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Great Britain: CWU and GMB unions create their own legal firm
The Communications Workers’ Union (CWU) and the GMB general union have together launched the first ever union legal firm. Called UNIONLINE (meaning also ‘union online’), the firm will provide a...
26 May 2014
Spain: listed businesses to set female representation objectives on their decision-making structures
The government approved, at a Council of Ministers meeting, the bill on the governance of listed companies. It provides for the obligation for these undertakings to set objectives to achieve...
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26 May 2014
Norway: agreement reached in logistics
On May 15, the NHO Logistikk og Transport employers’ organization (logistics and transportation) and the NTF (Norsk Transportarbeiderforbund) union signed an agreement for the logistics and...
23 May 2014
Germany: Bundestag adopts innovative pension reform introducing ‘flexible retirement’
A large majority of MPs in the Bundestag approved a major pension reform that gives a ‘way out’ for retirement as early as 63 for employees who paid contributions for 45 years. It also slightly...
23 May 2014
EU: reference pay for calculating annual leave must take commission payments into consideration
In a ruling issued on May 22 in a British case, the ECJ decided that the annual leave allowance for employees whose remuneration is made up of basic pay plus commission – whose amount is defined...
22 May 2014
Denmark: Parliament permanently adopts equal pay reform
The Parliament adopted the reform of the act that contains the obligation for businesses to issue pay statistics divided by gender. In addition to extending this obligation to all businesses with...
22 May 2014
Greece: towards a reform of union law regulations
Major changes to union practices and operation mode are about to be adopted – by the end of the year. Indeed, pressed by the Troika, the Ministry of Labor is working on the development of a new...
22 May 2014
Great Britain: working time as the grounds for many collective disputes
The traditional 1 April settlement date for annual pay rises has passed, so unions’ priorities have shifted. A crop of industrial disputes over issues of working time have emerged. They focus...
22 May 2014
Luxembourg: banking sector signs collective labor agreement
On May 15, the social partners in the banking industry reached an agreement for a collective labor agreement (CCT) for the period between 2014 and 2016. This conclusion came after months of...
22 May 2014
Japan: firms are searching for more flexibility
Market pressure combined with global market changes have weakened japans’ traditional model of durable employment, leading businesses that need to cut costs to increasingly recruit workers with...
21 May 2014
Ireland: government presents draft reform of collective bargaining law
On May 13, the government presented its draft reform of collective bargaining law. Ireland was under pressure from European and international law, notably the ILO, to better enforce employees’...
21 May 2014
Norway: the new wage agreement signed in the oil industry doesn’t dismiss the risk of social conflict
A deal was reached on May 9 between the manufacturing and energy workers’ union (Industrienergi) and the Norwegian Gas and Oil Association (Norske Olje og Gass). It covers workers (operators...
21 May 2014
Germany: Bosch’s social partners strengthen employees’ rights in the framework agreement on “mobile work”
After observing that some hierarchical structures were very reluctant to the ‘home office’ system, whereby employees can partly work from home, Bosch’s social partners redefined the company...
20 May 2014
Nearly 14 million economic forced workers in the world, ILO says
Across the globe, the number of people doing forced labor, victims of sexual exploitation and of modern slavery is around 21 million, denounces a new report by the International Labor Organization...
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20 May 2014
Italy: Electrolux signs agreement with unions, government and local authorities to maintain production in the country
In January, Electrolux presented drastic conditions to maintain production in Italy, demanding, among other things, a pay cut, tougher working conditions or even limited union rights. Following...
19 May 2014
Germany: wage agreement characterized by east-west harmonization for 760,000 construction workers
The collective agreements’ committee of the German construction firms’ federations eventually agreed, on Friday, May 16, to the agreement bitterly negotiated with the sector’s union, IG BAU. The...
19 May 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