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Italy: social partners in local public transport sign agreement establishing joint solidarity fund
The social partners in local public transport signed an agreement establishing a joint solidarity fund designed to “accompany” restructuring/reorganizing procedures in public and private companies...
11 July 2013
Great Britain: Labour leader Ed Miliband wants to reduce union influence in his party
Following weeks of political turbulence for Labour as a result of the alleged actions of affiliate, the Unite union, to make sure that a large number of its members would be selected as Labour...
11 July 2013
Gap, Walmart and 15 other retailers unveil safety plan for textile workers in Bangladesh
Gap, Walmart and 15 other American retails took a month to improve their proposals on the safety of textile workers in Bangladesh, following the accident that took place in April, and they...
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11 July 2013
Austria: trade sector negotiates work on Saturday in exchange for “super weekends”
The Commission set up earlier this year by the trade social partners to negotiate the issue of allowing work on Saturday presented, on Monday, July 8 in Vienna, a compromise which makes both...
10 July 2013
European Union uses trade advantages as incentive to get the Bengali government to improve labor rights
The Rana Plaza tragedy, with a building collapsing near Daka killing nearly 1,100 employees working for textile subcontractors operating for European and American companies, is probably going to...
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10 July 2013
EU: “Erasmus +” guarantees youth employability
Erasmus +, also called Erasmus for all, should be launched in January 2014. Thus, the program for student mobility is reformed, and its budget enhanced to better answer the “Europe 2020,” the new...
10 July 2013
Brazil: general strike on July 11 to support popular demonstrations
Large unions announced the paralysis of the country this coming Thursday, July 11. In line with the citizen mobilizations organized in recent weeks, the workers’ confederations are calling for...
10 July 2013
EU: Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs adopts resolution on transnational agreements
On June 20, the Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs adopted the report presented by Thomas Händel from the Confederal Group of the European United Left - Nordic Green Left...
9 July 2013
France: national cross-industry agreement to improve the quality of life at work and professional equality
Three of the five French organizations (CFDT, CFE-CGC and CFTC) agreed to sign the agreement “towards a policy improving the quality of life at work and professional equality,” reached on June 19...
9 July 2013
EU: European Commission consults social partners on undeclared work
On July 4, the Commission opened the consultation of the social partners on enhancing EU cooperation between the Member States in the prevention and deterrence of undeclared work. The European...
9 July 2013
Great Britain: government launches national consultation promoting indirect employee ownership
As announced with the 2013 budget, the British government has recently launched a national consultation on its plan to provide £50 million annually from 2014-15 to support the development of...
9 July 2013
Germany: real wages are down as the “pay gap” gets wider
On July 5, Destatis, the Federal Statistics Agency published a report on the evolution of pay in Germany between 2007 and 2012 and over the first 2013 quarter. Unlike what several banking analysts...
9 July 2013
Austria: genuine improvement to the conditions of combined pay to fight unemployment
With the moderate but constant rise in unemployment, the Minister for Employment and Social Affairs, Rudolf Hundstorfer, announced that the combined pay system introduced in 2009 – a subsidized...
9 July 2013
Italy: annual report of the Commission monitoring application of the strike act in essential public services
The Commission monitoring application of the strike act in essential public services issued its 2012 activity report. Set up by Act No. 145/1990, this “independent administration” is made up of 8...
8 July 2013
Austria: Parliament introduces “transitional retirement” for hard work in construction industry
In its last session before the summer, the Austrian Parliament voted to extend early retirement for hard work, on January 1, 2015, to construction workers only. Employees may retire when they...
8 July 2013
Great Britain: after a peak in 2011, strike statistics for 2012 are at their lowest
In 2012, just 248,800 working days were not worked from 131 strikes, with 63 strikes in the public sector compared with 68 in the private sector, compared with 1,389,700 days not worked in 2011...
7 July 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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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...
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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...
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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...
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7 September 2026