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Italy: Assolombarda employers’ organization and Milan unions sign agreement on training during a crisis
“With this agreement, the social partners in Milan sought to apply the principle included in the Lombardian pacts for active labor policies 2011 which states that company union agreements on...
6 July 2011
Belgium: draft banking collective agreement 2011-2012
Buying power. The political unrest Belgium is going through as well as turmoil in the euro area didn’t make bargaining easy in the banking sector. The economic and financial crisis had an impact...
4 July 2011
Finland: unions and employers allegedly reached an agreement on the principle of extending paternity and parental leave
A secret five-page document released by the Nykypäivä weekly, close to the Rally for the Republic (Kokoomus, right wing), shows that key union and employers’ organizations in the country have...
4 July 2011
Germany: computer specialists earned 3.4% more in 2010
Wage increases for German computer specialists have gone up again in 2010, with a 3.4% increase. In 2009, during the crisis, it was only 2%. “This much higher increase is the consequence of...
4 July 2011
Portugal: extraordinary tax and amending the Labor Contract on the menu for the new government
Extraordinary tax. The social-democratic center-right government run by Pedro Passos Coelho announced the introduction of an extraordinary tax on workers’ Christmas bonus. Subject to taxation...
4 July 2011
Italy: new “Pact supporting and reviving competitiveness and employment” in pharmaceutical chemistry
The objective of this pact is to answer the needs in the sector, where production started increasing again in 2010 (+6%), where employment decreased less than in previous years (-1.4%) but where...
4 July 2011
Germany: GDL train drivers’ union intensifies strike movement against private rail companies
Intimidatory measures against strikers. Since last February, the GDL corporatist union has been trying, via massive strikes, to force the Deutsche Bahn’s key private rivals to adopt three...
4 July 2011
International: the UN adopts guidelines on businesses respecting Human Rights
Guidelines. Laid down in a report presented to the Human Rights Council last year (see our dispatch No. 100370), these new international standards follow three principles, “Protect, Respect and...
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4 July 2011
Great Britain: public sector unions start mobilizing against the pension reform
The action was taken by members of the PCS civil servants union, ATL and NUT teachers’ unions and the college and university union, the UCU. In the run up to the action, the tone of the government...
1 July 2011
Fiat-Chrysler: creation of a global union network
Global union network. The primary goal of the meeting was to create a global union network. The network will mostly work via email and will meet once a year at the EWC meeting. It will be...
1 July 2011
Australia: single Act on health and safety at work for all States and territories from January 1, 2012
Will to unify standards across the country. The Australian Commonwealth Government listed occupational health and safety as a top reform. Indeed, the point was to decrease the number of deaths...
30 June 2011
Sweden: calls for wage moderation brought things to a head at the LO confederation just before the start of the fall negotiations
Konjunkturinstitutet’s report brings things to a head. On May 18th, Konjunkturinstitutet published an analysis on the evolution of pay and recommended that the coming increases do not exceed 3.1%...
30 June 2011
Sweden: the social partners create a Council on development in the industry
5 trade unions permanently signed: GS (union of workers in the graphic, forest and wood sector), IF Metall (metalworkers’ union), Livs (union of food employees), Sveriges Ingenjörer (union of...
30 June 2011
Italy: Parliament permanently approves the law on “equal access” to the boards of companies listed on the stock market and public companies
“This is a great opportunity to show that we’re not a half democracy. This is a joint, balanced and advanced text and I am honored to have proposed it and brought it forward” declared Lella...
30 June 2011
France: managers’ annual working days system is not put into question but remains in the hot seat
Managers’ lump sum system criticized at European level. In December 2010, the European Committee of Social Rights (Comité européen des Droits sociaux, CEDS), in charge of giving rulings on law...
29 June 2011
Italy: social partners sign historical agreement on union representativeness and the scope of company agreements
“This agreement puts an end to a long season of separation between us” declared Emma Marcegaglia, leader of Confindustria, when presenting the unitary interconfederal agreement signed after six...
29 June 2011
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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