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Austria: Women’s Ministry launches program to promote women in businesses
Small-steps policy in a labor world where women are underrepresented. Like most European countries, Austria is no exception to the growing debates and claims about women’s role in businesses. In...
21 June 2012
Italy: unions and government still divided over the issue of “left-out” workers
Government and unions have been fighting over the number of “left-out” workers for months. Besides, last week, the National Social Welfare Institution (INPS) released figures saying that 390,000...
21 June 2012
Luxembourg: OGBL adopts action plan for September
Minimum wage. During this meeting, OGBL leader Jean-Claude Reding denounced what he considers a bank debt crises rather than a State debt crisis. The union sounded the alarm about the impact...
21 June 2012
Germany: temporary workers to receive “recruitment bonuses” in the chemical industry in November 2012
Gap closing between permanent and temporary pay. Four weeks after the agreement signed by the IG-Metall (see our dispatch No. 120331), the IG BCE chemistry union signed, with the Federal Union...
20 June 2012
Spain: all supermarket employees get the right to five free weekends
Supermarket employees will be entitled to at least five weekends off a year, regardless of the fact that their workload is divided over 4, 5 or 6 days a week. The National Court gave satisfaction...
20 June 2012
Netherlands: Ton Heerts, new FNV general secretary
The FNV is changing its name and its leader but is still close to the Labor Party (PVDA), as we can see with the appointment of Ton Heerts, former head of the Labor Parliament Group (2006-10), to...
20 June 2012
Great Britain: 20,000 london bus drivers on strike on 22 June to secure an Olympic Games bonus
Employees voted for strike action across the 21 bus operators by an average of 94% on an average 38% turnout after their employers refused to agree to a bonus for the extra workload caused by the...
19 June 2012
Deutsche Bahn: new EWC agreement with special system to add Britain’s Arriva
On March 21, the Deutsche Bahn's social partners signed an agreement on the procedures for informing and consulting the group's employees. The text defines the modalities for the restructuring and...
19 June 2012
Italy: two measures boosting youth employment in the government’s growth revival plan
On June 15, the Council of Ministers approved the proposal by the Minister of Economic Development on new “emergency structural measures” – the second part of the government’s “Agenda for...
19 June 2012
United States: German Verdi representative takes part in first negotiations between T-Mobile and the CWA
Talks at a standstill. Negotiations for a collective agreement started just after the CWA entered the unit. However, “it is clear that T-Mobile is stalling so as not to reach a contract” said...
19 June 2012
Denmark: the higher the education level, the more men take paternity leaves
“Unquestionably, the ability of receiving full pay during the leave has been decisive in fathers taking their leave” Solveig Ørteby, Vice-President of the Finansforbundet union, told the...
19 June 2012
Great Britain: mandatory pay audits for employers guilty of discrimination
Mandatory… barring exceptions. Equalities Minister Lynne Featherstone
announced it in Parliament on June 14, parallel to the government’s response to
the consultation on labor law launched last...
18 June 2012
United States: UAW research director joins Chrysler board
When Ford and General Motors announced that they wanted to review the payment of pensions to their former employees (see our dispatch No. 120391), the United Auto Workers (UAW) decided to appoint...
18 June 2012
Lithuania: government and unions fight over the plan to amend the Labor Code
Reform boosting competitiveness and job creation while complying with the European Commission’s recommendations. On June 6, the government recognized that negotiations on the draft Labor Code...
18 June 2012
Germany: Opel employees temporarily give up wage increase in return for employment guarantee until 2016
Bochum will close after 2016. In a highly anticipated joint statement, Opel’s management and WC and the IG-Metall announced, on Wednesday night, the outline of a restructuring program for the...
15 June 2012
Italy: Fim-Cisl and Uilm-Uil sign joint platform for the renewal of the metal collective agreement
“This platform wants to question the government’s austerity policy, claiming that wages can increase without productivity suffering as a result” explained Uilm leader Rocco Palombella. Meanwhile...
14 June 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...
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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...
15 October 2025
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EU: Parliament formally adopts omnibus, diluting due diligence rules
On 16 December, the European Parliament formally approved the omnibus package amending the EU corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives. Their application has been pushed...
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United Kingdom: government urged to legislate against forced labour
After consulting victims, businesses and NGOs, the Independent Anti-Slavery Commissioner (IASC) has published a report showing that the UK is lagging behind in the fight against forced labour. The...