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Belgium: a shock campaign by the FGTB condemning the misuse of daily agency contracts
By announcing, to a fanfare of publicity the launch of a new daily contract recruitment agency, only to disclose that that the agency was in a fact a hoax, the FGTB had decided to organize a shock...
25 September 2014
Italy: unions up in arms over the proposal to do away with Article 18 of the Labor Code, as it becomes the focus of government proposals to overhaul the code
On September 23, 2014, the Italian government presented, before the Senate, draft enabling legislation that would completely overhaul the country’s labor law. The focus is on abolishing Article 18...
24 September 2014
Corporate Practice: how the German family run company VILSA-Brunnen helps its older staff take up, for the first time, professional vocational training
Can we go back to school after more than 20 years spent in a factory filling bottles. What are the benefits and challenges of such an approach for both the employee and the employer? During the...
24 September 2014
EU: signature of a joint declaration on gender equality in the European Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee on Telecoms
On September 22, 2014, the European Social partners in the telecoms sector: UNI Europe (representing employees) and ETNO - the European Telecommunications Network Operators (representing...
24 September 2014
Great Britain: the dearth in qualified staff is a time bomb for companies
Employers in Britain are starting to feel the effects of a lack of skilled workers. For some years now the country has been tackling the problem of skills shortages. A recent government report...
24 September 2014
Denmark: the FTF confederation union launches the debate on the need for a legal minimum wage
While the unions were formerly opposed to even discussing the idea of a legal minimum wage in Denmark, last week the FTF, Denmark’s second largest union confederation, invited the social partners...
23 September 2014
Cambodia: eight major fashion brands commit to maintaining their supply orders even if local salaries rise
On September 19, 2014 a press statement released by the IndustriAll Global Union said that eight brands had written to the Cambodian Vice Premier Minister and to the President of the ...
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22 September 2014
Belgium: the federal government’s upcoming reforms are worrying the unions
On Tuesday September 23, 2014 the three central unions will demonstrate together to voice their concerns over proposed reforms by the new federal coalition government, that itself is in the...
22 September 2014
International: the US government wants to sanction Guatemala for not giving enough protection to its workers
The American government has requested sanctions be put in place against Guatemala for violation of the Labor Code. This request has been lodged within the framework of the CAFTA-DR (Dominican...
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22 September 2014
Germany: the federal government has for the second time awarded the ‘Corporate Social Responsibility Prize’
On Wednesday September 17, 2014 four German companies including the Otto group (in the category of ‘a company with more than 5000 employees’) and the soft packaging company Bischof + Klein GmbH...
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19 September 2014
EU: clauses in public contracts cannot require tenderers to pay a minimum wage, if the workers are to fully perform the contract in a different Member State
In a judgment handed down on September 18, 2014, the ECJ ruled that the condition for awarding a public contract in one Member State that requires the tenderer to pay its personnel a fixed minimum...
19 September 2014
Ecuador: demonstrations to reject the Government’s Labor code reforms
On Wednesday September 17, 2014, several sectors of Ecuador’s society spilled onto the streets to voice their opposition to the numerous reforms being driven by Rafael Correa’s leftwing...
19 September 2014
United States: the CWA and Teamsters unions are booking themselves an XXL seat with American Airlines
A union coalition of the CWA (Communications Workers of America) and the Teamsters has established its presence in the American Airlines company that employs 14,000 staff in passenger services...
19 September 2014
Germany: chemical union going to push for a 3 day week for the over 60s
Peter Hoffmann, member of the federal office of the IG BCE chemical union explained on Wednesday September 17, 2014 that during the next round of negotiations at the beginning of 2015 his union...
18 September 2014
Great Britain: the NUM union comes to the rescue just in time for the final working coal mine (Hatfield Colliery)
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) has stepped in to save the last viable deep pit coal mine by investing £4m in the employee-owned Hatfield Colliery, near Doncaster. The colliery faced...
18 September 2014
Denmark: new provisions for whistle-blowers in the financial sector
The European Directive CRD lV was transposed into law by the State in March 2014, and obliges financial institutions to implement, before September 1, 2014, internal “whistle-blowing” mechanisms...
18 September 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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Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying
Under pressure from new US tariffs, many countries have presented texts in recent weeks to ban the import of products made with forced labor. A real breakthrough for workers' rights or a mere...
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France: EDF served formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations
The news. On 23 September, Greenpeace France announced that it had served EDF with a formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations due to the risks of harm...
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24 September 2026
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Slovakia: a bill to “clarify” personal data protection measures
The news. The Slovak government approved a bill on personal data protection on August 26, 2026. This text aims to clarify existing regulations regarding employees’ rights and...
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7 September 2026