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Denmark: construction, packaging and textile industries renew collective agreements
An agreement dividing the social partners was signed on March 1 to renew the collective agreements in the construction sector, so much so that they called separate press conferences to reveal the...
5 March 2012
Romania: temporary work is soaring
Starting out sector. Indeed, in 2009, Romania was the European country where temporary work had the lowest rate – only 12,000 people. Temporary contracts were even quite rare since barely 1...
5 March 2012
Finland: social partners to resume work on pensions since the 2005 did not have the expected impact
New measures needed because of the rise in life expectancy and the important level of early retirement. In 2005, the social partners and the government agreed to bring retirement age up to 63 and...
5 March 2012
EU: European social partners present their work program 2012-2014
In 2012-2014, the European social partners commit to take the following actions:
- HR
- News
5 March 2012
Germany: record bonuses continue in the auto industry
VW’s bonus should be over €10,000. In early 2012, Daimler kicked off the round of exceptional bonuses, announcing that its 125,000 employees would receive €4,100 in profit-sharing for 2011. ...
2 March 2012
France: social VAT and several measures simplifying labor law were adopted
Social VAT and apprenticeship bonus/penalty. The amended Finance Act improves the dual training bonus/penalty system and introduces social VAT. This measures aims to reduce wage costs on lower...
1 March 2012
Romania: employment market situation is getting worse
Increased fragility. According to the study on mobility, carried out among a sample of 4,500 people, 10 percent of employees lost their job in 2011, a proportion slightly higher than for the...
1 March 2012
Germany: IZA institute says the removal of systems facilitating early retirement at 55 greatly helped increase seniors’ employment rate
r first report on “A Labor World Adapted to Age,” Ursula von der Leyen, German Employment Minister, said that Germany made “remarkable progress” in terms of seniors’...
1 March 2012
Denmark: two new collective agreements in the catering and private cleaning industries
Hotel/catering. On February 25, 3 F Privat Service, Hôtel og Restauration for unions and Horesta Arbejdsgiver for employers signed an agreement renewing the sectoral collective agreement covering...
29 February 2012
Great Britain: Unite wants to take strike action among tanker drivers to obtain the establishment of an industry-wide collective bargaining forum
The ballots will cover around 90% of all the drivers supplying fuel to petrol stations and, if the strike actions goes ahead, affect the petrol pumps of the main retailers like Sainsburys, Tesco...
29 February 2012
Colombia: public tender offers primarily awarded to businesses employing disabled workers
Positive action for employers. Now, private sector companies seeking to sign a public contract will be subject to the resolution adopted on February 27 by the Ministry of Labor, giving precedence...
29 February 2012
Ireland: new bill improves statutory framework for whistleblowers
Breach. This system will protect employees from retaliation when they reveal public interest information about a criminal breach about being or about to be committed, an infringement or risk of...
29 February 2012
Italy: Council of Ministers approves the decree transposing the European directive on temporary work
A ‘new face’ for Italian temporary work agencies – this is how the Council of Ministers qualified the impact the decree on temporary work transposing the 2008 Community Directive (see our dispatch...
28 February 2012
Great Britain: the organizers of the 2012 Olympics twice as watchful on the working conditions of Chinese employees involved in the production of merchandizing
Workers exploited. The Trades Union Congress and the Labor Behind the Label Federation (which protects textile workers) published a crushing report on the way workers are treated in two Chinese...
Denmark: new trade collective agreement
Both parties are satisfied with the agreement signed on the night of February 23 by Dansk Erhverv Arbejdsgiver and HK/Handel, renewing the trade collective agreement. the union notably points out...
28 February 2012
FCC Construcción: the Spanish group commits to promote employees’ rights on all its sites worldwide
The document was signed, on February 21, by Francisco Martin Monteagudo, FCC HR Manager, and Ambet Yuson, general secretary of the BWI, the international federation of construction, construction...
28 February 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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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...