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United Kingdom: minimum wage to rise by 3%
Less than two months before the general election, the government has announced that the minimum wage will be increased as of 1 October, going up to £6.70 per hour (9.32 EUR) from £6.50 (9.04 EUR)...
17 March 2015
UNI Global Finance defends strategy combining the creation of trade union alliances within companies and better regulation of the banking system
At the end of February, trade unions in the eleven countries in which Société Générale operates created a second international union alliance in the banking sector, following that which was set up...
17 March 2015
Spain: national framework agreement on employment and collective bargaining stuck on issue of salaries
Employers and trade unions have been negotiating for months regarding the renewal of the framework agreement which will establish the basis for collective bargaining for 2015 to 2017. It is...
16 March 2015
Germany to promote “sustainable supply chains” and decent work during G7 Presidency
Two years after the Rana Plaza disaster in Bangladesh, which killed more than 1,000 Bangladeshi workers in the clothing industry, the German government has decided to focus on sustainable...
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16 March 2015
United States: United Steelworkers bring six-week strike to an end after agreement with refinery companies
On 12 March, trade unionists from United Steelworkers and envoys from Shell, representing around 15 oil refineries in California, Texas and other states, finally reached an agreement, following...
16 March 2015
Vodafone looks to pamper their mothers (employees) around the globe
Vodafone, the British telecommunications giant that employs around 93,000 staff is going to implement a new maternity leave policy that will apply across their global operations (Global...
13 March 2015
Great Britain: labor law measures that are coming into force in April
As usual every year several labor law changes will come into force and this year will see shared parental leave and a rise in redundancy pay coming on-stream.
13 March 2015
Corporate practices: Danish companies Novo Nordisk and Novozymes implement policies to raise female participation at senior management
On March 08, International Women’s Day, the daily publication Berlingke Tidende examined the steps being taken by both Novo Nordisk and Novozymes* to bring more females into management...
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13 March 2015
Austria: opening of collective negotiations in industrial sector and agreement in finance sector
In Austria we are seeing the beginning of the “spring of collective negotiations”. On Wednesday 11 March, social partners from the banking and insurance sectors announced that they had reached an...
12 March 2015
Belgium: unions promise more demonstrations until the end of March as they protest Government measures
After having assembled 10,000 in Brussels on March 11, the common union front is looking to to keep up the pressure on the government that has recently modified an agreement with the social...
12 March 2015
United States: half of America’s States have now adopted anti-union legislation
Wisconsin’s fast tracking of a new law that restricts union financing illustrates the election leverage for Republican candidates of such legislation and it may not be long before a majority of...
12 March 2015
Italy: two unions from the banking sector, Fiba-Cisl and Dircredito (for senior staff), announce their merger
The independent union Dircredito and Fiba-Cisl announced their merger, creating a new union within the Cisl (Confederation of Trade Unions in Italy), named FIRST (Italian Federation Network for...
12 March 2015
Denmark: Danish labor union 3F scores an historic victory against social dumping on Copenhagen’s Metro system expansion site
22 million kroner (€2.95 million) is the amount that Cipa, one of three Italian subcontractors working on the expansion of the capital’s metro system, will have to pay in compensation to 3F who...
11 March 2015
Great Britain: large companies told to publish gender pay-gap details
British companies with more than 250 employees will have to publish gender pay-gaps each year and risk a fine should they not comply. This historic initiative, currently under parliamentary...
11 March 2015
EU: Luca Visentini to take over from Bernadette Ségol as the head of the European Trade Union Confederation
During preparations for the September Congress to be held in Paris, the executive committee has nominated the Italian unionist, Luca Visentini to take over from the current secretary general...
10 March 2015
Netherlands: Parliament gives the green light to a law establishing joint-liability for non-payment of the minimum wage along the sub-contracting chain
Last week the Dutch Parliament voted in favor of a law set to combat the practice of non-payment of the legal or regular minimum wage as well as social contributions (Wet Aanpak Schijnconstructies...
10 March 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