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H&M: signature on a global agreement in partnership with the ILO on sustainable global supply chains in the garment industry
Signed on September 15, 2014 this agreement is the first of its kind, forging a partnership between the retail-clothing company and the tripartite international organization. It covers industrial...
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18 September 2014
Great Britain: the High Court has validated employer practice that recognizes a trade union thus preventing another union’s legal recognition
In a judgment handed down on September 12, 2014, the long running dispute between the Pharmacists’ Defence Association union (PDAU) and the Boots pharmacy retailer has been settled in Boots’...
17 September 2014
United States: a new law in the state of California provides for paid sick leave
Last week the state of California became known in the U.S for adopting a law on sick leave pay that will come into effect in July 2015. The law requires employers in the state to give workers paid...
17 September 2014
Russia: pregnant women protected by law but under pressure from employers
Russia’s labor law affords a high level of protection to pregnant women but this protection does not occur in practice as many women quit their companies because of harassment. This phenomenon is...
17 September 2014
BNP Paribas: European agreement on professional equality signed
Yesterday, September 16, 2014, BNP Paribas signed an agreement with the European Federation Union UNI Europa Finance and the European Federation of Finance Company Executives (FECEC), and its...
16 September 2014
International: worrisome negotiations over an agreement to liberalize trade in services
If it hadn’t been for the Wikileaks revelations released in June 2014 no one or almost no one would have heard of TiSA – the Trade in Services Agreement that aims at liberalizing the international...
16 September 2014
Germany: ArcelorMittal Bremen management requires that companies contracted to provide services adhere to the social charter negotiated with the works council
Under pressure from the works council at ArcelorMittal Bremen GmbH (AMB), management and the council together have developed a ‘social charter’. It targets companies looking to sign service...
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16 September 2014
EU: an ECJ ruling states that employees transferred are to retain their earlier working conditions, as concluded under their terminated collective agreements
Judges in the European Court of Justice ruled that the transferred employees are to be covered by the working conditions of the collective agreement terminated before the transfert but yet...
15 September 2014
Great Britain: government measures succeed in reducing backlogs in employment tribunals
According to government statistics employment tribunals again witnessed a reduction in individual claims over the period from April to June 2014. David Cameron’s team welcomed the fact that the...
15 September 2014
Italy: the CGIL, Cisl and Uil central unions front a united platform on the taxation and benefits system
The three central unions, CGIL, Cisl, and Uil will this month complete consultations on their united platform concerning taxation and benefits. They hope it will serve to defend their common...
12 September 2014
Germany: social partners in the chemical sector have launched an initiative promoting “health management”
On Wednesday September 10, 2014 the social partners in the chemical sector presented an initiative called “healthy work under good conditions in the chemical sector”. The initiative forms part of...
12 September 2014
Chile: unions put pressure on the government to remove the Labor Code, left-over from the Pinochet era
On September 4, 2014, 44 years to the day after the victory of Salvador Allende during the presidential elections, the main confederation of Chilean unions the CUT called for a demonstration...
12 September 2014
Brazil: the government recognizes five central organizations as representative trade unions
At the end of the annual meeting in July 2014, the Minister for Labor and Employment recognized five representative central trade unions. The five in order of importance are: the Unified Workers...
12 September 2014
Denmark: the two main union confederations -LO and FTF – are studying a possible merger
In an historic meeting on September 9, 2014, the LO (The Danish Confederation of Trade Unions) and the FTF (the Confederation of Professionals in Denmark) agreed on unprecedented cooperation so as...
11 September 2014
Germany: the slow decline in apprenticeships continues (DGB report)
Each year the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB) presents an annual report on the state of apprenticeships in the country. Whilst 71.4% of those questioned are satisfied with their...
11 September 2014
Portugal: social negotiations resume with demands for a rise in the minimum wage
The Portuguese social partners are starting negotiations on raising the national minimum wage with the government is looking to raise the level as of January 1, 2015. However unions are looking...
11 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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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