Tag: collective bargaining

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31 March 2014

Australia: Enterprise bargaining – recent trends and issues

In brief Two issues relating to collective bargaining – the variation of enterprise agreements and requirements relating to the …

23 October 2013

Spain: Simplification to collective consultation processes where multiple places of work involved

Amendments have been made to core aspects of the employment law reforms implemented in 2012 with regard to certain collective consultation processes. The …

01 October 2013

Australia: complexity and risk for employers under the Fair Work Act’s bargaining regime continues

Summary Herbert Smith Freehills is pleased to present our fourth volume of ‘Bargaining under the Fair Work Act’. The paper examines the most …

18 June 2013

Spain: Extension of the initial duration of collective bargaining agreements

Law 3/2012, enacted on 8 July 2012, amended article 86.3 of the Spanish Workers' Statute. According to that amendment, if one year elapses from the …

08 May 2013

UK: Collective agreement clause could not be construed as giving employer choice of two pay rates

Overturning the EAT, the Court of Appeal has construed a contractual clause in a collective agreement, which provided that the employer would increase …

08 April 2013

Australia: Leverage and the Collective Bargaining Equation

Collective bargaining is a central feature of employment regulation in Australia. Almost 20 percent of Australian workers are covered by collective …

26 October 2012

Spain: collective bargaining agreements

A decision of the Spanish national appeals court (Audiencia Nacional) dated 10 September 2012 consolidates the new structure of collective bargaining …

13 September 2012

Spain: New structure and priorities of collective barganing

On 10 September the Spanish Labour Court issued its decision 95/2012 declaring that a sector-wide collective bargaining agreement ("CBA") (in this case, …

13 February 2012

Spain: II Agreement on Employment and Collective Bargaining 2012, 2013 and 2014

In the context of the profound reform that is being undertaken in the Spanish labour market, one of the most significant changes expected affects the …