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Great Britain: regulation of collective dismissals waiting for big explanations
British employers are waiting for 3 court rulings (2 from the CJEU and 1 from a High Court) that could clarify two major aspects of collective redundancies law: at what level (establishment or...
17 February 2014
BMW signs company agreement on managing “mobile working time” (Germany)
After bargaining and experimenting for a year, the management of the German carmaker, BMW, and the company’s central works council announced that they had signed a company agreement to define and...
17 February 2014
United States: Volkswagen’s Tennessee workers reject UAW but plan to set up works council still on
It’s the end of the United Auto Workers’ big plans in Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant, Tennessee. At the end of voting on Friday, the employees voted against joining the union in a vote of 712 to...
17 February 2014
World Cup 2022: Qatar must do better
Qatar announced the introduction of protection standards for foreign workers operating on construction sites for the soccer world cup in 2022. But the International Trade Union Confederation says...
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14 February 2014
Brazil: HSBC to pay BRL 67.5 million for spying on employees on sick leave
HSBC Brazil was sentenced to pay a fine amounting to BRL 67.5 (€22.5) for “collective moral damages” in a ruling rendered on Friday, February 7 by the labor court of Curitiba (Paraná State...
14 February 2014
United States: executive order encourages minimum wage rise
Alone, Barack Obama doesn’t have the power to decide an increase in federal minimum wage. But he just gave employers in all sectors and the Parliament a strong incentive to adopt measures in this...
14 February 2014
Belgium: the collective labor agreement (CCT) on the obligation to justify layoffs is available
A new chapter in the harmonization of blue-collar and white-collar workers’ statuses, this CCT, No. 109, introduces a new obligation – justifying layoffs – and adds a sanction for breaches to...
13 February 2014
Italy: national employment support fund in the banking industry is ready
The national employment support fund in the credit industry, introduced with the last renewal of the national collective agreement, will start working this year. More than €87 million were...
13 February 2014
Norway: unions get in battle array for 2014 negotiations
Negotiations are going to resume and unions, before the February 18 meeting prepared by LO (Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions) are starting to communicate their most important claims. Key...
13 February 2014
Germany: social partners set up “Retail Trade Council” to face demographic ageing via collective agreements
On February 11, the retail trade employers’ organization (HDE) and the Verdi services union announced a new “Retail Trade Council.” It is in line with broader action launched in 2012 to prepare...
13 February 2014
Great Britain: GMB and Unite unions get compensation for poor housing and travel in return for the end of the dispute at the construction of a gas terminal in Shetland
A long-running dispute over standards of accommodation and travel to work at the construction of a gas terminal in Shetland has finally been resolved. Some 850 workers, members of the GMB and...
12 February 2014
Spain: courts limit application of labor reform and strengthen collective agreements being renegotiated
A series of court rulings acknowledged the validity of collective agreements, even after their official deadline, waiting for the next collective agreement to be signed. The judges are going...
12 February 2014
Italy: after Fiom metalworkers’ federation denounces democratic shortfall, CGIL to consult members on the agreement on the “single representation text”
After a week characterized by an unprecedented conflict, in the press, between CGIL leader Susanna Camusso and Fiom leader Maurizio Landini, the former changed her mind and announced that all...
12 February 2014
China: details of the regulation clarifying the provisions on labor-leasing
First, the temporary regulation defines the percentage of appeal to labor-leasing in the user company. Confirming that direct employment should remain the rule, and that labor-leasing is only a...
12 February 2014
Denmark: more and more social clauses reserve internship places for professional school students in public tenders
After State institutions, schools and public and private training centers now also have to introduce social clauses reserving internship places for professional school students in their tenders. ...
12 February 2014
Great Britain: a few examples of pay negotiations as the year starts
April 1 has always been the reference in terms of pay awards, often used as a starting point for the wage increases negotiated later in the year. Therefore, this date often arrives after...
11 February 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