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Ireland: new Act transposes European directive on temporary work
Equality from the 1st day. Transposing the EU temporary work directive now allows temporary workers in Ireland to enjoy equal treatment in their employment and working conditions with the...
12 June 2012
Netherlands: new agreement for the compensation of a burned out employee
These are the highest damages ever awarded for burnout ever obtained by the FNV’s Bureau of Occupational Disease (Bureau Beroepziekten, BBZ). In 2009, the Hertogenbosch court ruled that the...
12 June 2012
Italy: unitary platforms approved for the renewal of collective agreements in chemistry-pharmacy, rubber-plastic, energy-oil, and gas-electricty
Following the guidelines approved on May 22 (see our dispatch No. 120346), all the platforms call for an industrial policy “able to revive growth and employment,” environmentally sustainable...
12 June 2012
France: Areva signs agreement on quality of life at work
Philippe Vivien, Areva HR manager, said, “This agreement is the result of shared work between the trade unions, employees and management. We opened talks after a joint diagnosis, shared with...
11 June 2012
Slovenia: major reforms introduced under the Public Finance Balance Act affecting social security
The Public Finance Balance Act (PFBA) was subject to very intensive negotiations with public and also private sector trade unions that applied also additional protest measures (including strike)...
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11 June 2012
Belgium: new Act completes the transposition of the directive on temporary work
The law imposes:
11 June 2012
Slovenia: major reforms introduced under the Public Finance Balance Act affecting social security
The Public Finance Balance Act (PFBA) was subject to very intensive negotiations with public and also private sector trade unions that applied also additional protest measures (including strike)...
11 June 2012
Morocco: questioning the resumption of social dialogue 2012
Has dialogue truly resumed? Before social dialogue was really reopened, the two union federations, CDT (Democratic Confederation of Labor) and FDT (Democratic Federation of Labor) published, on...
11 June 2012
Poland: new program for youth employment
Goals. According to Eurostat figures, at the end of December 2011, youth unemployment rate in Poland amounted to 27.7 percent, a 3.4 percent increase for 2011. Polish authorities revealed that...
11 June 2012
Great Britain: possibility of more social tension in construction
The construction industry is likely to be beset by a further period of instability and conflict following the defeat of a group of leading employers to break away from one the major sectoral...
8 June 2012
Luxembourg: unions worried about temporary agencies doing placement activities
ILO convention. “This opening is envisaged when the current reality in this area is such that the activity of a temporary work agency is becoming increasingly inseparable from that of recruitment...
8 June 2012
Portugal: adoption of a program to support youth employment
The Portuguese government adopted a program to support youth employment, in the amount of EUR 344 million. It provides for a major cut to employers' social contributions for every fixed-term...
7 June 2012
Germany: 5.4 percent increase over 26 months in the banking sector
The banking social partners agreed on a 5.4 percent wage increase divided in 2 on the night of Wednesday, June 6. Signed for 26 months, this agreement affects about 230,000 employees. Showing...
7 June 2012
EU: European Trade Union Confederation tries social offensive
Gathered on June 5-6, the ETUC's executive committee adopted a resolution for a Social Compact for Europe, with which the union confederation is hoping to launch a great debate in the coming...
7 June 2012
United States: Paycheck Fairness Act rejected once again
Less than six months before the Presidential election, the new version of the Paycheck Fairness Act had no chance of being adopted by the Senate on Tuesday, June 5, but the vote brought the gender...
7 June 2012
Poland: social partners launch negotiations to review certain Labor Code provisions
During the meeting of the tripartite committee (working committee on 'labor law and collective agreements') on June 1, 2012, the social partners started reviewing the provisions of Book No. 6 of...
6 June 2012
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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...
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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