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Alstom/GE: Alstom EWC secures guarantees for the employees concerned by the absorption of Alstom Power into GE
Yesterday, on 28 October, the Alstom European Works Council finally issued its much awaited positive opinion on the absorption of Alstom Power into General Electric. This decision will allow the...
29 October 2014
Suez Environnement: publication of European agreement on fundamental principles for health and safety at work (French version)
The agreement signed on 12 June last year, between the water treatment and waste management group, the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) and the special negotiating body, takes...
29 October 2014
France: employees must be given prior warning in the case of a sale in their company
As of 1 November, employees in companies with less than 250 employees must be informed of any sale plans. The terms of this obligation to provide prior warning were defined in a decree published...
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29 October 2014
Austria: 2.1% salary increase in metal industry’s largest federation
The PRO-GE (industrial workers) and GPA-djp (private sector employees) trade unions and the FMMI, the main employers’ federation in the Austrian metal industry, came to an agreement on a salary...
29 October 2014
Italy: clash between the CGIL and government worsens after huge protest in Rome
Despite the huge protest by the CGIL (Italian General Confederation of Labor), which on Saturday 25 October united at least one million participants according to organisers, the government has no...
28 October 2014
Germany: the right to part-time training, early retirement and salary increases mark initial discussions in the metal sector
The two-year collective agreement applying to the German metal sector, which begun at the beginning of 2013, will expire on 31 December. Social partners in the sector are already starting to...
28 October 2014
Great Britain: coaches for unemployed youngsters at Jobcentre Plus
For the first time, specialist work coaches will spend time helping young NEETs (individuals ‘not in employment, education or training’) at Jobcentres across Britain. It is a step which echoes...
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28 October 2014
Air France-KLM: a new European Works Council agreement which increases its influence on strategic issues
The new agreement governing the European Works Council (EWC) within the Air France KLM Group (AFKL), signed on 12 June, increases its involvement in strategic matters. This change takes into...
28 October 2014
Italy: labor measures featured in the 2015 stability draft law, proposed by Renzi’s government
The 2015 stability draft law, approved by the Italian Council of Ministers on 15 October, contains two main labor measures. The first is a significant reduction in social security contributions...
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27 October 2014
Hungary: Nokia to close its Komaron factory in 5 months’ time, a race against the clock to redeploy as many workers as possible
On 17 July, Nokia announced that its factory in Komaron would close definitively, with all activity brought to a close on 30 November. This announcement came as a surprise, given that 2,500...
27 October 2014
Brazil: Dilma Rousseff re-elected, with her task being to maintain the low level of unemployment in a slowing economy
On Sunday 26 October, Dilma Rousseff, from the Brazilian Worker’s Party, was re-elected as President by the country’s population, off the back of a political campaign led with real aggression...
27 October 2014
Great Britain: the government will end the practice of workers withdrawing their pension contributions in cash when they leave an employer
The government has brought forward to 2015 the virtual elimination of an existing possibility for workers, who often switch employers, to withdraw their pots of pensions contributions.This change...
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24 October 2014
Alstom: the European Works Council makes its opinion on the sale of Alstom Power and Grid to General Electric subject to social guarantees
Whilst the European Works Council opinion on the sale of Alstom's energy business to the American, General Electric is expected on Tuesday October 28, employee representatives report significant...
24 October 2014
Great Britain: the government wants to get mothers back to work
A charm offensive to win votes? Mothers groups are nonetheless unconvinced by these announcements and numbers. Laura Perrins, from the campaign group Mothers at Home Matter said “If paid work is...
23 October 2014
Mexico: launch of an automotive related training program in partnership with Japan
Starting in 2015, four Mexican educational institutions will offer courses to train technicians and raise awareness of the Japanese work philosophy.
23 October 2014
Denmark: following a record compensation payout, unions prepare to review their strategy to combat sexual harassment in the workplace
3 million DKK (almost 403,000 euros) represents the amount of compensation awarded by the National Board of Industrial Injuries to a female victim of sexual harassment that it classed under the...
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23 October 2014
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France: Decathlon introduces a ‘duty to respect others’ right to disconnect’
A right-to-disconnect agreement was signed in late September for the French arm of the Decathlon sports retail group. It sets out a "duty to respect others’ right to disconnect" and provides...
14 November 2025
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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France: construction sector turns to long-term partial activity scheme
Amid the ongoing economic crisis hitting France’s construction sector, social partners in the public works industry (350,000 employees) signed an agreement at the end of October enabling companies...
21 November 2025
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Romania: collective agreement extended to entire insurance sector
On 3 November, Romania’s National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue approved the extension of the collective labour agreement signed on 23 May by the Confederation of Employers in the...
10 November 2025
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Italy: new collective agreement for managers in tertiary sector
On 5 November, the ManagerItalia union and the employers’ association Confcommercio renewed the collective agreement for managers in Italy’s tertiary, distribution and services...
12 November 2025