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Switzerland: a subsidiary of Bilfinger Berger, Germany’s second largest construction firm, banned from operating in Switzerland for two years because of wage dumping
Accused of underpaying employees at a site in Basel, Bilfinger Berger Spezialtiefbau GmBH, a subsidiary of the German construction firm Bilfinger Berger, is now banned from construction sites and...
31 October 2012
Great Britain: businesses violating health and safety regulations will have to pay the Health and Safety Executive’s investigation expenses back
The Health and Safety (Fees) Regulations 2012 came into force on October 1, 2012 and imposes that businesses that break health and safety regulations are liable for recovery of HSE's related...
31 October 2012
Netherlands: the future government’s social program
The new labor-liberal government formed after the legislative election of September 12 presented, on October 29, a coalition agreement which contains major social measures, including cuts to...
30 October 2012
Austria: despite every indication, collective negotiations in the metal industry should keep growing apart
Five of the six separate bargaining rounds that recently took place in the Austrian metal industry have had the same outcome: wage increases between 3 and 3.4 percent depending on the position in...
30 October 2012
Italy: separate agreement with employers to renew the national collective agreement in the food industry
On October 27, the trade unions in the food industry (Fai-Cisl, Flai-CGIL and Uila-Uil) signed the agreement renewing the national collective agreement for the food industry 2012-2015, which...
30 October 2012
Germany: MAN, the heavy truck manufacturer, puts 15,000 staff on “forced vacation” for a week
Affected by the economic crisis, the largest truck manufacturer in Europe, MAN, stopped production for one week on October 29 for two German sites, in Munich and Salzgitter. This measure should...
30 October 2012
Slovenia: bills on pension, employment and labour market reforms introduced
The Slovene Government adopted on 18 October 2012 the following three pieces of legislation:
26 October 2012
Spain: how small Spanish organizations are fostering equal opportunities in the workplace
Equal opportunity plans are voluntary for companies or entities with less than 250 employees, according to Law 3/2007 of 22 March 2007. In 2012, 21 percent of all companies awarded the label...
26 October 2012
Italy: new association of insurance and credit professionals within the CGIL
IL, the new organization representing self-employed insurances and banking professionals was officially created on October 25. It aims to better protect self-employed professionals, who the union...
26 October 2012
Great Britain: Morrisons launches university training for managers
While logistics are becoming increasingly complicated in retail trade, the Morrisons supermarket chain is offering its sales supervisors a degree in management and logistics. (Ref. 120636)
25 October 2012
Great Britain: High Court allows the application of the statutory union recognition procedure for employees who do not live in Great Britain but who are covered by UK law
The determination by the Central Arbitration Committee (CAC) to allow the application by the Skyshare union for recognition was challenged by the company on the grounds that the CAC had no...
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24 October 2012
Spain: BBVA signs agreement on staffing cuts demanded by Brussels after the banking group took over the Unnim Banc savings banks group
The BBVA bank and the trade unions announced that they signed a draft agreement which should lead to a 40 percent staffing cut at the Unnim Banc savings bank. This is to comply with Brussels'...
24 October 2012
EU: 2013, a blank year for social Europe
Yesterday, October 23, the College of Commissioners adopted its 2013 Work Program. Every year, we detail the (few) measures that affect the labor world. This year, the news is quite different: in...
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24 October 2012
Italy: historical Court of Cassation ruling on the causal link between the intensive use of cell phones at work and getting a tumorous pathology
on recognized the trigeminal nerve tumor of a former Brescia manager, who intensively used his cell phone at work, as an occupational disease. It is the first time ever the link between the...
23 October 2012
Netherlands: negotiations are stuck in the rubber plastic industry
The plastic and rubber industry, which employs 3,500 people, has not had a collective agreement since July. Negotiations are stuck on the issue of pensions and unions are starting to protest...
23 October 2012
EU: half-mast European social model
i, President of the European Central Bank, or José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission? In an interview to the Wall Street Journal in early 2012, the former pointed out...
23 October 2012
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31 October 2025
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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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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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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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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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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