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Russia: Ministry of Labor presents 2014 action plan
On Friday, March 28, the Ministry of Labor organized its great annual event before federal and local representatives of services linked with the Ministry, as well as unions and employers’...
2 April 2014
Belgium: sectoral agreements in the metal industry for 2013-14
Since the beginning of 2014, sectoral agreements have been signed in several joint committees in the metal industry. Here are the key agreements for blue-collar and white-collar workers in the...
2 April 2014
Italy: banking unions agree to defend a new banking model while renewing the sector’s national collective agreement
The unitary platform renewing the banking CCN, signed on March 24 by the Dircredito, Fabi, Fiba-Cisl, Fisac-CGIL, Sinfub and UGLcredito unions, puts the defense of employment and the adoption of a...
1 April 2014
Great Britain: PCS union to try first knowledge transfer “strike”
At Hewlett Packard, about 1,500 information technology staff, affiliated with the PCS, are being balloted over industrial action short of a strike to save the jobs of 400 of their colleagues whose...
1 April 2014
Michelin: European framework agreement on CSR signed with the EWC
This agreement, negotiated with the extended EWC bureau and validated by the plenary body, was signed on March 26. This CSR agreement contains commitments to comply with international standards...
31 March 2014
Russia: simpler occupational safety certification and tougher sanctions
The Russian Minister of Labor amended occupational health and safety regulations. The two laws enforced this year introduce a single certificate – mandatory for all employees expect home- and...
31 March 2014
Netherlands: government contemplates strengthening works councils veto right on pension provisions proposed
The government has proposed to generalize the veto right of works councils related to decisions on the pensions schemes. Currently, this structure’s prerogatives vary depending on the way the fund...
31 March 2014
Belgium: changes introduced by the obligation to justify layoffs coming into force on April 1
Until now, the discretional nature of employers’ right to lay off remained one of the characteristics of Belgian labor law, an exception in the European legal landscape. Justifying layoffs was...
31 March 2014
EU: three directives supervising public procurement and concessions and seasonal work published
On March 28, the “public procurement” legislative package was published. It contains the three directives on traditional and special (water, energy, transportation and postal services) public...
28 March 2014
Belgium: agreement for 2013-14 in the insurance industry
The collective agreement for the insurance sector was signed in February 2014. It is characterized by pay austerity and further flexibility, as well as a greater effort in terms of training and...
28 March 2014
Canada: truckers at Port Metro Vancouver stop strike after threat of back-to-work legislation
Striking truckers at Port Metro Vancouver went back on to work Thursday morning (27 March), after a one-month strike. The threat of a back-to-work legislation by the Parliament of the British...
28 March 2014
International: unions on both sides of the Atlantic are mobilized for a US-EU trade agreement that addresses social and environmental rights
European and American union organizations have already expressed concern having regard to the development of the negotiations for the trade agreement between the EU and the US, officially launched...
28 March 2014
France: Constitutional Court annuls key provisions of the law forcing employers to look for a buyer in the event of a site closure
Yesterday, March 27, the Constitutional Court ruled that the system forcing employers to accept a serious takeover off in the event of a site closure at the risk of a sanction was contrary to the...
27 March 2014
Great Britain: more and more women on boards
Women now account for 20.7% of board positions in the FTSE100 companies, according to the third annual progress report on the subject. The government is thrilled by this result but some still...
27 March 2014
Greece: new national collective labor agreement signed
The negotiations between employers’ representatives and the private sector workers’ union federation (GSEE) led, on Wednesday, March 26, to the new national collective labor agreement (EGSEE), in...
27 March 2014
Romania: the union movement is clinically dead
The amendment, three years ago, of the Labor Code and Social Dialogue Act has considerably diminished unions’ powers, which were already not doing great.
27 March 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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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
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Germany: Volkswagen cancels almost all collective bargaining agreements signed with IG Metall
The Volkswagen brand announced on 30 September that it is terminating 10 of its 13 internal collective bargaining agreements, effective 31 December 2026. The announcement, which the carmaker...
1 October 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026