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Germany: IG-Metall supports UAW’s recruitment campaign in the American plants of German carmakers
A campaign to keep the UAW from hemorrhaging. “We’ll be very, very aggressive and willing to spend a lot of money to defend workers’ rights to organize” warned the UAW’s new leader, Bob King...
11 January 2011
Great Britain: government considers reforming employment tribunals
A “perverted” system? The heads of the largest British businesses met with Premier David Cameron on January 10th to discuss the labor law reform aiming to increase competitiveness and encourage...
10 January 2011
Denmark: Supreme Court rules that apprentices’ pay may include other wage benefits than basic pay
The Professional Training Act (erhvervsuddannelsesloven) can no longer be interpreted as it used to after the ruling issued by the supreme court of Denmark on December 6, 2010 in a case that...
10 January 2011
Germany: one in three employees in the metal industry to receive a pay raise two months early
Wide movement of early wage increases. Bosch, Audi, Volkswagen, Sachsen…, several large German businesses already announced, this summer, that they wanted to give the 2.7% wage increase...
10 January 2011
Portugal: interns to receive the same welfare cover as employees
Contributions and social protection. Portuguese interns are going to receive the same welfare cover as employees, according to a government proposal. They will be covered by the general social...
10 January 2011
Poland: ENEA S.A. unions object to EDF taking control of the company
“We maintain our negative opinion regarding the sale of participation to a company outside ENEA S.A. We believe this sale is stupid and detrimental to the company” ENEA’s eight unions* declared...
10 January 2011
EU: publication of the report on the work of the group of experts in charge of the implementation of the new EWC directive
This 70-pages-long document takes stock of the questions raised by representatives of labor administrations and of the answers it brought to ensure a shared understanding of the text and a...
10 January 2011
Great Britain: labor law amendments in January and February 2011
Amendment. Until December 31, 2010, part of employees’ salary, usually subject to taxation and social contributions, could be replaced by an amount equal to the expenses for traveling to a...
6 January 2011
Italy: with the Pomigliano company agreement, Fiat ends the first act of its strategy to question the Italian industrial relations system
After the signature of the separate agreement for the Mirafiori agreement on December 23rd (see our dispatch No. 110001), Fiat obtained, on December 29th, the signature of the Fim-Cisl, Uilm-Uil...
5 January 2011
China: novelties introduced by the social insurance law
Structure of the social security system. The Chinese social insurance system relies on three systems: an urban wage system; a system for non working urban population; and the farmers’ system. The...
5 January 2011
Germany: new measures on January 1, 2011 and key upcoming debates
Key changes on January 1, 2011.
5 January 2011
Morocco: legal system more transparent and modern, yet corruption continues
This accusation portal is the latest initiative developed by the Moroccan employers’ organization to fight against the plague of corruption. Mustapha Moulay, in charge of the CGEM’s public...
4 January 2011
Luxembourg: two recovery agreements
Index. Employers, who terminated the agreement signed with unions on this matter, finally gave up the issue of the social index. Thus, in keeping with the bipartite agreement negotiated with the...
4 January 2011
Belgium: social partners transpose new EWC directive
Effectiveness. The modalities for the information and consultation of workers are determined and implemented in a way that ensures effectiveness and that allows efficient decision-making in the...
3 January 2011
Great Britain: annual working hours are gaining ground
The basic principle of annual hours is that, instead of defining working time on the basis of the standard working week, for example 37 or 39 hours, working hours are distributed out over the...
3 January 2011
Sweden: IF Metall signs highly disputed agreement on apprenticeship and occupational integration
An agreement accused of wage dumping. Pointing to the fact that Sweden has the highest youth unemployment rate in the Nordic countries, IF Metall signed an agreement aiming to facilitate young...
3 January 2011
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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...
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Catherine Chavanier (CDC Habitat): “Social dialogue on AI facilitates its deployment”
In February, CDC Habitat (10,500 employees) signed a two-year framework agreement governing social dialogue on AI. Catherine Chavanier, HR Director of the subsidiary of CDC (Caisse des dépôts et...
20 March 2026
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Greece: hospitality sector signs first collective agreement aligned with National Social Pact
The hospitality sector (125,000 employees), one of Greece’s largest industries after retail, signed a new two-year collective agreement on 17 March. The text, effective from 1 April 2026...
19 March 2026
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Germany: a wave of redundancy plans in the automotive sector
The latest financial results presented in early 2026 by major German car manufacturers show sharp declines. This collapse in profits has triggered the announcement or confirmation of massive job...
16 March 2026
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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
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France: Club Med includes “multiculturalism” in its professional equality agreement
In December 2025, Club Med and the CFTC, Unsa, and FO trade unions signed an agreement on professional equality and working conditions. It introduces measures addressing AI, pay transparency, and...
23 March 2026
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Germany: crisis and transformation wage agreement in the chemical sector
Following a two-day marathon negotiation in Bad Breisig (Western Germany), the social partners of the German chemical and pharmaceutical industries—the IG BCE trade union and the BAVC employers'...
27 March 2026