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Great Britain: new timetable for the implementation of mandatory automatic enrolment of employees to company pension funds
Schedule. Here is the new timetable for the enforcement if the regulation on professional pension schemes (see our dispatch No. 110043), announced by the Department of Labor on January 25...
30 January 2012
Germany: Lufthansa and Verdi sign a variable geometry collective agreement with a 3.5 percent wage increase
The agreement presented by Lufthansa and the German services union and the negotiations that led to it are symbolic of the way collective negotiations are evolving in German businesses. At...
30 January 2012
Italy: wave of social movements against the government’s measures
“Success.” This is how the USB (Unione Sindacale di Base) qualified the first general strike organized by the independent unions – Usb, Orsa, SlaiCobas, Cib-Unicobas, Snater, SiCobas and Usi –...
30 January 2012
EU: ECJ makes first breach to European laws on fixed-term contracts by allowing the renewal of fixed-term contracts for permanent needs
The prejudicial question asked by Germany came from an employee, Bianca Kücük, who signed, with the same employer, 13 successive fixed-term contracts over a period of 11 years, to replace...
27 January 2012
United States: blow to collective bargaining in Indiana
Even though the State’s House Democrats boycotted the debates for nearly 20 days, Indiana will soon be the 23rd State to pass a “right-to-work” Act limiting unions’ power. On Wednesday, January...
27 January 2012
Germany: lobbied by its members, the IG-Metall is calling for a 6.5-7 percent wage increase
6.5 percent increase, adjustment included. “In the coming weeks, golden reports and record results are going to be released. Employees are simply asking for a fair share of what was made...
26 January 2012
Spain: revisiting the 2nd agreement on employment and collective bargaining 2012, 2013 and 2014
The key points of the agreement were revealed the day before (see our dispatch No. 120054). It contains the commitment to major wage moderation, with wage increases which won’t exceed 0.5...
26 January 2012
Germany: with the constant regulation of temporary work, businesses are increasingly turning to subcontracting in all sector
The “new disease of the employment market.” 450 customs agents took part, on Tuesday, January 24, in a major police raid in several logistic centers and offices belonging to Kaufland (Schwarz...
26 January 2012
Germany: agreement on employment reduction without layoffs at EON
No layoffs. Opened in November 2011, the difficult negotiations on the social plan coming along the thousands of job cuttings announced by EON were finally completed on Tuesday, January 24. ...
26 January 2012
EU: ECJ renders new ruling channeling its case-law on entitlement to paid annual leave during sick leave
Facts. The prejudicial question came after a conflict between the claimant and her employer as regards the calculation of her paid leave during a leave of absence. Indeed, following an accident...
25 January 2012
United States: lock-outs are back
American businesses are renewing with an old weapon: lockouts, i.e. the management ordering the temporary closure of a plant. American Crystal Sugar, a world-class agricultural cooperative...
25 January 2012
Spain: unions and employers sign a series of agreements preparing for the labor market reform
Two weeks after acknowledging the impossibility to achieve the negotiations within the deadline given by the government to prepare the labor market reform, the social partners reached a partial...
24 January 2012
Greece: company agreements and pay cuts are expanding
Article 37 of Act 4024/2011, voted last October (see our dispatch No. 110640) facilitates the conclusion of company agreements, which will take precedence over sectoral agreements. Thus, in...
23 January 2012
Italy: decree on “liberalizations” frees foreign rail operators from applying the national rail collective agreement
According to the government, these reforms are in line with the process of “liberation” of the two major curbs to Italy’s potential growth, namely “the lack of market competition and inadequate...
23 January 2012
Fraport AG: how the company running the Frankfurt airport takes account of cultural and religious differences between its employees and its customers
Tolerance: a duty and a need. With 12,000 employees from 71 different countries and 56 million passengers from all over the world, Fraport, which runs Frankfurt Airport, the third busiest airport...
23 January 2012
France: interview of Marcel Grignard, CFDT deputy general secretary, on the government’s plan to make competitiveness-employment contracts take precedence over labor contracts
During the social summit of January 18, President Nicolas Sarkozy presented the social partners with an idea: developing competitiveness-employment agreements allowing adjusting working conditions...
23 January 2012
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AI: uneven integration but a global challenge for the world of work
The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in business is profoundly transforming the world of work, and some occupations are now under threat. However, the full extent of its effects remains...
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France: Ministry of Labour unveils plan to accelerate the rollout of AI
On 22 September, the French Ministry of Labour presented a plan named Impulsion IA 2027 aimed at accelerating the adoption of AI by companies and employees. It contains 12 measures applicable from...
22 September 2026
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Germany: AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt raises concerns over labour supply and workplace cohesion
The rise of Germany’s far-right AfD, which could soon gain influence over migration policy in Saxony-Anhalt and, following elections on September 20, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as well, is...
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Netherlands: towards a ban on housing cost deductions from migrant workers’ wages
The news. On September 10, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment Hans Vijlbrief (centre-left) sent a letter to the House of Representatives, stating that he intends to prohibit employers...
14 September 2026
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Denmark: introduction of a professional ID card for construction site workers
The news. On 3 September, the Danish Parliament adopted a bill introducing a mandatory professional ID card for people working on large construction sites. The card will include, among other...
15 September 2026
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UE: Commission proposes measures to facilitate “fair” worker mobility across the Union
The info. On 15 September, the European Commission adopted a series of measures aimed at encouraging “fair” worker mobility within the EU. It wants to remove the administrative...
16 September 2026