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Portugal: new bill limits the duration of collective agreements and allows exceptions for ailing businesses
On June 5, the government adopted a bill that amends certain aspects of collective agreements’ law. These agreements will be valid for 3 years instead of 5 before. The bill also provides that...
11 June 2014
Schneider Electric: new agreement on the involvement of workers in the future European Company (SE)
Signed yesterday, June 10, the agreement on the involvement of workers in the SE will allow Schneider Electric to finalize its conversion into an SE, approved by the General Assembly on May 6. ...
10 June 2014
Zalando: Verdi, the German union, wants to file a complaint against the transformation into a European Company (SE)
The biggest exclusively online seller in Europe just announced that it was becoming a European Company (SE). Along this announcement came the appointment of 3 employee representatives on the...
10 June 2014
Great Britain: workers off on Friday afternoons this summer
More and more British firms are giving workers their Friday afternoons off in the summer to motivate them. Certain experts are worried about this phenomenon, known as Summer Friday, fearing all...
10 June 2014
Japan: towards the end of sexual division in businesses?
Faced with ramping ageing and falling birth rate, Japan is neglecting one of the assets of its economic recovery: women. In spite of the 1947 Constitution provides for “fundamental gender...
10 June 2014
Italy: Deutsche Bank and Unicredit sign agreements with unions on implementation of provisions on the protection of customers’ privacy to ban remote control of workers
Unicredit and then Deutsche Bank are the two latest firms that signed - both at the end of May - an agreement transposing the banking industry’s national framework agreement signed in April. That...
9 June 2014
Great Britain: nearly 14 percent of Britons work from home
4.2 million British people worked from their homes in the first 2014 quarter. Unions are hoping to keep improving this historical record.
9 June 2014
Argentina: General Motors launches plan to suspend production but maintains its workers’ entire salary
A consequence of the crisis in the auto industry in Latin America, the American carmaker is thinking about suspending production for 1 day a week until December. Workers won the trial of strength...
9 June 2014
EU: the Commission presents a strategic framework on health and safety for 2014-2020
Today, June 6, the European Commission presented its strategic framework on health and safety for 2014-2020, which identifies major challenges and strategic objectives in this area and defines a...
6 June 2014
Great Britain: Unite tries to regain its health after the Ineos defeat by preparing a long dispute against SCA Logistics on the use of zero-hours contrcts
After a 2-day strike last month against the introduction of zero hour contracts, Unite members at SCA Logistics at Tilbury docks have begun an 11-day strike to continue their battle. The fear of...
6 June 2014
The question of social responsibility raised at the General Assembly of T-Mobile, Deutsche Telekom’s American subsidiary
The social responsibility issue is becoming key at T-Mobile USA. The company’s last general meeting showed that T-Mobile’s major investors agreed with the American unions, backing their efforts...
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6 June 2014
Denmark: deal to keep a Danish Crown slaughter factory from closing by creating an investment firm where workers will send part of their salary
To rescue Danish Crown’s slaughterhouse in Rønne, on Bornholm island, an investment company will be created: for 5 years, employees will send 3.5 percent of their salary – an investment they can...
5 June 2014
Spain: employers’ organizations are trying to lower collective agreements, even in sectors that are doing well
For 2 years, all collective agreements that are renegotiated lower the advantages provided for in the previous agreements. The difficult ongoing negotiations for the collective agreement in the...
5 June 2014
Portugal: new criteria enforced for the order of economic layoffs
Now, to lay someone off because their job has become extinct, Portuguese businesses will have to follow a certain hierarchy. The Labor Code changes enforced on June 1 put reverse seniority as the...
5 June 2014
Germany: about only 50 percent of employees work in a company covered by a sectoral collective agreement
According to a survey released on June 2 by the Institute for Employment Research (IAB), the erosion of the collective agreements system, which started in the mid-90s, continues in Germany. In...
5 June 2014
Great Britain: government announces another pension reform and a war against excessive zero hours contracts
More defense of minimum wage, developing apprenticeship or even reforming pensions based on the Dutch system… in her traditional annual speech - which addresses the plans the coalition in power is...
4 June 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