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Spain: the PSA Peugeot Citroën factory at Vigo with support from only one union reaches an agreement in principle that provides for wage reductions
Management and unions have negotiated a competitiveness plan for the PSA Peugeot Citroën factory at Vigo, Galicia. The plan allows for a 5% cut in basic pay and the reduction or even elimination...
18 November 2014
Great Britain: word of mouth remains the most preferred private recruitment channel
Despite an explosion in new technology, latest research by the UK government finds that only 7% of employers recruit via social media channels, with the preferred channel remaining word of mouth.
17 November 2014
Italy: the young new leader of Fim, Cisl’s metals union federation prioritizes reaching out to the young and the ‘unseen’
At 44 years of age Marco Bentivogli was, on November 13, voted in by the Fim-Cisl General Council as the youngest ever metals union leader in Italian history. Via his project “Sindacato 2.0...
17 November 2014
EU: non-financial reporting directive published (CSR)
On November 15, the directive on the disclosure of non-financial information and data regarding diversity in large businesses and certain groups was published in the Official Journal of the EU...
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17 November 2014
AEON: Japan’s largest retailer signs a global framework agreement with the UNI Global Union
This global framework agreement signed on November 10 marks the third with Japanese businesses, the first two being in the service sector. However this third agreement is signed with Japan’s...
17 November 2014
Brazil : study reveals reasons for high labor turnover rate Brazil : study reveals reasons for high labor turnover rate
The significant rate of labor turnover in Brazil is caused by several factors, such as short-term contracts, seasonality of raw material, and economic cycles and employers' free reign to dismiss...
13 November 2014
United States: the United Automobile Workers is to represent workers at Volkswagen Chattanooga, but will most likely not be the only one
The UAW, the United Automobile Workers, will set up shop in the Volkswagen factory in Chattanooga, Tennessee, in the south of the United States, following the company’s establishment of a...
12 November 2014
Netherlands: works councils and confidentiality
On 10 October 2014, the Social Economic Council (SER), the tripartite body that acts as the government’s main advisory body on works council issues and that monitors the execution and enforcement...
12 November 2014
Great Britain: deceptively positive employment growth?
Only one in forty new British jobs created since the recession is on a full-time contract: a shocking piece of data reported on November 12 by the TUC trade union confederation. This comes face to...
12 November 2014
Germany: management at IG Metall demands a wage rise of up to 5.5% over 12 months
Despite a backdrop of slowing growth in the German economy management at Germany’s biggest union IG Metall announced on Tuesday November 11 in Frankfurt that it will seek a wage rise of up to 5.5%...
11 November 2014
Italy: Eni has signed a memorandum of understanding on the ‘green conversion’ of its refinery in Sicily
Eni has signed an agreement with unions and both national and local authorities for the refinery’s ‘green conversion’ and a relaunch of the Gela area (Sicily). The unions are well satisfied...
11 November 2014
Canada: Ontario votes in a series of measures to protect ‘vulnerable’ workers.
Some of the measures voted in by Canada’s most populace province on November 6 include indexing the minimum wage to the Consumer Price Index and extending protection for temporary recruitment...
11 November 2014
The free trade agreement between Switzerland and China includes standards over social and labor rights
The China-Switzerland free trade agreement officially entered into effect on July 1 2014 is the second such agreement that the Chinese authorities have signed with a European country and the first...
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11 November 2014
Italy: the IREN group, a services company working with local authorities, has reached an agreement on the ‘intergenerational pact’
The IREN group, the fourth largest services company (4,5000 employees) providing services to the Italian local authorities has reached an agreement on the ‘intergenerational pact’. This pact will...
10 November 2014
Transdev: the EWC brings an action to suspend the group’s decision over one of its’ French subsidiaries
On November 7 the Nanterre district court heard a submission for an emergency interim ruling sought after by the Transdev EWC against management of the transport group for non-respect of the right...
10 November 2014
Acciona, Dragados and Sacyr: three international framework agreements signed in Spain’s construction industry
On October 29 the Building and Wood Worker's International Federation (BWI) signed new International Framework Agreements with the management of three Spanish international construction companies...
10 November 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