15 July 2021
The social partners in Italy of hotel group Marriot International penned a renewal of the company agreement on 29 June. The deal implements innovative measures geared towards overcoming the deep crisis endured by the hotels sector and fostering the post-pandemic recovery. Applicable until the end of 2024, the agreement introduces greater flexibility in the use fixed-term contracts but seeks to protect quality employment, in particular by providing stability for regular seasonal workers. The performance bonus will...
13 July 2021
Since the signing of the first transnational company agreement (TCA) in 1988 between BSN (now Danone) and the IUF (International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers’ Associations), the Institut de recherches économiques et sociales (IRES, institute of social and economic research) has recorded more than 384 agreements, including 218 international framework agreements (IFAs) and 166 European framework agreements (EFAs). This inventory of signed agreements,...
8 July 2021
Signed on 16 June between Italian food giant Parmalat (Lactalis group) and the Fai-Cisl, Flai-Cgil and Uila trade unions, the renewed company agreement puts the emphasis on themes linked to skills and generational renewal. Two new joint technical committees have been established (Technological Innovation, Welfare & QWL), underlining the strength of the consultations-based industrial relations system. The new agreement is shorter, running until 31 December 2022, in order to align its future renewal with that of...
7 July 2021
On 28 June, social partners in the metalworking industry in the eastern Länder (Berlin-Brandenburg-Saxony) presented a regional agreement, which for the first time provides a general legal negotiations framework to align salary levels in the former German Democratic Republic’s Länder with those in the former Federal Republic of Germany. For the trade unions, this agreement represents an historic achievement for this demand that dates back more than 20 years. For the employers, the terms of how the agreement is...
6 July 2021
After the Milan public prosecutor’s office (c.f. article No.12381), which in February 2021 demanded that 60,519 platform workers (at Foodinho-Glovo, Uber Eats Italy, Just Eat Italy and Deliveroo Italy) be regularized, Italy’s judiciary is taking another step forward to better protect riders. On 30 June, the Bologna court has ruled that meal delivery platforms cannot force bike delivery workers to accept the national collective agreement (NCA) that was signed on 15 September by the employers’...
5 July 2021
With the freeze on redundancies (see articles n° 12558 and 12536) coming to an end on 30 June in Italy’s industry and agriculture sectors, an agreement was signed on 29 June – after 7 hours of talks – by the government, the Cgil, Cisl and Uil trade unions, the employer organisation Confindustria, and various SME associations. The social partners agreed on a joint declaration to strive to avoid a wave of job cuts following the lifting of the measure. According to this text, the social partners...
2 July 2021
Altice Portugal, the country’s largest telecommunications service provider, commenced a restructuring process in 2020, as part of efforts to prepare for 5G technology. The Portuguese subsidiary of the French telecommunications group has implemented a programme of voluntary redundancies and early retirement for workers over the age of 55. About 2,000 workers fell into this age bracket. The company offered a remuneration basis of 80% of individuals’ former salary until their retirement age – between 65 and 67...
1 July 2021
On 21 June, social partners in Italy’s footwear sector secured an agreement to renew the national collective agreement (NCA), which covers nearly 80,000 workers in some 5,800 companies and which will run until 31 December 2023. The previous NCA expired on 31 December 2019. While the agreement, which must now be approved by the employee assemblies, provides for an average wage increase of €70, it above all intends for standards that can combat dumping in subcontracting operations. The footwear industry, a key...
30 June 2021
With its transformation process towards mobility in the future in full swing, the management team at Mercedes-Benz, Sindelfingen, announced on 25 June that it had reached an agreement with its works council to facilitate the recruitment of new software experts. The text allows this cohort to organize their working hours in a flexible way and, if they achieve good results, to rapidly...
28 June 2021
The judgment from the UK Court of Appeal came after the Independent Workers’ Union of Great Britain (IWGB) demanded that collective wage negotiations be held for around a dozen Deliveroo riders in London, which is a right normally reserved for “workers”. On 24 June the appeals court said that riders for the food delivery application were self-employed and were therefore not entitled to this right. The decision runs contrary to recent court rulings on the so-called gig economy, most notably the UK Supreme...
