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Spain: commentary of the act implementing the labor market reform
Make fixed-term contracts less appealing. Generally speaking, employers may choose between fixed-term contracts or permanent contracts. Though fixed-term contracts may be entered into only under...
24 September 2010
Great Britain: Royal Mail staff to receive 10% of shares within the framework of privatization
Unprecedented scheme. “This will be the largest employee shares scheme of any privatization for 25 years in terms of the number of workers who will benefit” David Cable pointed out. The...
23 September 2010
Spain: historical agreement on minimum service for the September 29 general strike
Eight-hour long talks led to an agreement which unions qualified of “complex” which both secures the right to strike and citizens’ mobility. The text sets out that 25% of suburban trains will be...
23 September 2010
Germany: Siemens signs “unlimited” job security pact for its German employees
Job security and increased joint management. Unlike what some German newspapers prematurely announced, the agreement signed on Wednesday, September 22nd on the side of Siemens’ board meeting...
23 September 2010
EU: strategy to improve equality between women and men on the labor market and in businesses
The strategy presented on September 21st by Viviane Reding, European Commissioner responsible for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship, is based on the commitments taken by the European...
22 September 2010
Argentina: bill to force businesses to share profit with employees
All Argentinean businesses after two years in business will have to share 10% of their earnings with their employees. The bill introducing the “System of Employee Participation in Corporate...
22 September 2010
United States: USW champion American jobs to the WTO
United Steelworkers is diving into the WTO’s universe to defend American jobs against Chinese “supremacy.” Indeed, in early September, Leo Gerard, international USW leader, sent a case to the US...
22 September 2010
Netherlands: unions ask for 1.5-3% wage increases in 2011
The FNV, the Netherlands’ key trade union, is placing the bar quite high for 2011: it will bargain for 2% wage increases in all sectors, a little higher than inflation and the more reasonable...
22 September 2010
Germany: Verdi calls for the introduction of new minimum wage in the postal sector
Positive impact on employees. The introduction, on January 1, 2008, of minimum wage in the postal sector, of €-9.8 an hour, negotiated by Verdi and the AGV Postdienste employers’ organization...
22 September 2010
Europe: Germany, last for pay but not for labor costs
Figures on the evolution of wages in the European Union, published on September 8th by the very serious German Federal Statistical Office, could fuel unions’ – and some neighboring countries’ –...
22 September 2010
Brazil: Sao Paulo auto workers get a record 10.81% wage increase
Falling in behind the other categories of metalworkers who secured, two weeks ago, a record 9% wage increase (see our dispatch No. 100633), the 45,000 workers on the auto assembly lines in Sao...
22 September 2010
Denmark: employers and unions united against social dumping
When it started, on June 22nd, no one thought the Brønderslev embargo (12,000 inhabitants, administrative center of the Brønderslev town) would be the emblem of the first struggle against social...
21 September 2010
Great Britain: layoff threats and labour contract changes in public services
The Conservative/Liberal Democratic coalition which controls the council in Birmingham has sent redundancy notices to the council’s entire non-schools staff, numbering some 26,000 workers. The...
21 September 2010
France: employers can’t take measures to prepare for the layoff of an employee during maternity leave
Barely a few days after she got back from her maternity leave, followed by paid vacation, an employee was summoned to an interview prior to dismissal and then fired for underperformance. When she...
21 September 2010
Germany: as promised, Schaeffler introduces joint management
Victory for the IG-Metall. On February 23, 2009, the family group, heavily indebted after buying its rival, Continental, announced that it signed an agreement with the IG-Metall, entitled...
21 September 2010
Netherlands: TNT to cut “4,500” jobs maximum
TNT Post, the former public post in the Netherlands, partially privatized, announced a “maximum” of 4,500 forced redundancies on September 17th. However, the trade unions are expecting 8,000, in...
20 September 2010
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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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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
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Germany: Volkswagen cancels almost all collective bargaining agreements signed with IG Metall
The Volkswagen brand announced on 30 September that it is terminating 10 of its 13 internal collective bargaining agreements, effective 31 December 2026. The announcement, which the carmaker...
1 October 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026