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EON SE: commentary of the agreement on employee participation in the new European company
On October 16, 2012, EON SE signed the agreement on employee participation. On November 15, 2012, the company officially became a European company and the SE’s EWC met for the first time in...
11 June 2013
Lafarge: group management, EWC and EFBWW European federation sign declaration on wellbeing at work
On May 23, the management of Lafarge Group, its EWC and the European Federation of Building and Woodworkers (EFBWW) signed a declaration on wellbeing at work. This declaration comes on top of the...
10 June 2013
Spain: textile/clothing collective agreements renewed in spite of disagreements among employers
The CIE employers’ organization and the Fiteqa-CCOO and FITAG-UGT unions signed the new collective agreement for the textile industry on June 5. Employers in the fashioning and weaving industry...
10 June 2013
Germany: 5.4 percent wage increase over 24 months in the insurance industry
Insurance social partners reached, on the night of June 7, a deal for a 5.4 percent wage increase divided in two over 24 months. The agreement covers about 95 percent of the sector’s employees...
10 June 2013
Belgium: government puts social partners in charge of coming up with the single status for blue- and white-collar workers
About 30 days before the deadline set by the Constitutional Court to get rid of the differences between blue-collar and white-collar workers, the government failed to agree, during the Council of...
10 June 2013
Great Britain: government publishes regulations reforming employment tribunals procedures
The British government has published the latest regulations on employment tribunals procedures, which was one of the expected reforms for 2013. Pointing to mediation, the new regulations should...
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7 June 2013
Denmark: government and social partners want to reform vocational education
The agreement signed on June 4 by the government and most political parties, reforming “vocational academies,” is in line with the government’s objective of improving the vocational education...
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7 June 2013
Spain: El Corte Inglés forced to take measures to address the gender pay gap within three months
The justice system is giving the El Corte Inglés superstore three months to implement measures to reduce the gender pay gap, at the risk of financial penalties. The Chamber for social and labor...
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6 June 2013
Great Britain: groundbreaking agreement to build the new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point
After months of negotiating, the UCATT, Unite and GMB unions have secured agreement with the client, EDF Energy, and the principal contractor, Bouygues Laing O’Rourke, a 'Common Framework...
6 June 2013
Germany: Karstadt, Amazon…, the Verdi union is fighting several battles to improve collective agreements in retail trade
Since the Karstadt department store company announced, in mid-May, that it wanted to get out, for two years, of the collective agreements in force in retail trade, a major dispute burst out...
6 June 2013
Italy: Turin Court of Appeal toughens sanctions against Eternit management (asbestos)
On Monday, June 3, the Court of Appeal of Turin sentenced Stephan Schmidheiny, the former Swiss CEO of Eternit, to 18 years’ imprisonment for “permanent culpable disaster and culpable omission of...
5 June 2013
Sweden: fashion and textile businesses sign agreement that tries to take low wages into account
The fashion and textile industry is the sector where wages are the lowest in manufacturing. This is way the agreement signed on April 2, 2013 after other manufacturing agreements signed by TEKO...
5 June 2013
Spain: interns are going to be affiliated with social security again
The Supreme Court gave satisfaction to the CCOO union and recognized the right for students who do an internship within the framework of their university/vocational training – and who get paid –...
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5 June 2013
Germany: more and more employees take sabbaticals
They’re obviously still a minority but they are more than they used to be. A recent survey by the Handelsblatt daily found that more and more German employees, notably executives, dare to take a...
5 June 2013
France: short employment contracts about to be taxed
On July 1, 2013, employers’ unemployment insurance contributions on short fixed-term contracts will increase (up to 7 percent instead of 4 percent today). On the contrary, employers won’t have to...
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5 June 2013
Lafarge: interview of Philippe Jacquesson, SVP Social Policies for the group, about the global agreement on fundamental social rights and international social relations
In 2005, when it signed its Global Framework Agreement on fundamental rights, the French group was already a pioneer in establishing global dialogue with international unions. On May 21, the...
4 June 2013
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EU: right and far right join forces in parliament to dismantle sustainability due diligence
On 13 November, the European Parliament approved the report by EPP MEP Jörgen Warborn on the proposed omnibus directive, clearing the way for trilogue negotiations. Backed by the far right, the...
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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...
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Germany: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
24 October 2025
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EU: omnibus bill stalls in parliament
On 22 October, members of the European Parliament narrowly voted against a negotiating mandate that would have opened trilogue talks on the omnibus directive, which seeks to dilute the corporate...
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23 October 2025
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France: cabinet adopts suspension of pension reform
On 23 October, the French Council of Ministers approved an amendment to the social security financing bill (PLFSS), confirming the suspension of the 2023 pension reform until 2028. This measure...
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24 October 2025