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After debating for 27 years, the social partners finally reached an agreement in the afternoon on July 5 on the sensitive issue of the single status for blue-collar and white-collar workers. It...

7 July 2013

EU: new sectoral social dialogue committee for the port sector

On June 19, the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the port industry was formally launched in Brussels. This sector employs 1.5 million people without taking account of indirect jobs...

5 July 2013

Suez Environnement: new agreement sets up European Works Council

The approximately 70,000 European employees of Suez Environnement will no longer be represented by GDF Suez’s EWC on July 23. Following from its deconsolidation, the group operating in the field...

5 July 2013

Norway: outcome of bargaining in the oil industry

Negotiations are over between the Norsk Olje og Gass employers’ organization (oil and gas businesses) and the trade unions – SAFE (energy), Inustri Energi (energy industry) and Lederne (Norwegian...

5 July 2013

Renault: interview of Tristan Lormeau, Director Resources and Skills at Renault Group, on the international framework agreement signed by the French carmaker

On July 2, Renault, IndustriAll Global Union and the Global Group Council signed an international framework agreement on social, societal and environmental responsibility. Tristan Lormeau is...

4 July 2013

Italy: the Labor Code provision granting union representation only to unions that have signed the collective agreements is “unconstitutional”

The Constitutional Court has ruled that the Labor Code provision granting union representation in a company (called RSA, a representation system that is still in force in some sectors) only to...

4 July 2013

EU: new directive on workers’ exposure to electromagnetic fields published

The new directive on the exposure of workers to electromagnetic fields, which replaces Directive 2004/40 (never applied because of the problems it posed in the medical industry) was published in...

4 July 2013

United States: Affordable Care Act postponed as an answer to employers’ concerns

The Obama administration wanted to prove that it could listen to employers and is delaying to 2015 the obligation for all businesses with 50 or more workers to provide affordable health insurance...

4 July 2013

Switzerland: heated debates over new draft pension reform

In 2010, 73 percent of Swiss citizens rejected the plan to reform the pension funding system in a popular vote. And yet, with the decrease in the number of working people contributing to the...

4 July 2013

Great Britain: the battle continues between Royal Mail and CWU

In the continuing battle over the privatisation of the Royal Mail, the CWU communications workers' union has rejected an 8.6% pay rise over three years from the employer. The CWU accused Royal...

3 July 2013

The decree-law on the first emergency measures “to promote employment, particularly youth employment, and social cohesion” was published in the Official Journal on June 28. Here is an overview of...

3 July 2013

France: new bill encourages fathers to take parental leave

To tackle the “unfair division of parental responsibilities” and keep mothers closer to the labor market, a bill was introduced in the Council of Ministers yesterday, July 3. It extends the...

3 July 2013

EU: launch of the European Alliance for Apprenticeship

The European Alliance for Apprenticeship, which aims to improve the quality and supply of apprenticeships, spreading the most successful apprenticeship schemes in all the Member States. It was...

2 July 2013

Renault: global council and IndustriAll Global Union sign international framework agreement on social, societal and environmental responsibility

On July 2, Renault Group, Renault Group Committee (the international employee representation structure) and IndustriAll Global Union signed an international framework agreements, “Commit together...

2 July 2013

Denmark: welfare reform banks on training and work in return for benefits

On June 28, the Danish Parliament adopted the welfare reform, which will come into force on January 1, 2014. It provides, among other things, for the obligation to do “useful” work for...

2 July 2013

Great Britain: new whistleblowing regulations

The Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, which amends whistleblowing regulations to protect revelations of public interest only, came into force on June 25. The law allows workers to disclose...

1 July 2013

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