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                Carrefour and UNI Global Union renew global agreement on promoting social dialogue and diversity    
    
        
                        
        
            
        
        
    
        
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                Germany: minimum wage to rise sharply in 2026    
    
        
                        
        
            
        
        
    
        
        On 29 October, the German cabinet adopted the minimum wage hike proposed by the country’s independent minimum wage commission. The minimum wage will rise from €12.82 to €13.90...    
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                Switzerland: duration of short-time work benefits to be extended from 1 November    
    
        
                        
        
            
        
        
    
        
        On 8 October 2025, the Swiss cabinet approved a temporary extension of the maximum duration of short-time work benefits for companies, increasing it from 18 to 24 months starting 1 November 2025...    
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                France: government sets out to address serious and fatal accidents at work    
    
        
                        
        
            
        
        
    
                
        With France recording a very high number of workplace deaths every year (around 750, the highest incident rate in the EU), the government announced a series of measures on 10 July. These measures...    
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