Italy: Intesa Sanpaolo agreement has been signed on the four-day working week and hybrid working National industrial relations The agreement signed between Intesa Sanpaolo and the Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca and Unisin trade unions augments measures Italy's leading bank has been implementing since January 2023. In it, notably the four-day working week and agile working are to be trialled in a considerable number of the banking network’s branches, and conditions surrounding the right to disconnect are also clarified. Intesa Sanpaolo is Italy's largest private employer, with 74,000 employees.
In Berlin, the European Trade Union Confederation advocates for a four-day week Transnational industrial relations Combating the effects of inflation on wages, fighting for more collective agreements to be signed in all EU countries, but also pushing the option of a four-day working week.…
France: Orano nuclear group commits to supporting gender transition, assisted human reproduction, and the fight against domestic violence National industrial relations Via a four-agreement agreement signed by all the represented trade union bodies, French nuclear group Orano (12,000 headcount and a product of nuclear conglomerate Areva’s 2017 restructuring) has strengthened its commitment to professional equality between men and women. In addition to provisions carried over from previous agreements around recruitment, training, and female access to technological professions and management positions, the agreement’s new features stem from an ambitious and pioneering integration of social issues into company policy.
Great Britain: union membership continues to fall in percentage and absolute terms National industrial relations On 24 May the UK government published updated figures on trade union membership for the period 1995-2022, and according to which the proportion of union affiliated workers has fallen for the second successive year since 2021.…
Italy: Acea Group signs ‘People and Participation Charter’ MoU National industrial relations Italian multi-utility provider Acea together with the trade union bodies has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) defining a new participatory people-centred industrial relations model. The aim is to develop skills as well as individual and collective well-being, with a view to both ensuring the group's competitiveness and valuing its employees. Acea, which in particular manages the distribution of electricity, gas and water in Rome, is listed on the Milan stock exchange and is 51% controlled by the Municipality of Rome.
United States: United Steelworkers union marks major breakthrough at the Blue Bird electric school bus plant in the Southern state of Georgia National industrial relations Blue Bird, which builds electric school buses in Fort Valley, Georgia has become the first significant group (1,400 employees) to join the United Steelworkers union (USW).…
Spain: social partners sign a major social agreement that provides for a 10% pay rise over three years National industrial relations Management and unions have agreed in an National Framework Agreement on Employment and Collective Bargaining to a wage increase of 4% in 2023 and 3% in both 2024 and 2025, along with an annual 1% inflation revision clause. The text, which will serve as a guide for collective bargaining, also includes recommendations on labour flexibility and on combatting discrimination, as well as better preparation for employees facing the effects of the dual green and digital transition.
Italy: banking sector social partners agree to extend their collective agreement renewal date National industrial relations On 26 April, and with procedures for the renewal of the banking sector national collective bargaining agreement (NCA) falling behind schedule, both the employers’…
Italy: agreement on hybrid working for the Generali Group Transnational industrial relations On 20 April, Generali Group, Italy’s global insurance and asset management provider, together with the unions First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca, FNA and SNFIA, signed a smart working agreement that consolidates the so-called post-covid ‘Next Normal’ phase instituted in 2022. In it is provision for three remote working days per week to be made available for most of the staff along with specific terms and conditions for disconnecting from work. The group employs over 13,000 people in Italy.
France: three agreements reached on working conditions for platform-based delivery drivers National industrial relations Three months after a landmark agreement that set a minimum income for ride-hail drivers, three new agreements have been reached under the aegis of the newly formed Platform Employment Industrial Relations Authority (ARPE), each of which is covering platform-based delivery drivers.…
