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EU: European Commission publishes evaluation of the Community Directives regarding information and consultation of workers
Today, July 26, the European Commission released the result of “an evaluation to identify excessive burdens, overlaps, gaps or inconsistencies which may have appeared since the adoption of three...
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26 July 2013
Italy: Expo 2015 signs agreement on flexible recruitment modalities
On July 23, Expo 2015 Spa, the company in charge of organizing the 2015 Universal Exposition, which will take place in Milan, signed an “important agreement” with the CGIL, Cisl and Uil unions in...
25 July 2013
Sweden: agreement in the mechanical industry improving the possibility of part-time retirement
On April 19, Svemek (mechanical employers’ organization) signed a new deal with IF Metall (metalworkers’ union), and with Unionen (private sector), Sveriges Ingenjörer (Swedish engineers) and...
25 July 2013
Great Britain: setback for the campaign against blacklisting organized by union members in the construction industry
Leading anti-blacklisting campaigners have expressed dismay at the response of Business Secretary, Vince Cable, to the call from the Scottish Affairs Select Committee in Parliament to investigate...
25 July 2013
How is an employer brand built? EADS, the most attractive employer in Spain in 2013, answers
EADS has received the Randstad Award 2013 for its excellent employer brand. In order to award this prize, Randstad polled about 7,000 people in Spain. Results reveal that participants ranked EADS...
25 July 2013
France: employees in SMEs to be informed of their company’s plan to sale to so they can make an offer
The bill on social and connected economy, adopted by the Council of Ministers on July 24, contains a provision that introduces a new right for all healthy businesses with less than 250 employees...
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24 July 2013
EU: the citizens’ initiative on the right to water as a human right about to come to a close
The first European citizens’ initiative (a new participative democracy tool that started in Europe on April 1, 2012) is about to come to an end and is about Water. It aims to alter the priorities...
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24 July 2013
Italy: Eni signs unitary agreement with unions to revive its Gela refinery in Sicily
On July 19, Eni signed, with the RSUs and the local structures of the Filctem-CGIL, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec-Uil unions, an agreement for the restructuring of its Gela refinery, imposed by the...
24 July 2013
Corporate practices: Sweco, or how to attract and retain female engineers
Sweco, a group operating in engineering, environmental technology and architecture, is also the world leader in particle separation and size reduction. It employs around 7,400 people, 70 percent...
23 July 2013
Novartis: commentary of the new EWC (Euroforum) agreement
Since February 1, Novartis’ European Works Council, called Euroforum, has been ruled by a new agreement that adds to the structures’ operating rules the key novelties of the 2009/38 recast...
23 July 2013
Italy: State and businesses mobilized to find solutions to the esodati crisis brought about by the Monti administration’s pension reform
Side effect to the 2011 pension reform, “esodati” are workers reaching the end of their carrier who have signed voluntary leave agreements during a restructuring or reorganization in their company...
23 July 2013
Spain: recent trends in corporate volunteering
Corporate volunteering is not new. Traditionally, it has been conceived as a Corporate Social Responsibility practice. However, businesses are progressively integrating employee community...
22 July 2013
United States: second time National Labor Relations Board is saved in a year and a half
After the NLRB’s appointments were cancelled since the American Senate didn’t expressly give its consent and with the Republican Representatives constantly blocking the issue, the Federal agency...
22 July 2013
Great Britain: government outlines plan on the transparency of lobbies, which should also shed light on Labour funding by unions
The Coalition government has outlined its plans for a statutory register of lobbyists, saying it would boost public confidence about outside influence on the process of political decision-making...
19 July 2013
Belgium: Belgian ‘wage disability’ still causes divisions
On July 15, the select Ministerial Committee received a report on the pay gap written – following its own request – by a group of experts (national bank, planning office, central economic council...
19 July 2013
EU: ECJ to determine whether French law excluding integration contracts from the calculation of the staffing limits for employee representation is in keeping with Community law
The French Supreme Court asked the ECJ about the compliance with Community law of information and consultation in the French Labor Code (Article L. 1111-3), which excluded from a company’s...
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18 July 2013
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 2025
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France: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill
After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...
10 September 2026
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Germany: IG Metall demands 5% pay rise amid severe pressure
Despite the crisis hitting the automotive industry, the leadership of the German trade union IG Metall announced on Wednesday 23 September that it would be asking for a 5% pay increase as well as...
23 September 2026
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Italy: Crédit Agricole introduces a handbook on managerial behaviour
The document adopted in mid-July by Crédit Agricole Italia and the main banking trade unions goes beyond the proper use of meetings and emails. This six-point handbook aims to foster constructive...
3 September 2026
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Slovakia: 6% increase in the minimum wage from 1 January 2027
The news. As Slovakia’s social partners failed to reach an agreement during tripartite negotiations, Labour Minister Erik Tomas has decided to increase the minimum wage by 6% from 1 January...
1 September 2026
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Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...
8 September 2026
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EU: Commission proposes a list of worker-related criteria for public procurement
The news. On 9 September, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation aimed at unifying European public procurement law, which accounts for 15% of European GDP. It is notably set...
17 September 2026