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Germany: no minimum wage or quotas for women on boards by 2013
At a summit meeting in Berlin on June 4 where the coalition government's three party leaders met (CDU, CSU, FDP), the liberal party (FDP) reaffirmed its opposition to the introduction of minimum...
5 June 2012
GDF SUEZ: new European agreement on professional equality between women and men
GDF SUEZ and the EPSU (public service) and IndustriALL European trade union (which is signing its first transnational agreement here) signed, on June 5, a European agreement on professional...
4 June 2012
Norway: new transportation agreement focuses on developing skills
On May 20, Yrkestrafikkforbund (YS - transport workers' union), Transportarbeiderforbund (Norwegian Transport Workers' Union) and the NHO transport employers' organization finally reached an...
4 June 2012
Germany: introduction of minimum wage stopped in retail trade
The plan to introduce minimum wage in retail trade has failed, for now. For over three years, the sector's social partners have been negotiating an agreement introducing minimum wage. However, a...
4 June 2012
Italy: fewer criteria to access tax-free variable pay from “proximity collective agreements”
The decree renewing the "experimental" measure introduced by the previous Berlusconi administration to promote local collective agreements with a 10 percent tax cut to "productivity pay" in the...
4 June 2012
Sweden: bargaining over in telecom industry
The Almega employers' organization recently ended negotiations in the telecom industry after signing an agreement with Unionen (private sector union). After signing an agreement with SEKO...
4 June 2012
Italy: new company agreement at Volkswagen Group Italia implements international agreement on employee participation
The subsidiary of Volkswagen Group Italia (VGI) in charge of selling vehicles and spare parts for the German carmaker signed an innovative agreement with the trade unions on the basis of the...
4 June 2012
United States: charters on the use of social networks cannot reduce workers’ rights
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB), the US Federal Agency in charge of punishing unfair labor practices, recently reviewed the criteria on the lawfulness of employers' social media policies...
4 June 2012
Denmark: traditional unions keep going historically down
In spite of a slight decrease in the number of workers because of the crisis, the unionization rate has gone from 66.9 up to 67.3 percent, with 8,000 new members between 2011 and 2012, due to the...
3 June 2012
Areva: golden rules for the implementation of the European agreement on competences forecast
During a meeting organized on May 29-30 within the framework of the development of the European agreement on competences forecast signed in 2011, 50 representatives from personnel, management and...
3 June 2012
Norway: new agreement in logistics and freight provides for new night work organization
The agreement signed on May 13 has removed the strike threat in cargo and freight transport, particularly in the Schenker Norway, Tollpost Glob and DHL international firms. In the end, the...
1 June 2012
Germany: 4.3 percent wage increase at Volkswagen
It comes as no surprise that Volkswagen’s social partners aligned themselves – with a few differences – with the agreement signed in the metal industry on May 19 (see our dispatch No. 120326). ...
31 May 2012
Spain: call for indefinite strike in coal industry
The miners’ movement is growing. Mobilization in the mining industry started a few weeks ago with punctual days of strike. As interlocutors failed to respond, unions decided to increase the...
31 May 2012
Germany: government adopts action plan to speed up the construction of nurseries and increase women’s activity rate
Families Minister says this objective is realistic. In Germany, the well-known lack in childcare places, especially true in the former Länder, is considered as one of the major obstacles to...
30 May 2012
EU: Commission fosters search for balance in the reforms of the European labor market
Pensions. To stabilize budgets, the European Commission recommends safeguarding investment into research and innovation, education and energy and making social protection schemes more “viable and...
30 May 2012
Germany: nearly one in two employees gets holiday bonus
A recent survey by the WSI Institute of Economic and Social Research of the Hans-Böckler Foundation found that 46 percent of German employees get a holiday bonus (Urlaubsgeld). This bonus...
30 May 2012
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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