France: Engie Green signs an agreement to encourage employee commitment on the environment National industrial relations Engie Green, a subsidiary of the French energy group specialising in the development of renewable energy projects (600 employees), signed an agreement on 12 March dedicated to the ecological transition.…
United Kingdom: Amazon could be forced to recognise the GMB union National industrial relations Having traditionally been opposed to union representation among its employees, US e-commerce giant Amazon may be forced to negotiate with the GMB union in the UK, following a decision by the Central Arbitration Committee, the country's employment law watchdog.
France: step towards creation of a universal time savings account National industrial relations On 23 April, the Union des Entreprises de Proximité (U2P), the minority employers' organisation representing very small businesses and craftsmen, and the trade unions – CFDT, CFTC, CGT and FO – reached cross-industry agreements on the universal time savings account (compte épargne temps universel, CETU) and on professional retraining. The two texts must now be submitted for the confederations to sign by mid-May. The negotiations took place without the two major employers' organisations, Medef and CPME, which refused to take part.
EU: road transport social partners make commitment on rights of third-country workers Transnational industrial relations With a joint declaration published on 19 April, the European Transport Workers’ Federation (ETF) and the International Road Transport Union (IRU) have signed up to a series of commitments to improve working conditions for non-EU nationals.…
United States: historic victory for the UAW at Volkswagen in the South National industrial relations On 19 April, the United Auto Workers (UAW) achieved a historic victory in the Southern United States by winning the membership of 5,500 employees at the Volkswagen plant in Chattanooga,…
France: joint negotiations on universal time savings account (CETU) and professional retraining National industrial relations At the initiative of the U2P, the employers' organisation representing very small businesses and craft trades, the trade unions – CFDT, CGT, FO, CFE-CGC and CFTC – are once again meeting to negotiate regarding the universal time savings account (CETU) and professional retraining. Two draft agreements have been sent to the unions by the U2P, following the failure of negotiations on the 'new pact for working life', designed to accompany the increase in the legal retirement age.
Italy: generational renewal agreement penned at BNP Paribas subsidiary National industrial relations The agreement signed on 9 April by BNL-BNP Paribas, the Italian subsidiary of the French banking group,…
France: Publicis regulates teleworking without rolling back this right National industrial relations Publicis chief executive Arthur Sadoun signalled a return to the office for the communications group's staff in statements to the media in autumn last year, however the firm struck an agreement in November that maintains the existing rhythm of two days of teleworking per week. The text, signed by a majority of the unions more than three and a half years after the start of Covid-19, provides a framework for a decentralised group and grants new rights to disabled employees, carers and pregnant women. The company's HR director discusses the implementation of this framework with mind RH.
France: Engie hands staff a €500 sustainable mobility package National industrial relations Under an agreement signed on 29 March 2024, Engie SA is granting €500 a year to its employees so they can make regular use of bicycles (including electric and self-service) or carpooling.…
France: negotiations on keeping older workers in employment fail National industrial relations Negotiations initiated by the social partners at the request of the government to accompany the recent increase in the legal retirement age and to prevent burn-out have ended in failure. The possibility of an agreement being signed now seems in jeopardy.