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Sweden: new agreements for metal and chemistry workers supervise appeal to temporary work
The overall provisions of these agreements are similar to those contained in the agreement for white-collar workers and executives in the industry (see our dispatch No. 100257). IF Metall obtained...
12 April 2010
Germany: 54% of businesses offer upgrading courses for apprentices with increasingly incomplete knowledge
Demographic ageing. The economy’s future needs in skilled employees, combined with demographic ageing and fewer applicants for apprenticeship, are driving German businesses to offer in-house and...
12 April 2010
Italy: Fiom-CGIL wants to use the deadly accident in an ENEL station as an “example”
Today, April 12th, the station will partially reopen. Following workers’ mobilization, the mayor of Civitavecchia ordered its shutdown for two weeks. However, one week after the accident of April...
12 April 2010
International: the Swedish and Brazilian trade unions lobby for Saab to modernize the Brazilian military aircraft
The declaration also emphasised the commitment of the Swedish governmental and non-governmental sector to support the establishment of new production clusters for defence equipment. It underlined...
9 April 2010
Austria: negotiations on flexible working time in metal failed
Complete jam. “If the concept of flexible working time simply means cutting wage increases and extending working time, we won’t sign any agreement” declared Peter Schleinbach, in charge of...
8 April 2010
Denmark: the authorities want to improve measures against social dumping
“We will not tolerate that many foreign businesses violate the Act on Mandatory Enrolment to the Register of Foreign Businesses as well as Danish labor market rules.” This is how Labor Minister...
8 April 2010
Great-Britain: the bill to transpose the new Directive on European Works Councils lays before the Parliament
Scope. In accordance with the directive, anticipation agreements (which came into force before 16th December 1999) are not submitted to the new clauses nor to the existing clauses in force, except...
8 April 2010
United States: the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) comes back to life
The employers launched the red alert. Randel Johnson, the US Chamber of Commerce’s labor relations expert launched the “red alert” for the three million businesses belonging to the Chamber...
8 April 2010
Germany: 41% of the employees are accessible by mobile phone beyond office hours without having signed an agreement with their employer
The increasing use of mobile devices by employees and not only managers more and more softens the border between working and private time. This development questions the labour law. Particularly...
8 April 2010
Italy: Fillea, the CGIL building industry federation held its XVIIth national congress
Commitment to the « law ». The union commits itself to relaunch the campaign against the “caporalato” (illegal form of labour exploitation), widely spread in the country, so that it could be...
7 April 2010
Great Britain: about the use of injunctions by the employers to prevent strikes
The current legal framework governing industrial action and strikes results from the legislation passed by the Conservative governments of the 1980s and 1990s. It is legislation which Labour...
7 April 2010
International: Russia and the crisis
Real figures behind façade optimism. While Vladimir Poutine is talking about the beginning of a drop, based on the number of jobseekers listed by employment agencies (2.7 million in early march)...
7 April 2010
EU: the Metalworkers’ Federation, Mine Chemical Energy Workers’ Federation and Federation of Textile lays the foundations for an increased cooperation
Planet Labor April 7, 2010, n°100283- www.planetlabor.com
6 April 2010
Great Britain : social conflicts might multiply and become more radical
History of social conflicts. Since the beginning of the 1980s, the trade union membership has been dropping; consequently, collective bargaining has been declining. However, this trend does not...
6 April 2010
Germany : the employers of the chemistry industry blame the trade unions’ “multi-risk insurance minded” mentality and want to freeze the wages
«On the one hand, IG BCE wants more secure jobs and a recruitment guarantee for the apprentices and on the other hand, more money”. This is not compatible, particularly in these difficult...
6 April 2010
Italy: the President of the Republic does not enact the labour dispute system reform
The controversial issue of arbitration. Observations concerning how the proposed system would strengthen arbitration in individual work relationships and unblock the courts hover between two...
6 April 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
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France: government submits draft on pay transparency
On 6 March, the French government sent social partners a draft bill to transpose the EU Pay Transparency Directive. The text provides details on the implementation timetable, corporate...
9 March 2026
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Sweden: government delays transposition of Pay Transparency Directive
On 11 March, the Swedish government announced it is postponing the transposition of the Pay Transparency Directive. Having originally targeted an entry into force on 1 July 2026, it has conceded a...
16 March 2026
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Germany: menopause issues finally gain corporate recognition
With 12 million women over 40 in the labour force, German companies and occupational health professionals are beginning to adopt support policies for those affected by menopause-related issues...
19 March 2026
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Italy: Deliveroo and Glovo targeted by justice over courier working conditions
The Milan Public Prosecutor's Office has ordered two of Italy's leading food delivery platforms, Foodinho (Glovo) and Deliveroo, to be placed under judicial administration. According to...
9 March 2026
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Denmark: government launches transposition of the Pay Transparency Directive
On 26 February, the Danish government submitted a draft bill to transpose the Pay Transparency Directive for consultation until 27 March. The bill sets an implementation date of 1 January 2027...
11 March 2026
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Valérie Decaux (La Poste): “Our older workers policy is based on individualisation to move beyond age-related-stigmatisation”
La Poste Group (nearly 200,000 employees in France) unveiled its first senior employment agreement in late February. The text outlines measures for early retirement assistance, workplace...
10 March 2026