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France: key agreements signed at Airbus Helicopters that focus on 5 competitiveness levers aimed at safeguarding the future of its 2 French sites
On 08 February, CFE-CGC, CFTC and FO, the three trade unions of the Airbus aerospace group’s helicopter production subsidiary, signed several agreements in a bid to safeguard the future of its two...
16 February 2021
Great Britain: Scottish court blocks the Tesco supermarket ‘fire & rehire’ strategy
During this boom time for certain companies since the Covid-19 pandemic, an increasing number of them have been resorting to the ‘fire & rehire’ practice, whereby employees are forced to quit...
16 February 2021
Germany: governing coalition to propose law on supply chain due diligence by end of March 2021
On Friday 12 February, Germany’s economy, labour and cooperation minsters reached an agreement on the major points of a new ‘supply chain law’, which will increase the due diligence obligations of...
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15 February 2021
France: ‘ecological transition’ enters the nation’s labor code, in particular via new roles for works councils
On 10 February the French government adopted draft legislation ‘to fight climate change and strengthen resilience in the face of it effects’, and which ‘aims to accelerate the transition from...
10 February 2021
Germany: what lessons has the current situation been teaching the nation’s human resource managers?
Since the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic crisis, the massive deployment of telework has turned the corporate arena into a huge laboratory that is trying out new ways of working and the work of...
9 February 2021
Italy: collective agreement reached in metals industry
After 15 months of negotiations, interspersed with suspensions, the national collective agreement for the metals industry – which expired at the end of 2019 – was renewed on 5 February. A draft...
8 February 2021
Austria: companies to become key testing venues
In line with the general collective agreement on in-company testing, penned by social partners on 15 January (see article n°12313), the Austrian government has set about making companies a venue...
8 February 2021
Germany: Volkswagen’s new car software developer, CSO, signs an ‘iterative’ collective agreement
On 28 January Volkswagen Group management together with the IG Metall union announced the signature of an in-house agreement for the 4,000 employees of the Group’s new software development...
3 February 2021
China: ILO report notes both the working conditions and lack of regulation related to platform work
In January 2021 the International Labour Organization (ILO) published Working Paper 24 entitled: Online digital labour platforms in China - Working conditions, policy issues and prospects. This...
3 February 2021
Spain: a draft collective agreement concluded for the banking sector that also frames remote working
On 29 January the Asociación Española de Banca (AEB – Spain’s banking employers association), together with representatives of the CCOO, UGT and FINE trade unions concluded the broad outlines of a...
2 February 2021
India: Government seeks to extend social protection to ‘gig economy’ workers
On 01 February, while presenting the national budget for fiscal year 2021-2022, India’s Minister of Finance announced the government's will to extend social protection to those living in the ‘gig...
2 February 2021
EU: EU Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs adopted its resolution on multinational enterprise due diligence
On 27 January 2021, the EU Parliament's Committee on Legal Affairs members adopted a draft resolution that intends to serve as a basis from which the European Commission can draw as it works on...
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28 January 2021
Spain: short-time working mechanisms extended until 31 May 2021
Following adoption by Spain’s Council of Ministers, the decree-law on the ‘reinforcement and consolidation of social measures to defend employment’ was published in the Official Bulletin on 27...
27 January 2021
United States: President Biden’s first pro-union and occupational health and safety initiatives
As soon as he arrived in the White House, President Joe Biden made his mark on the relationship between his administration and the trade unions. Almost immediately upon his swearing in, the 46th...
27 January 2021
EU: EU Parliament calls for a Directive enshrining the right to disconnect
On 21 January 2021 the European Parliament adopted an own-initiative report recognizing a right to disconnect (final text). In addition to advocating its fundamental character as a right, the text...
26 January 2021
Germany: Federal Labour Court strengthens the rights of women on the issue of equal pay
Almost four years after the adoption of the pay transparency law in the country, Germany’s Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht) issued a landmark ruling on 21 January on equal treatment of...
25 January 2021
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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
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
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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