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United States: President Obama wants to extend overtime pay beneficiaries
Barack Obama is going to ask the Department of Labor to review overtime pay in order to get more employees covered. To that end, he wants to update the Labor Standards Act, which provides that...
13 March 2014
Bangladesh: first results of the plant inspections implemented as part of the Global Safety Accord among textile subcontractors
On March 10, the reports on the first 10 factories inspected in Bangladesh were published. These are the direct result from the agreement signed in May 2013 between international trade unions and...
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12 March 2014
EU: Parliament adopts Directive improving the fight against discrimination towards migrant workers
Yesterday, March 12, the MEPs adopted the compromise reached with the Council of EU Ministers on the draft directive containing “measures facilitating the exercise of rights conferred on workers...
12 March 2014
Germany: employers worried about the impact retirement at 63 could have on the shortage of skilled workers
Several big employers’ organizations in Germany sounded the alarm: the government’s pension reform bill, which introduces retirement at 63 for people who paid contributions for 45 years, could...
12 March 2014
EU: Parliament adopts amendments to the draft regulation on the protection of personal data
While this topic is still subject to vivid debates, the MEPs adopted – today, March 12, their first reading report on the draft regulation concerning the protection of people regarding the...
12 March 2014
Australia: government to amend Fair Work Act
The Australian government recently sent to Parliament its bill to reform the Fair Work Act. It limits union representatives’ access to the workplace, amends some aspects of collective bargaining...
11 March 2014
Brazil: more and more businesses convicted for institutional moral harassment
The number of businesses convicted for institutional moral harassment is increasing in Brazil, with 53 convictions until the end of 2012. This is the story told by Adriana Calvo, lawyer and labor...
11 March 2014
EU: Commission issues recommendations to reduce the gender pay gap
On March 7, the Commission issued recommendations for the Member States to limit the pay gap between men and women, which remains at 16.4 percent for equal work. The Member States are requested...
11 March 2014
Romania: social aspects of the new government’s program
After a cabinet reshuffle in the beginning of this month, the center-left Prime Minister lowered several social objectives to which he had committed when he took office in 2012, notably the...
11 March 2014
China: official unions support strike at Pepsi
A national strike has been paralyzing several Pepsi factories in China, protesting against layoff and pay cuts. Besides, and this is extremely rare in the People’s Republic, unions back the...
10 March 2014
Great Britain: revised figures on the reality of zero hour contracts make political waves
The government has revealed that the incidence of the use of zero hour contracts is more than double its previous pronouncement. After a campaign of political pressure by political parties, unions...
10 March 2014
Bulgaria: Parliament debate over the government’s bill amending the Labor Code causes strong union reactions
Last January, the government presented amendment of the Labor Code under the umbrella “for alleviating the administrative burden for the business.” This bill, and the Parliament debates it has...
10 March 2014
EU: European Labor Ministers adopt recommendation on a Quality Framework for Traineeships
Today, March 10, the Council of EU Ministers adopted a recommendation on a Quality Framework for Traineeships. This action, which isn’t binding for the Member States, acknowledged that minimum...
10 March 2014
Great Britain: Unite union to pay £1.5m per year less to Labour
Unite, the largest union and the largest union affiliate to Labour, has announced that it will reduce the number of members it affiliates to the Labour Party from 1,000,000 to 500,000, thus...
7 March 2014
China: IBM workers strike over transfer to Lenovo
Over 1,000 workers from an IBM factory in Shenzhen, China, have been on strike for 4 days to protest against the conditions of their transfer to Chinese PC maker Lenovo.
7 March 2014
EU: details of the key points of the compromise on the Posted Workers Directive
On March 5, the Committee of Permanent Representatives of the EU (Coreper) adopted a compromise on the text implementing Directive 96/71 on the posting of workers, which had received temporary...
6 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