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Netherlands: government key in prompting BMW to takeover the Nedcar auto plant
The withdrawal of the Japanese carmaker, Mitsubishi, planned for the end of 2012, gave way to a rather special agreement: the 1,500 staff of the Nedcar plant will receive 100 percent of their...
10 July 2012
Germany: dual higher education is booming
20 percent increase. How to face the shortage in skilled workers? In Germany, trying to answer this question has become an obsession for HR departments. In a highly competitive environment...
10 July 2012
Denmark: 3F union and government toughen action against social dumping
In June, the construction unit of the 3F union announced the investment of DKK 10 million (€1.3 million) against social dumping, aiming to enforce Danish collective agreements in foreign...
9 July 2012
Great Britain: increase in applications for union recognition in 2011/2012
The CAC annual report noted rise in applications return the volume of applications back to where it was two years ago of 42 applications. In its 2010/11 report, the CAC attributed the unusually...
9 July 2012
Spain: miners’ protest rallies reach Madrid
Juan Carlos Alvarez Liébana. We want to denounce the deadlock the coal industry is in. this year, we’re facing an unprecedented budget cut suffocating the sector, with a 63 percent cut to...
9 July 2012
EU: ArcelorMittal unions’ mobilization led the European Commission to agree to the creation of a joint working committee in the steel industry
First steps. The project is still in its infancy and the European Parliament is wondering whether ArcelorMittal’s representatives will agree to join this working committee. Nevertheless, the...
6 July 2012
Austria: railroaders get an average 3.4 percent wage increase
29,000 employees concerned at first. It took the ÖBB’s social partners, the management and the Vida transportation union six meetings to reach the wage agreement presented on Tuesday, July 3 in...
5 July 2012
Spain: the building-materials company Holcim signs Equal Opportunity Plan with unions
The decline of the Spanish construction sector is pronounced at present. The sector has been particularly afflicted by the economic crisis and the 2008 collapse of the housing bubble. According to...
5 July 2012
Luxembourg: how can employers control negligent employees?
The Court of Appeal of Luxembourg recently issued three long-awaited rulings on employers' control over employees. One was on controls via private investigators, the other via another employee in...
5 July 2012
Italy: Thales Alenia Space Italia renews company agreement
On June 12, TASI management and Altec, along with the national coordination of the Unitary Trade Union Representation bodies (RSUs) Fim-Cisl, Fiom-CGIL, Uilm-Uil, and the national and local...
4 July 2012
Belgium: employment at the center of the recovery
Employment. On July 3, Eli di Rupo’s socialist government launched a bargaining cycle with the social partners to define the outline of his future recovery program. Employment should be at the...
4 July 2012
Deutsche Post DHL: new EWC agreement details information and consultation procedures
On May 24, the social partners at Deutsche Post DHL (DPDHL), which employs 471,000 people (40 percent in Germany, 25 percent in the rest of Europe), signed a new agreement on the information and...
4 July 2012
Luxembourg: soon, shops will be able to close at 7 pm on Saturday and holidays
No agreement. The Chamber of Deputies of Luxembourg is currently working on the bill introduced by the government to allow retail stores to close at 7 instead of 6 pm on Saturdays and holidays. ...
4 July 2012
Netherlands: work permit no longer needed for non-European temporary workers in large businesses
The transition government decided, on June 29, to add flexibility to the regulations facilitating the recruitment of non-European temporary workers in large "knowledge" firms with sales above EUR...
3 July 2012
Denmark: government and conservatives sign two agreements quickening tentative social reforms
At the end of June, the government and conservative opposition signed a fiscal reform agreement reducing taxes on labor to create 15,800 new jobs. Another agreement was signed on June 30...
3 July 2012
Slovenia: government to send the outline of its labour market reform to the social partner
The Labour Reform Document ("Izhodišča za reform trga dela") contains the following ten starting points of the future major labour market reforms:
2 July 2012
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Spain: already well on the way to pay transparency?
Spain is preparing for the implementation of its national law transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, which will take effect on 7 June 2026. The legislation marks another step forward in...
5 November 2025
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Italy: decree-law adopted to increase workplace safety
On 28 October, the Italian cabinet adopted a decree-law on health and safety at work, aimed at preventing and reducing accidents. The text addresses both the powers and actions of supervisory...
4 November 2025
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EU: Court of Justice largely upholds directive on adequate minimum wages
On 11 November, the Court of Justice of the European Union upheld most of the directive on adequate minimum wages, rejecting Denmark’s claim that it infringed on national sovereignty over wage...
12 November 2025
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Romania: parents of children with disabilities granted up to eight days of remote work per month
On 9 October, the Romanian parliament adopted a bill aiming to bolster support for parents of children with disabilities up to the age of 18. The legislation, which came into force on 12 October...
4 November 2025
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Germany: report previews draft bill to transpose EU Pay Transparency Directive
On Friday 7 November, Germany’s commission for a 'less bureaucratic implementation' of the EU Pay Transparency Directive — made up of employer and trade union representatives — submitted its...
17 November 2025
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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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