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Brazil: bill toughens truck drivers’ working conditions
The Parliament is looking at a bill on working conditions (PLC 41) for truck, cargo and passenger drivers. This amendment of the “truck drivers’ act” - also known as the resting act - comes 2...
16 July 2014
Norway: new deal in oil services tends to harmonize pay between all offshore workers
On July 6, Industrienergi (energy workers’ union) and Norsk olje og gas (employers’ organization gathering businesses operating in the oil industry) reached an agreement in the oil services...
16 July 2014
EU: last chance for the draft directive extending maternity leave
The European Commission suggested that it was going to withdraw its draft directive on maternity leave, for which debates have been stuck for 3 years because the Council of Ministers and European...
16 July 2014
Italy: Fiat renews with the unions that signed its special collective agreement
On July 11, Fiat Spa, CNH Industrial (holding for trucks and buses), and the -Cisl, Fismic, Uilm-Uil, UGL Metalmeccanici and Associazione Quadri e Capi Fiat unions renewed the group’s special...
16 July 2014
United States: in the end, Volkswagen’s Tennessee plant is organized
Less than 6 months after failing to represent all workers at Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant, Tennessee, the United Auto Workers (UAW) have recently gotten the company’s American plant to create a...
15 July 2014
EU: a new President for the Commission to get Europe to take a mini U-turn
Yesterday, July 15, the European Parliament elected Jean-Claude Juncker as President of the European Commission (422 votes for, 250 against). His presentation of his program - walking on the...
15 July 2014
Great Britain: blacklisting dispute now heads to the courts
The long running blacklisting dispute between the construction unions and the main construction companies is now due to head to the courts because after the breakdown of voluntary negotiations the...
15 July 2014
France: first big legal test for the law simplifying mass layoff procedures
Presented as one of the first tests for the application of the new legal framework for mass layoff procedures, which precisely aims to limit the legal insecurity that used to characterize them...
14 July 2014
Denmark: the new Working Environment Act has improved the quality of social dialogue on the subject
Earlier this month, Labor Minister Mette Frederiksen presented the first assessment report on the implementation of the Working Environment Act, which came into force in 2010. It shows how the new...
14 July 2014
Tunisia: social dialogue is weaker but still alive
The statistics of the social situation in Tunisia for the first 2014 quarter, released by the Ministry of Social Affairs, are gathered by the Directorate General of the Labor and Conciliation...
11 July 2014
PerkinElmer: an EWC was established
The American advanced technology company signed an agreement establishing a European Works Council on May 28. As Emerson’s – another American company –, which we already commented (see article No...
11 July 2014
Inditex: renewal of the global framework agreement for the implementation of international labor standards throughout the Inditex supply chain
On July 8, IndustriALL general secretary Jyrki Raina and Inditex’s chairman and CEO Pablo Isla signed the renewal of their international framework agreement for the implementation of international...
10 July 2014
Great Britain: RMT union launches battle against ISS’ use of biometric fingerprinting with its workers
The long simmering dispute between the RMT transport union and the Danish transnational, ISS, over the introduction of biometric fingerprinting technology has become a pitched battle on the London...
10 July 2014
Italy: Generali renews framework agreement on employment protection in the group
On June 27, Generali Italia Spa and Generali Infrastructures S.c.a.r.l. (GIS), together with the group’s corporate union representation body (RSA), signed an agreement, valid until March 31, 2016...
9 July 2014
France: key elements of the government’s new social roadmap
The 3rd social conference, organized on July 7-8 in Paris, wasn’t as successful as the other two. The fact that several unions were absent gave the event a serious blow. In spite of these...
9 July 2014
Germany: for the first time, IG-Metall and steel employers’ organization sign sectoral collective agreement on appeal to service provision contracts
Removing the possibility of an unlimited strike, the IG-Metall union and the steel employers’ organization (Arbeitgeberverband Stahl e.V) agreed, on the morning of Tuesday, July 8 in...
9 July 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