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On May 22, Enrico Giovannini, the new Minister of Labor, met with the representatives of the key union and employers’ organization for a first consultation on the measures envisioned by the...

23 May 2013

EU: European social partners prepare frame of action on youth employment and debate their involvement in economic governance

In June, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and BusinessEurope, CEEP (public enterprises) and the UEAPME (small and medium-sized businesses) for employers, want to come up with a frame...

23 May 2013

Switzerland: left-wing parties and unions want to impose maximum 1-12 ratio between the lowest and highest salary in the same company

Swiss left-wing parties and the Swiss Federation of Trade Unions launched, in April, the 1:12 initiative, which will give rise to a national referendum (“votation populaire”) in November 2013 –...

23 May 2013

EU: Berlin and Paris want to extend dual apprenticeship in Europe to tackle youth unemployment

While unemployment is breaking new records in southern Europe, Wolfgang Schäuble and Ursula von der Leyen, respectively Minister of Finance and Minister for Employment and Social Affairs in...

23 May 2013

Belgium: government is preparing a bill to reduce the country’s “pay disadvantage”

One of the priorities for the federal government is to make Belgian companies more competitive by reducing the “pay disadvantage” they apparently have compared with their neighbors. Inherently...

22 May 2013

SAP wants to hire hundreds of autistic employees around the world to spark innovation

After several successful pilot projects in India and Ireland, SAP, the German business-management software maker, announced on May 21 that, in the years to come, it would hire hundreds of people...

22 May 2013

Unions keep lobbying Gap and Walmart into signing the global agreement on occupational safety in textile plants in Bangladesh

As of Thursday morning, May 16, 31 companies had signed up to the Accord on Fire and Building Safety in Bangladesh which was drafted by IndustriALL and UNI Global and supported by a coalition of...

21 May 2013

Lafarge: new global framework agreement on CSR and international industrial relations

On May 21, Lafarge Group, the international manufacturing union, IndustriAll, and the Building and Wood Workers’ International (BWI) signed, in presence of the ILO Director General Guy Ryder...

21 May 2013

Italy: at its 8th Congress, the Cisl’s banking and insurance federation (Fiba) focused on participation and supervising top management’s pay

The 500 Fiba representatives gathered in Carovigno (Brindisi) on May 13-16 for the 8th Congress of the Cisl’s Credit and Insurance Federation, appointed a new general secretary, Giulio Romani. ...

21 May 2013

Part-time work evolution follows work cultures and national normative expectations

Two researchers from the infamous Social Science Research of Berlin (WZB) looked into part-time practices among management in 19 European countries, from data gathered by the EU in 2009. They...

21 May 2013

EU: new European social dialogue committee in the graphical industry

This committee is the 42nd sectoral social dialogue committee. It was launched on May 8 and will bring together, discussing the sector’s stakes, UNI Europa Graphical for employees and Intergraf...

20 May 2013

EU: postal social partners contribute to protecting the environment

At the center of cohesion stakes, the postal sector is also struggling with environmental issues. Because it uses a lot of cars to deliver mail, the number of buildings and the amount of paper...

20 May 2013

Germany: 3% wage increase for Postbank employees

After tense negotiations, the Verdi services union and Postbank, a Deutsche Bank subsidiary, announced that they signed a pay deal, on the night of May 15, in Hanover. From July 1, 2013, the...

17 May 2013

Italy: “gender bargaining” guidelines defined by female representatives at Filctem, the CGIL’s energy and chemistry federation

On May 7, the national representatives meeting of the Filctem-CGIL (oil, chemistry, pharmacy, rubber, plastic and gas-water union) focused on ways to promote “gender bargaining,” considered as the...

17 May 2013

Sweden: 2013 agreement for the construction of roads and railways banks on working environment

The SEKO service and communication union and Sveriges Byggindustrier construction employers’ organization signed a new agreement on April 12 for the construction of roads and railways. The wage...

17 May 2013

Germany: decree on minimum working time for executives whose contract doesn’t define a number of hours

On May 15, 2013, the Federal Labor Court (BAG) issued a last-instance ruling rejecting the complaint of an executive whose contract didn’t provide for clear-cut working hours. She had pressed...

16 May 2013

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