike at Deutsche Post DHL, DPVKom, the Post and Telecoms union, has announced it will join the action. The union started consultations on...
18 June 2015
Italy: FS and Trenitalia sign an agreement with unions over common lines of action to combat assaults on personnel
On June 15, the transport unions concluded an agreement with Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane Spa (FS) and Trenitalia Spa* on common action to be taken to combat attacks on their personnel. Assaults...
18 June 2015
Great Britain: Wages rising at fastest rate since the economic crisis
UK wages rose by a near 8-year record high of 2.7% between February and April compared with a year earlier.
18 June 2015
Norway: a note on changes to the Working Environment Act (arbeidsmiljøloven) coming into force on July 01
Despite fierce opposition and demonstrations from trade unions, the draft law changing several rules on the Working Environment Act (arbeidsmiljøloven) was approved by the Norwegian parliament on...
17 June 2015
Sweden: negotiations set to restart over industry worker job security agreement (omställningsavtal)
Interrupted in December 2013 negotiations over the “omställningsavtal” agreement, between the PTK (federation of private sector administration employees) and the employers confederation Svenskt...
17 June 2015
Great Britain: Unite members set up specific strike fund to gear up against looming job losses at Rolls Royce
The 12,000 Unite members at Rolls Royce have voted to set up their industrial action fund by paying £1 per month to their Unite union (in addition to their union subs). The ‘war chest’ is expected...
16 June 2015
Germany: faced with labor shortages, businesses are increasingly looking to refugees to fill the gap
Just a few days ahead of the summit meeting between the representatives of the Federal State and the Länders on June 18, Germany’s large employers federations and trade unions have come together...
16 June 2015
Great Britain: About turn for non-European skilled workers as cap on migrants is reached for first time
For the first time the UK had to close its doors to non-European skilled workers earning under 155,000 GBP a year (214,000 €) because the maximum allowed number of working permits per month was...
16 June 2015
Germany: future reforms to interim work starting to make waves
The Minister for Employment and Social Affairs, Andrea Nahles has kept up momentum with multiple announcements on the content of her reform to temporary work and services contracts due to be...
15 June 2015
Italy: Council of Ministers gives final approval on two new Jobs Act decrees
On June 11 the Italian Council of Ministers gave final approval for two new decrees relating to the Jobs Act – the law enabling labor reforms approved in December 2014 (c.f. article No. 8763)...
12 June 2015
EU: start and end travelling time for peripatetic workers constitutes working time (Opinion of the ECJ Advocate General)
On June 11 Yves Bot, Advocate General at the ECJ, delivered his opinion on a Spanish case and requested that working time for peripatetic workers (no fixed or habitual place of work) includes the...
11 June 2015
Italy: tax break for productivity-linked pay unlikely to continue in 2015 due to lack of funds
Introduced back in 2008 with the dual goal of reducing fiscal pressure on workers salaries as well as promoting the conclusion of local collective agreements, the productivity-linked pay tax...
11 June 2015
UNI Europa the European federation for skills and service sets out its four-year action plan for the commerce sector
Delegates from 31 unions and 23 countries came together at the UNI Europa Commerce conference from June 01 – 03 to approve its four-year action plan. The main theme was the issue of how unions can...
11 June 2015
France: parliament adopts the proposed law to put an anti-discrimination action group in place
On June 10 France’s National Assembly adopted a proposed law for anti-discrimination action groups. Government support has finally come through for an initiative that has come back to the fore at...
11 June 2015
Austria: Postal workers to receive a 1.9% pay rise
The social partners at the Österreichische Post have awarded a 1.9% wage rise to all of its 24,000 workers. The minimum salary of recent hires (after 2009) and working in the network of agencies...
11 June 2015
Great Britain: employers and the GMB union sign a Charter on safety and skills in the shale gas sector in an aim to develop this source of energy
The GMB general union and the employers’ federation, UK Onshore Oil and Gas (UKOOG) have signed what the union calls a ‘landmark agreement on shale gas’. The agreement takes the form of a joint...
11 June 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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France: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill
After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...
10 September 2026
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Germany: IG Metall demands 5% pay rise amid severe pressure
Despite the crisis hitting the automotive industry, the leadership of the German trade union IG Metall announced on Wednesday 23 September that it would be asking for a 5% pay increase as well as...
23 September 2026
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Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...
8 September 2026
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EU: Commission proposes a list of worker-related criteria for public procurement
The news. On 9 September, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation aimed at unifying European public procurement law, which accounts for 15% of European GDP. It is notably set...
17 September 2026
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Spain: approval of decree on employees’ right to clear information on working conditions
The Spanish government validated, on September 8 in the Council of Ministers, the decree transposing the European directive on transparent and predictable working conditions. This text requires...
9 September 2026
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France: bioMérieux strengthens its end-of-career support measures
The news. In vitro diagnostic specialist bioMérieux (4,400 employees in France) and unions CFDT, CFE-CGC, and CGT signed a new agreement on June 18, 2026, dedicated to end-of-career...
10 September 2026