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Great Britain: Pizza Hut’s HR become pizza makers for a night
In the middle of its restructuring program, the British subsidiary of the fast food giant, Pizza Hut, is asking all members of its HR service to serve pizzas at least once in its restaurants to...
19 May 2014
Spain: employers and unions launch negotiations to renew the framework agreement on pay
The social partners started discussing the national agreement that defines the outline of pay evolution, with the current pact coming to an end at the end of 2014.  Whereas unions want to define a...
19 May 2014
Germany: Otto Brenner union foundation says more and more businesses are trying to keep WCs from setting up or working
In a new survey entitled “Union busting in Germany,” the Otto Brenner union foundation sounded the alarm: in spite of the high level of regard union representatives get in German businesses and of...
16 May 2014
Germany : the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB) submitted a new law which restores the trade union unity in companies based on certain conditions
In contrast with the first pieces of information that were spread by the German media and then corrected at a later time, the members of the DGB that met in Berlin did not categorically reject the...
16 May 2014
Italy : the parliament has permamently adopted the first part of the “Jobs Act” of the Renzi government
Today, 15 May, the majority of the parliament has definitively approved the law on urgent dispositions “to promote the revitalization of employment and for the simplification of obligations for...
15 May 2014
Australia : the government introduced two new work programs after having presented the budget
The minister of Finances, Joe Hockey, has presented his first federal budget in the name of austerity. With regard to work, two new programs have been announced. The first one is a wage subsidy to...
15 May 2014
Great Britain : professional union Prospect launches career guidance website
The Prospect union for professionals has launched a dedicated website for its members. It is designed to fill the gap in careers information and advice for professionals in a labour market where...
15 May 2014
Netherlands : employers’ alarm bell over low total of concluded collective agreements
In its monthly report, published early May 2014, the general employers’ association AWVN rings the alarm bell over the poor record of concluded agreements in 2014. According to the organisation...
15 May 2014
GDF SUEZ : global agreement on health and safety at work signed
Yesterday May 13, Gérard Mestrallet, CEO of GDF SUEZ, and the global union federations of industrial and energy workers (IndustriALL) of the building (BWI) and public services (PSI) sectors...
14 May 2014
Brazil: in the run up to the World Cup, trade-unions, employers and judges on the edge
One month before the football World Cup kicks off, several occupational categories are announcing or are launching strikes in Brazil. Like the labour judges, employers are on the edge. The former...
14 May 2014
Belgium: law on psychosocial risks strengthened
On April 28, the laws adopted a little while earlier - improving the prevention of psychosocial risks - were published in the Moniteur Belge. The key novelties concern the definition of these...
14 May 2014
European elections: the European Parliament is more and more active based on stable majorities
On May 25, nearly 382 citizens from 28 EU Member States will go to the polls to elect, via universal suffrage, 751 Members of the European Parliament who will sit for 5 years (2014-2019). ...
14 May 2014
Italy: energy and oil social partners renew collaboration with Inail on health and safety
On April 30, Inail - the National Institute for Insurance against Accidents at Work -, Confindustria Energia, the Femca-Cisl, Filctem-CGIL and Uiltec-Uil unions signed a framework agreement...
13 May 2014
Germany: an ardent European, Reiner Hoffmann, new head of the DGB union confederation, calls for a more social Europe
An era is ending and another is starting: after leading the biggest union confederation in Germany (8 affiliated unions, 6.1 million members) for 12 years, outgoing President Michael Sommer gave...
13 May 2014
Switzerland: minimum wage has little chance of prevailing at the May 18 referendum
Next Sunday, Swiss citizens will have to vote on the introduction of universal minimum wage in the amount of CHF 4,000 (€3,275) a month.  Launched by the USS-UGB union confederation and supported...
12 May 2014
Italy: CGIL ends 17th convention united with Cisl and Uil to face Renzi’s assaults against unions
Susanna Camusso was confirmed as the head of the CGIL at the union’s 17th convention in Rimini on May 6-8, with 953 delegates representing 5.7 million members.  The majority approved the general...
12 May 2014
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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...
9 September 2026
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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...
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...
7 September 2026