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In a report of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Employment an assessment is made of the development of collective bargaining in 2013. It is based on a sample of 100 collective agreements, which...

24 July 2014

France: the act on real gender equality was adopted

The act on real gender equality was adopted yesterday July 23. Particularly broad as it covers parity in institutions as well as the protection of women suffering from violence or the fight...

24 July 2014

France: the system reducing labor costs was permanently adopted

On July 23, the MPs adopted the flagship measure of President Hollande’s reform program - and the social partners’ bone of contention - the system reducing social contributions to restore...

23 July 2014

International: social databases, a growing tool supporting the coordination of collective bargaining at global level

Recently, in 2 large multinational firms - Fiat-Chrysler and Petrobras - global union alliances have committed, at the end of their annual meeting, to making databases to have the possibility of...

23 July 2014

Italy: TNT Group strikes deal for insourcing handling operations

Transport unions and TNT signed the first agreement for insourcing handling operations in Italy. It is based on the protocol signed in February by the sector’s unions and employers’ organization...

23 July 2014

United States: discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation is still legal in most States but not among Federal Government providers

Discriminating on the grounds of sexual orientation and gender identity is still legal in most States but not in businesses that work for the Federal State. Indeed, on Monday, July 21, President...

23 July 2014

Slovakia: amendment limits the duration of arrangements on work performed outside of an employment relationship

The Labor Code amendment limiting “works/assignment contracts performed outside an employment relationship,” a booming atypical form of employment that takes a lot from civil law and very little...

22 July 2014

France: provisions making it easier for employees to take over their company adopted

The Law on Social and Solidary Economy, permanently adopted by the National Assembly yesterday July 21, 2014, introduces an obligation to inform employees early in case of the sale of a healthy...

22 July 2014

Italy: unions divided over workers’ ‘sacrifices’ to save Alitalia

After a separate framework agreement on the dismissal of 1,635 employees and the management of employment consequences of the alliance with Etihad, signed by the Fit-Cisl, Uil Trasporti-UIl and...

21 July 2014

Bulgaria : the application of current conditions for early retirement will last till the end of 2017

The draft law suggested by MPs from the socialist party (still in power) was approved at the “first reading” by the Parliamentarian Committee on Labor and Social Policy last week. The document...

21 July 2014

Italy: temporary work employers’ organizations commit to promote actions encouraging youth employment

On July 15, the Ministry of Labor signed a cooperation agreement with Assolavoro and Rete Lavoro, the temporary work agencies’ organization, within the framework of the application of the “Youth...

18 July 2014

Great-Britain: Unite is now implementing its harder line with employers

Following Unite biennial policy conference at the end of June this year, the union has begun to implement a ‘get tough’ policy with what it considers to be recalcitrant employers. This has led to...

17 July 2014

EU: ECJ to define whether obesity can amount to a disability and therefore covered by Community law against discrimination

In a case concerning a Danish worker blaming his employer for firing him because he was obese, and therefore discriminating against his disability, Advocate General Niilo Jääskinen suggests that...

17 July 2014

International: Uni Global Union and the Latin American Federation of Banks, Felaban, sign a global framework agreement

The Global Framework Agreement signed on June 26 by Felaban and Uni Global Union, the international union federation, is one of the few transnational sectoral agreements. In this regional...

17 July 2014

Japan: update of the ‘worst companies’ list

The highly anticipated ‘Worst Company Award’ 2014 is going to be attributed this summer in Tokyo. Don’t be mistaken by the frivolity of the name: this list of nominees is one of the darkest sides...

17 July 2014

Spain: creation of a big service federation inside CCOO

The union keeps restructuring itself and merged the financial services and trade and hotel industry sectors into a single services federation. This merger is in line with the CCOO’s gathering of...

17 July 2014

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