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Great Britain: Post Office agrees a three-year pay and conditions deal with some of its workers
The Post Office, a state company, and the CWU communications union have agreed a new three year pay and conditions agreement for the 2,000 workers employed by the company in its Admin and Supply...
7 January 2015
Germany: on January 1 the new controversial law on a national minimum wage came into force and continues to divide opinion
After years of debate, on January 1 Germany finally implemented its first-ever blanket national minimum wage set at 8.5 euros (before tax) an hour. Previously employers and unions had...
6 January 2015
Great Britain: a fresh approach to help employees return to work faster after periods of illness
The UK government’s Fit for Work program aims to sharply reduce absenteeism levels. The program due to roll out in early 2015 will assist employees on long-term sick leave return to work quicker.
6 January 2015
United States: NRLB general counsel brings proceedings against McDonald’s as a putative joint employer of its franchises’ employees
On 19 December, the general counsel's office of the National Labor Relations Board, the federal agency in charge of monitoring trade union relations, announced that it had issued complaints...
5 January 2015
Italy: final approval of 2015 Stability Law provisions
On 22 December, the Italian Chamber of Deputies approved the 2015 Stability Law, which the Senate had approved the week prior through a vote of confidence amongst great confusion. The...
5 January 2015
Slovenia: the cost of student work is made more expensive in order to lessen competition with regular employment choices
The Slovene Parliament enacted a law (by amending the Fiscal Balance Act) that will significantly increase costs of student work with a view to reducing differences between regular work and...
19 December 2014
Belgium: the social partners conclude a series of ‘mini-agreements’ restarting a stalled social consultation process
On December 18, representatives of both the unions and employers’ bodies came back to the negotiation table and came closer over the issue of separate employee blue collar | white collar status...
19 December 2014
Spain: CEOE the employers confederation, currently tarnished over corruptions scandals re-elects its president for another term by a very slim majority
On December 17, Juan Rosell the 58 year old Catalan businessman and President of the CEOE since 2010 was reconfirmed as President for a further four year term. He garnered 345 out of the 768...
18 December 2014
Germany: Deutsche Bahn and the GDL union find a basis for negotiations and defuse the social conflict tracking the rail sector
The all out strike for German rail workers set for January 2015 is off. Management at Deutsche Bahn (DB) and the train drivers union (GDL) made the announcement on Wednesday December 17. This was...
18 December 2014
EU: CJEU rules that obesity constituting a disability can fall within the scope of Community law on non-discrimination
In a judgment handed down today December 18, the CJEU confirmed that EU law does not consider obesity itself as grounds for discrimination. Nonetheless when obesity constitutes a disability, then...
18 December 2014
Russia: lower real wages for 2015 are a worrying sign
In Russia, social crisis is waiting in the wings. The currency (RUB, ruble) is collapsing as oil prices plummet and Western sanctions linked to the Ukraine situation take effect. Since the start...
17 December 2014
Sainsbury’s and the GLA team up to train product suppliers identify cases of employee exploitation
The state body, Gangmasters Licensing Authority, has announced that it is working with the major supermarket chain, Sainsbury’s, to train staff to identify employee exploitation in the supply...
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17 December 2014
EU: the European Commission presents its work plan for 2015
Yesterday, December 16 the President of the European Commission presented its work plan for 2015. Jean-Claude Juncker contained the plan to 23 initiatives. From amongst the priorities is youth...
17 December 2014
Germany: Amazon, under pressure from Verdi strike action, falls back on its Polish distribution centers to ensure Christmas packages are delivered on time
Verdi, the German services union, which has since spring 2013 being trying to get Amazon to sign a collective agreement took the decision to hit hard with its biggest strike action at the company...
16 December 2014
Prosegur: the company is temporarily suspended from an ILO program in Colombia
Prosegur is the world no 3 in the private security sector (manned guarding, cash in transit, technology & alarms). The company currently employs more than 155,000 across four continents...
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16 December 2014
Chile: 12,000 go out on strike at Walmart claiming higher wages
On December 11 employees at the retailing giant and owner of the Lider chain of supermarkets went out on a national strike. Employees disagree with management over the method of collective...
16 December 2014
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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