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Italy: Eni signs an agreement with the social partners and the Basilicate region for the “site convention” of the peninsula’s key oil extraction center
Promoting initiatives in the sector. Eni commits itself to carry on investing in the region, notably by doing the 5th gas processing station at the Centro Olio Val d’Agri (COVA) center, and 9...
Denmark: job rotation, a tool to integrate jobseekers on the labor market
Job rotation, a system which allows businesses to recruit jobseekers to replace employees on training, is boosting the reinstatement of 8 in 10 jobseekers who take part, according to a study...
10 October 2012
United States: Bombardier aircraft manufacturer on strike
Since October 8, over 800 employees have been on strike at Bombardier, the American subsidiary of the Canadian aircraft manufacturer, in Wichita, Kansas. This strike is the result of failed pay...
10 October 2012
Austria: 190,000 heating engineers, assembly operators and mechatronics engineers get an average 3.2 percent increase
The social partners in the "Metallgewerbe" industry, which represents 43,000 SMEs and nearly 190,000 employees (heating engineers, assembly operators, mechatronics engineers...) signed a wage...
10 October 2012
Sweden: new bill on temporary work and amendment of the Posting Act to improve equal treatment for workers leased by a foreign agency
A law protecting temporary workers. “The temporary industry is a major component of the Swedish labor market. The bill increases security for agency workers while allowing the sector’s...
9 October 2012
EU: Council of Ministers adopts position on the protection of workers exposed to electromagnetic fields
On October 4, the Employment and Social Policy Council adopted a general approach amending Directive 2004/40 on the protection of workers exposed to electromagnetic fields. The Council's...
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9 October 2012
EU: how is employee participation doing at European level?
Udo Rehfelt. I think it would be useful to remind that, as this special issue points out, these three forms of employee participation have a common ideational and historical link – the European...
8 October 2012
Great Britain: Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs invites employees to give up their rights in exchange for free shares
George Osborne wants employees to "become owners" of their company. The Chancellor of the Exchequer wants to foster a new type of industrial relations where employees give up part of their...
8 October 2012
Italy: decree on emergency measures for innovation and growth gives startups flexible recruitment options
Italy should be “a place where innovation is a structural factor of sustainable growth and higher corporate competitiveness.” This is the aim of the “Growth 2.0” decree approved by the Council of...
8 October 2012
Austria: metal employers offer a 2.8 percent wage increase along with a working time increase
“Employers are not taking us seriously. We can’t bargain like this. They offer a wage increase if we make compromises on other points. It’s like they’re giving us €100 and taking €50” Rainer...
8 October 2012
Spain: unions reject new prerogatives of the National Consultation Committee on Collective Agreements
Consultation Committee becomes decision-making body. The government has given the National Consultation Committee on Collective Agreements (CCNCC) a new role in a Royal Decree published on...
8 October 2012
Austria: trade employers want “individual” labor at the center of collective bargaining
October 24 will be the start of the renegotiation process for the collective agreements in the trade industry, which employs 570,000 people - the biggest collective negotiations in Austria...
5 October 2012
Mexico: labor law reform adds labor market flexibility crystallizes discontent
Union democratization cut from the reform. There were massive demonstrations in Mexico City and other large cities on Tuesday, October 2, answering the call by the trade unions and student...
5 October 2012
International: CIETT temporary employers’ federation responds to IndustriAll’s report putting temporary work in question
Confusion. As a response to the report published on October 2 (see our dispatch No. 120579), CIETT says that the share of temporary agency work (TAW) among the working population is much lower...
5 October 2012
Portugal: CGTP calls for general strike
The Portuguese government is suspending the reform of the social contributions system. The plan to cut employers' contributions is maintained but the government wants "extensive dialogue with the...
4 October 2012
EU: European Action Day for Industry on October 8-12 under the aegis of IndustriAll Europe
"Bring Decency Back to Work! - European industrial workers are mobilizing for a change of direction." This is the banner under which the European industry federation, IndustriAll, is organizing...
4 October 2012
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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
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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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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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
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France: Adecco steps up commitment to temporary workers with disabilities
On 9 September, temporary work agency Adecco France and representative trade unions signed a new open-ended agreement to support the recruitment and retention of temporary workers with...
18 November 2025