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Austria: call for strike after energy negotiations failed
Two days of protest. Temperatures are going up and therefore risks of blackouts are decreasing just in time as the Pro-GE and GPA-dip unions, in charge of collective bargaining in the energy...
13 February 2012
Denmark: manufacturing social partners sign agreement renewing the collective agreement
“With this agreement, production stays in Denmark (…). We would have liked more but the key for us and our members is that manufacturing jobs in the Danish industry have a future” declared Dansk...
13 February 2012
Great Britain: Apprenticeship Week confirms the government’s strategy
Government commitment. The Apprenticeship Week launched by Business Minister Vince Cable mobilized a certain number of businesses, industrial federations, universities and training centers. Over...
13 February 2012
Spain: government adopts wide labor market reform
The reform, published in the Official Journal on Saturday, February 11, comes into force today, February 13, even if the Parliament has to sign it for it to be truly permanent. Unions called for...
12 February 2012
Romania: Electrolux employees on strike for two weeks
Conflict over the signature of a collective agreement. Since January 24, the Romanian household appliance manufacturing plant owned by the Swedish group has been paralyzed. Why? Because 850...
10 February 2012
Italy: Maschio Gaspardo Group signs agreement safeguarding jobs for the next three years
“We decided to reward our employees’ loyalty and commitment because, as our traditional slogan says, ‘Together Wins.’” This is how Egidio Maschio, CEO and co-founder of Maschio Gaspardo*...
9 February 2012
EU: first meeting of UNI-Europa’s EWC coordinator network
The coordinators’ role. UNI-Europa’s EWC coordinator network is taking shape. The idea isn’t new; for year, the federation has been willing to encourage exchanges between its representatives...
9 February 2012
Italy: Hewlett Packard Italiana signs new company agreement, 25 years after the last one
Workers unanimously approved the agreement, which will be in force between January 1, 2012 and December 31, 2014. Here are the key provisions.
9 February 2012
Romania: new government sets employment as its priority
Calm people down. Ease tensions and the social situation: that’s the mission for the new Romanian government. On Monday, February 6, Mihai Razvan Ungureanu, who used to be the leader of the...
9 February 2012
France: the bill introducing social VAT and increasing the minimum number of apprentices in businesses was adopted
Social VAT. This was one of the most controversial topics of the social summit of January 18 (see our dispatch No. 120027). The measure aims to reduce labor costs by €13.2 billion in order to...
9 February 2012
Italy: Banco Popolare introduces sabbatical to combine cost cutting and work-life balance requirements
This “agreement is particularly innovative because it combines banks’ need to save money and workers’ private demands.” This is what Fabi’s Banco Popolare coordination said to define the...
8 February 2012
Germany: for the first time, the IG-Metall plans to put agency workers on strike
“Sectoral bonuses” for agency workers in the metal industry. “We now represent agency workers on many sites (…). Thus, in the spring, there will be a few actions involving temporary workers...
8 February 2012
Spain: the social partners adjust the public system for out-of-court dispute settlement to new collective bargaining stakes
The agreement signed on February 7 aims to improve the role and intervention capability of the public mediation and arbitration system (SIMA), introduced at national level via an interconfederal...
8 February 2012
France: focus on recent court rulings on the working time of managers following the Supreme Court decree invalidating the annual working days system in the chemical sector
preme Court rendered a decree where it states that the annual working days system introduced in the chemical industry does not provide enough guarantees regarding the right to time off. Thus...
7 February 2012
EU: European social dialogue launched in the food and drink industry
This social dialogue committee was created after several recommendations by the High Level Group for the Competitiveness of the Agro Food Industry, organized by the European Commission in 2000. ...
7 February 2012
Germany: researchers warn against the limitations of work-study training
The two sides of work-study training. Work-study training, where theoretical training in a professional school is combined with practical training in a company for two to three years, is one of...
7 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
In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
31 October 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