Transnational company agreements: older workers the great forgotten of negotiations Transnational industrial relations At a time when most Western countries are seeking to increase the legal retirement age – to reduce pension scheme deficits or, in some cases, to address skill shortages – mind RH has taken a closer look at the transnational company agreements signed by multinational firms with a view to fostering the employment of older workers within their foreign subsidiaries. Seven agreements have been picked out, most of them European, which focus on the employability and job retention of ageing employees.
Exclusif Teleperformance: global agreement committing to trade union freedom eventually signed after years of conflict Transnational industrial relations On 01 December 2022 French digital business solutions group Teleperformance succumbed and signed a global agreement on social responsibility. The text, which mind RH has obtained, commits Teleperformance both to guaranteeing freedom of association wherever it is poorly guaranteed by law and to complying with due diligence obligations; two issues over which the company has been facing litigation.
Exclusif Interview Laurent Berger (ETUC): “Trade unionism must demonstrate its usefulness” Transnational industrial relations Just ahead of the start of negotiations for a European framework agreement on telework, the president of the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) Laurent Berger takes this opportunity to share with mind RH the roadmap for the organisation, of which the CFDT is a member. The right to disconnect, monitoring, and health and safety, are but a few of a wealth of the topics for discussion in order to reach an agreement; not least since the last European text on telework dates back two decades to 2002. With just a few months before the end of his mandate, Laurent Berger defends the role of trade unionism and European social dialogue in the face of the increasing number of crises.
Austria: 7.44% pay rise in metal industry Transnational industrial relations The social partners in the largest branch of Austria’s metal industry – the business organisation Metaltechnology Austria (FMTI) and the PRO-GE and GPA trade unions – have struck an agreement on wage increases of between 8.9% and 6.9% across the salary scale,…
Twitter cuts 50% of its workforce Transnational industrial relations One week after buying the social media giant Twitter for $44 billion, Elon Musk announced some 3,700 job cuts across its global operations, or around half its worldwide workforce, according to Bloomberg. Employees of the California-based group, who are not unionised, have precious few options. However, a class-action lawsuit has already been filed alleging violations of California state law because the 60-day notice period for mass layoffs was not respected.
EU: what change EU telework legislation could affect in Member States European legislation Transnational industrial relations Two and a half years on from the massive shift to remote work as lockdowns were put in place to contain the coronavirus pandemic, many European countries have introduced or updated their legislation on remote work or telework. From the differences of clauses in employment contracts, to unequal financial compensation and the implementation of the right to disconnect, mind RH has scrutinised the regulations introduced by the 27 European Union Member States.
Global Framework Agreement: Carrefour commits to fighting sexual orientation and gender-based discrimination Transnational industrial relations The global union federation UNI Global Union, and French multinational retail and wholesaling corporation Carrefour have announced a second renewal of their global framework agreement on the promotion of social dialogue and diversity.…
Planet Labor becomes “mind RH” Transnational industrial relations Dear Planet Labor reader, For more than 15 years, Planet Labor has been providing a daily news feed – in French and English – covering the international industrial relations and human resources landscape, a one-of-a-kind proposition in the market! You have access to very selective news coverage, which feeds an online newsletter, as well as to a database of documents. Against a backdrop of information overload and sensationalism,…
Free EU: CJEU ruling – company transformation into an SE European Company structure does not permit a reduction in trade union representation on the corporate’s governing boards Transnational industrial relations On 18 October the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled in favour of the German metals and service industry trade unions IG Metall and ver.di, respectively. As part of SAP’s transformation into a European Company (SE) in 2014,…
