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Portugal: wages are down for the second year in a row
First 2013 quarter figures show that wages in Portugal are going down. This drop started two years ago and is the consequence of the application of lower wages when workers are replaced. One...
12 September 2013
United States: Volkswagen’s Chattanooga plant about to get a German-style WC
The American labor world is about to go through a historical event. Indeed, on Wednesday, September 11, Bob King, leader of the United Auto Workers union (UAW) told the German and American media...
12 September 2013
Germany: overview of the parties’ campaign programs before the legislative election of September 22
About a week to the German federal election, when speculation about possible coalitions after the vote is rife (reelection of the current CDU/CSU and FDP coalition, a “red-green” coalition between...
12 September 2013
Great Britain: if elected in 2015, Labour promises to tackle ‘zero hours’ contracts
At this year’s Trade Unions Congress, Labour Party leader, Ed Miliband, outlined his party’s plans if elected to government in 2015 to regulate the use of zero-hours contracts. This came just...
11 September 2013
Belgium: Brussels Airlines wants to become the “lab for a new social model”
Like all traditional airlines, Brussels Airlines is forced to reposition itself and find the conditions for social and economic durability. But it wants to do it while reviewing its social...
11 September 2013
Spain: 66 Spanish employees affected by the closure of the TK Galmed plant in Sagunto will be redeployed to ThyssenKrupp’s plants in Germany
The agreement was negotiated by the Spanish unions with the group’s European Works Council. For the first time, via a union agreement, ThyssenKrupp gives several Spanish employees the possibility...
11 September 2013
Italy: Ericsson and unions sign industrial plan deal
Ericsson Telecomunicazioni Spa and the SLC-CGIL, Fistel-Cisl and Uilcom-Uil unions as well as the majority of unitary trade union representation bodies (RSU), signed a framework agreement on the...
10 September 2013
Great Britain: new, simpler labor law measures
Several measures from the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, adopted in April and aiming to unblock employment tribunal and prevent a boom in proceedings, came into force on July 29, 2013. ...
10 September 2013
With Kununu portal, employees in Germany, Austria and Switzerland can rate their employers
Like the web platforms allowing customers to say what they think about hotels or restaurants, Kununu portal gives employees, apprentices and applicants the possibility of reviewing their...
10 September 2013
United States: informal structure proposes to gather T-Mobile employees
The Communication Workers of America are having a hard time getting into T-Mobile and launched, with the support of their colleagues at Deutsche Telekom (Verdi), an informal structure to create a...
10 September 2013
GDF Suez: new EWC agreement uploaded
After Suez Environnement was “de-consolidated,” GDF Suez amended its EWC agreements at the end of May to take account of the impact this exit would have on the structure’s scope. Since the...
9 September 2013
Great Britain: government presents the outline of the reform of transfer of undertakings law
On September 5, Employment Minister Jo Swinson published her response to the consultation on the clarification of the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations (TUPE), which...
6 September 2013
Italy: logistics, merchandise transport and shipping social partners renew national collective agreement
The 23 employers’ organizations (Assologistica, Conftrasporto, Fedespedi, Fai and Uitai, among others) in logistics, merchandise transport and shipping and the Filt-CGIL, Fit-Cisl and Uiltrasporti...
6 September 2013
Australia: labor law program of the main parties to the legislative election
Australians are going to renew their Parliament on Saturday, September 7. The Labor party, in power since 2007, is expected to lose and the Liberal-National coalition should win. Overview of the...
6 September 2013
Great Britain: the GMB union is going to considerably reduce its involvement in the Labour Party
The Central Executive Council (CEC) of the GMB general union has voted to reduce its current level of membership affiliation to the Labour Party from 420,000 members to 50,000 members from 1...
5 September 2013
Finland: extremely moderated general framework agreement on pay subject to approval at sectoral level
After the first attempt failed last spring, the 3 union confederations and employers (confederation of industry, State and towns) finally signed, on August 30, a general pay deal called “Agreement...
5 September 2013
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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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France: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill
After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...
10 September 2026
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Germany: IG Metall demands 5% pay rise amid severe pressure
Despite the crisis hitting the automotive industry, the leadership of the German trade union IG Metall announced on Wednesday 23 September that it would be asking for a 5% pay increase as well as...
23 September 2026
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Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...
8 September 2026
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EU: Commission proposes a list of worker-related criteria for public procurement
The news. On 9 September, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation aimed at unifying European public procurement law, which accounts for 15% of European GDP. It is notably set...
17 September 2026
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Spain: approval of decree on employees’ right to clear information on working conditions
The Spanish government validated, on September 8 in the Council of Ministers, the decree transposing the European directive on transparent and predictable working conditions. This text requires...
9 September 2026
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France: bioMérieux strengthens its end-of-career support measures
The news. In vitro diagnostic specialist bioMérieux (4,400 employees in France) and unions CFDT, CFE-CGC, and CGT signed a new agreement on June 18, 2026, dedicated to end-of-career...
10 September 2026