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Germany: law on due diligence in supply chains adopted by the Bundestag
Passed by the Bundestag on Friday 11 June, the 'Act on Corporate Due Diligence Obligations in Supply Chains' will come into force in two stages from 2023. From now on, companies headquartered in...
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11 June 2021
France: Renault strikes agreement on remote work ahead of a revamp of work organisation
The agreement signed by Renault and industrial workers’ federation Industriall Global Union in April on remote work, which took the form of an addendum to an existing global framework agreement...
11 June 2021
Great Britain: government boosts regulator’s control over trade unions and employers’ associations
On 08 June the UK government announced that the Certification Officer, the public body responsible for checking that trade unions and employers' associations comply with the relevant statutes, is...
10 June 2021
Safran signs a European framework agreement on skills development
On 08 June, the French defense and aerospace technology company together with IndustriAll Europe signed a new framework agreement on employment. It includes a training and jobs mobility program...
8 June 2021
France to become seventh country to ratify ILO Convention 190 against violence and harassment in the world of work
On 2 June, France’s Council of Ministers adopted a bill to ratify ILO Convention n°190 (2019), which seeks to eliminate violence and harassment from the workplace. As well as introducing a ban on...
7 June 2021
Ireland: Lidl introduces paid leave for staff suffering pregnancy loss
Supermarket chain Lidl announced on 4 June that it will offer paid leave to its Irish employees that suffer pregnancy loss or miscarriage, as well as partners of individuals suffering such an...
7 June 2021
United Kingdom: EU judges side with Tesco staff in equal pay dispute
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled on 3 June that employees of the UK supermarket chain Tesco could rely on an article of EU law to claim equal pay. The ruling comes after a...
4 June 2021
Italy: government backtracks on extension to employment layoff freeze
Given protestation from the employers' organizations and bubbling tensions amid the majority, the Draghi government has reversed a measure that was introduced at the last minute in the "Sostegni...
4 June 2021
Germany: grand coalition agreement for mandatory female quotas on large company management boards
If adopted, the bill will for the first time require listed companies subject to co-determination laws and large state-controlled firms to include at least one female on their management boards...
1 June 2021
Qatar: new government rules to better protect workers from heat stress
As temperatures start to rise across the Persian Gulf, Qatar is implementing new rules to better protect workers from heat stress. From 01 June, summer-time non-working hours are being extended by...
1 June 2021
Generali: a joint European declaration to provide a sustainable framework for crisis situations
On 10 May, Italian insurance group Generali and its European Works Council signed a joint declaration with provisions to cover crisis situations beyond Covid-19. It guarantees the preservation of...
31 May 2021
United Kingdom: bonus increased for businesses hosting T-Level students
The UK government announced on 27 May that businesses will be able to claim £1,000 for each T-Level student that they host for a placement. The T-Level qualification, which is the equivalent of...
31 May 2021
Germany: rubber industry pens first agreement on trade unions’ right to “virtual access” to employees
The social partners in Germany’s rubber industry have achieved a first in the country by signing a branch agreement that will authorise and regulate the right of trade unions to engage with...
28 May 2021
Morocco: a new digital platform harnessing AI and data to make the labour market more fluid
A digital information platform covering the labour market, harnessing artificial intelligence (AI) and data, is going to be set up in Morocco, spearheaded by a consortium of private and public...
28 May 2021
Spain: agreement extends extraordinary short-time working mechanisms until 30 September
Spain’s government and the social partners have signed an agreement extending the arrangements for extraordinary temporary employment regulations (ERTE- Expediente de Regulación Temporal de...
27 May 2021
Italy: collective agreement renewed for logistics, freight and parcel shipment sector
On 18 May the social partners in the logistics, freight and parcel-shipping sector signed an agreement to renew their national collective agreement (NCA), which covers almost 1 million workers...
27 May 2021
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Oliver Dietrich (IG Metall): “The advent of AI can be a means of deepening social partnership within companies”
In Germany, trade unions want to influence how AI is deployed in companies. Oliver Dietrich is an AI project manager at the regional office of the IG Metall trade union in North Rhine-Westphalia...
21 January 2026
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EU: social partners split over competitiveness and action on job quality
The European Trade Union Confederation and BusinessEurope have published their response to the consultation document on the European Commission's upcoming EU quality jobs initiative. The two...
4 February 2026
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Germany: collective bargaining negotiations begin in chemical industry
Collective bargaining talks in Germany’s chemical and pharmaceutical industries are due to open this week, covering nearly 580,000 employees across around 1,700 companies. With the sector facing...
3 February 2026
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Italy: new generational renewal agreement penned at UniCredit
The agreement signed on 30 December by UniCredit, Italy’s second-largest banking group, with the Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca and Unisin trade unions aims to continue generational...
15 January 2026
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France: social partner talks extend far beyond contractual terminations
After a false start on 3 December, French social partners resumed talks on 7 January 2026 on potential changes to the unemployment insurance agreement, including the rules governing compensation...
12 January 2026
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EU: banking sector social partners commit to combating violence and harassment
On 15 January, the trade union federation UNI Europa Finance and three employers’ associations in the banking sector signed a joint statement on preventing violence and harassment in the...
16 January 2026