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Great Britain: the conflict with the seven subcontracting construction firms who left the joint industry board is fading down
The conflict is the result of the attempt by a group of seven large electrical contracting employers to simultaneously cut wage rates by up to 30% and establish a new bargaining forum. The attempt...
20 February 2012
EU: changes introduced by the draft regulation on the protection of private data in labor relations
Commission adopted a draft regulation on the protection of data which deeply reviews existing rules. Ariane Mole, Partner at the Bird & Bird law firm, has agreed to tell Planet Labor about the...
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20 February 2012
Henkel: the German group banks on a work culture focused on performance, not the time spent in the office
An old tradition. The group, which employs nearly 48,000 people in 125 countries, has been committed to families since… 1940! In the middle of the war, the company created its first corporate...
17 February 2012
Italy: intensifying movement against the new national banking collective agreement
Dissent over the agreement renewing the banking collective agreement signed on January 19 (see our dispatch No. 120046) is reaching “unprecedented levels” among signing unions and non-union...
17 February 2012
EU: European Commission adopts White Paper on pensions
Possible reforms. The European Commission still believes it is urgent, in spite of the reforms that have already come into force, to adapt pension schemes to demographic ageing and to its impact...
16 February 2012
Germany: after one year waiting, the government coalition agrees on the draft law on the protection of employees’ private data
The agreement signed last week by the experts of the government coalition parties on the bill for the protection of employees’ private data is shortly going to put an end to a particularly long...
16 February 2012
United States: Apple still under pressure because of working conditions at its Chinese suppliers
Even though Apple’s last report on Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) among its suppliers, which includes a very thorough list of the said companies, was of unprecedented clarity for the...
Italy: Confindustria employers’ organization kicks off the procedure for the election of its future President
On Monday, February 13, the Committee of the “Three Wise Men” (Luigi Attanasio, Antonio Bulgheroni and Catervo Cangiotti) officially launched the procedure for the succession of Emma Marcegaglia...
15 February 2012
Germany: 2.7 percent wage increase for Vattenfall’s 15,000 employees
Initially, the wage committee of the three unions (IG BCE, IG-Metall and Verdi) was asking for a 6 percent wage increase, the extension of the job security agreement until 2018, and a new...
15 February 2012
Denmark: agreement renewing the banking collective agreement
“These discussions were unusually long and complicated (…). The economic situation in the sector and in society brought up pressure like I’ve never seen in all my years of conventional...
15 February 2012
Spain: reactions to the decree-law reforming the labor market
Growing union mobilization. Unions immediately openly rejected the labor reform the government adopted on February 10 (see our dispatch No. 120100) and called for protest demonstrations across...
15 February 2012
Germany: demographic ageing at the heart of the coming collective negotiations in the chemical industry
6 percent wage increase. IG BCE leader Michael Vassiliadis says that the high wage increase called for by his union is completely justified because of the flourishing economic situation in the...
14 February 2012
Italy: historical verdict at Eternit’s super asbestos trial
For the first time, a multinational’s management is sentenced for an environmental disaster caused by its foreign subsidiaries. The Court of Turin tried the former CEO of Eternit, Stephan...
14 February 2012
Austria: energy sector avoids a strike and negotiates an increase up to 4.2 percent
The 21,000 employees in the energy sector won’t have to take their banners out to defned their wage increase. While, on Monday, February 13, the preparations for two days of protest were in full...
14 February 2012
Spain: new savings bank collective agreement sets framework for the expected restructurings in the sector
ACARL, the employers’ association of savings banks, and the sector’s majority unions (Comfia-CCOO, FeS-UGT, the Confederation of Independent Savings Bank Unions – CSICA, the Confederation of...
14 February 2012
Greece: pay-related measures of the new austerity program
First, special measures on the definition of wages will prompt the payment of financial aid.
13 February 2012
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
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United Kingdom: government launches consultation on AI and data protection rules
L’info. Le gouvernement britannique a lancé, du 15 juillet au 9 septembre 2026, une consultation afin d’identifier les dispositifs juridiques, techniques et de gouvernance...
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28 August 2026
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EU: social partners set out position on guidelines for the sustainability due diligence directive
The news. Following the final adoption of the omnibus directive in February, the European Commission launched a consultation in June aimed at guiding it in drafting guidelines on the application...
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28 August 2026
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Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying
Under pressure from new US tariffs, many countries have presented texts in recent weeks to ban the import of products made with forced labor. A real breakthrough for workers' rights or a mere...
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Germany: a “simplification” proposal for the Corporate Governance Code
In early August, the Government Commission presented proposals to reform the Deutscher Corporate Governance Kodex (DCGK), Germany’s Corporate Governance Code. The proposals are primarily aimed at...
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France: EDF served formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations
The news. On 23 September, Greenpeace France announced that it had served EDF with a formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations due to the risks of harm...
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24 September 2026
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Slovakia: a bill to “clarify” personal data protection measures
The news. The Slovak government approved a bill on personal data protection on August 26, 2026. This text aims to clarify existing regulations regarding employees’ rights and...
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7 September 2026