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Great Britain: unionisation on the rise in private sector
For the fourth consecutive year, British trade unions saw their private sector membership grow in 2014. All sectors considered, 6.4 million British employees were linked to a trade union last...
4 June 2015
Société Générale: signing of global agreement on fundamental rights and trade union freedom with UNI Global Union
On 3 June, the French banking company signed an international agreement on fundamental rights with the international trade union federation UNI. Société Générale has thus affirmed its commitment...
3 June 2015
Denmark: adoption of new measures to combat social dumping in transport sector
On May 26 the Danish parliament adopted new measures to combat social dumping in road transportation. One of the latest measures is that the pay and working conditions for foreign drivers of...
3 June 2015
Finland: government threatens drastic economic measures if unions and business leaders can’t agree on how to promote the country’s competitiveness
Traditionally the State takes on a somewhat discreet role during collective negotiations facilitating the conclusion of agreements by proposing changes in legislation so as to implement agreements...
3 June 2015
United States: the Supreme Court recognizes religious discrimination over a job candidate wearing a headscarf
The U.S. Supreme Court has just sided with a young Muslim female who took the Abercrombie & Fitch clothing chain to court for religious discrimination. The almost unanimous vote by the judges...
3 June 2015
Sweden: an agreement in Scania covering recourse to temporary employment
The 2012 global ‘Volkswagen temporary work Charter (c.f. article No. 120713) has brought about this Swedish national version. An agreement over flexibility and employing temporary workers...
2 June 2015
Solvay: signs a global profit-sharing agreement
On 01 June Solvay announced via press release that it had signed an agreement with Solvay Global Forum, its global social dialogue body, on the implementation of a profit-sharing plan based on the...
1 June 2015
UniCredit: signature of a joint declaration with the EWC on responsible selling
On May 27 management at UniCredit and its EWC signed a joint declaration setting out the fundamental principles of and the arrangements to put in place responsible selling practices. This move...
1 June 2015
Italy: unions negotiate changes to working time in moves to avoid massive redundancies in the retail sector
1,500 jobs will be saved in the Simply Market supermarket chain after an unprecedented agreement safeguarding jobs in return for changes to working time and a freeze on certain elements of...
1 June 2015
Turkey: Unexpected wave of strikes in automotive industry
Most people were surprised by the unexpected and spontaneous wave of strikes in the Turkish automotive industry in Bursa, Ankara, Sakarya and Kocaeli. Over 20,000 metal workers in Renault, Fiat...
1 June 2015
Belgium: Belfius the bank and insurance company tries out “working differently”
From June 01 and for a maximum of six months a volunteer group of Belfius staff will try out working flexible hours outside of their current working arrangements. The company has already designed...
1 June 2015
Great Britain : new Conservative government tightens up on thresholds for lawful strikes
The new Conservative government has made good on its election manifesto pledge to further tighten the regulations governing lawful strikes and industrial action. In the Queen’s Speech, it has laid...
29 May 2015
Italy: Facebook type ‘spying’ on employees is legal
In an unprecedented ruling, Italy’s highest court of appeal the Supreme Court of Cassation has just ruled in favor of the employer of a former employee who had claimed ‘entrapment’ due to...
29 May 2015
Germany: Deutsche Bahn and the rail union EVG have signed a new collective agreement covering 100,000 rail workers
A week after the GDL train drivers union open-ended strike was unexpectedly called off, the large rail union EVG (Eisenbahn- und Verkersgewerkschaft) together with management at Deutsche Bahn (DB)...
28 May 2015
Russia: ‘white collar’ unions are timidly surfacing
In Russia, service sector employee unions rarely have a voice. Employer pressure as well as fragmentation in the sector contribute to the more individual aspect of the sector. This sector enjoys...
28 May 2015
Netherlands: law on flexible working adopted
On April 14 the Senate adopted a joint Christian Democrat and Greens draft law changing a piece of existing legislation recognizing the universal right to request changes in working time. The new...
28 May 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