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Belgium: draft banking collective agreement 2011-2012
Buying power. The political unrest Belgium is going through as well as turmoil in the euro area didn’t make bargaining easy in the banking sector. The economic and financial crisis had an impact...
4 July 2011
Finland: unions and employers allegedly reached an agreement on the principle of extending paternity and parental leave
A secret five-page document released by the Nykypäivä weekly, close to the Rally for the Republic (Kokoomus, right wing), shows that key union and employers’ organizations in the country have...
4 July 2011
Germany: computer specialists earned 3.4% more in 2010
Wage increases for German computer specialists have gone up again in 2010, with a 3.4% increase. In 2009, during the crisis, it was only 2%. “This much higher increase is the consequence of...
4 July 2011
Portugal: extraordinary tax and amending the Labor Contract on the menu for the new government
Extraordinary tax. The social-democratic center-right government run by Pedro Passos Coelho announced the introduction of an extraordinary tax on workers’ Christmas bonus. Subject to taxation...
4 July 2011
Italy: new “Pact supporting and reviving competitiveness and employment” in pharmaceutical chemistry
The objective of this pact is to answer the needs in the sector, where production started increasing again in 2010 (+6%), where employment decreased less than in previous years (-1.4%) but where...
4 July 2011
Germany: GDL train drivers’ union intensifies strike movement against private rail companies
Intimidatory measures against strikers. Since last February, the GDL corporatist union has been trying, via massive strikes, to force the Deutsche Bahn’s key private rivals to adopt three...
4 July 2011
International: the UN adopts guidelines on businesses respecting Human Rights
Guidelines. Laid down in a report presented to the Human Rights Council last year (see our dispatch No. 100370), these new international standards follow three principles, “Protect, Respect and...
Great Britain: public sector unions start mobilizing against the pension reform
The action was taken by members of the PCS civil servants union, ATL and NUT teachers’ unions and the college and university union, the UCU. In the run up to the action, the tone of the government...
1 July 2011
Fiat-Chrysler: creation of a global union network
Global union network. The primary goal of the meeting was to create a global union network. The network will mostly work via email and will meet once a year at the EWC meeting. It will be...
1 July 2011
Australia: single Act on health and safety at work for all States and territories from January 1, 2012
Will to unify standards across the country. The Australian Commonwealth Government listed occupational health and safety as a top reform. Indeed, the point was to decrease the number of deaths...
30 June 2011
Sweden: calls for wage moderation brought things to a head at the LO confederation just before the start of the fall negotiations
Konjunkturinstitutet’s report brings things to a head. On May 18th, Konjunkturinstitutet published an analysis on the evolution of pay and recommended that the coming increases do not exceed 3.1%...
30 June 2011
Sweden: the social partners create a Council on development in the industry
5 trade unions permanently signed: GS (union of workers in the graphic, forest and wood sector), IF Metall (metalworkers’ union), Livs (union of food employees), Sveriges Ingenjörer (union of...
30 June 2011
Italy: Parliament permanently approves the law on “equal access” to the boards of companies listed on the stock market and public companies
“This is a great opportunity to show that we’re not a half democracy. This is a joint, balanced and advanced text and I am honored to have proposed it and brought it forward” declared Lella...
30 June 2011
France: managers’ annual working days system is not put into question but remains in the hot seat
Managers’ lump sum system criticized at European level. In December 2010, the European Committee of Social Rights (Comité européen des Droits sociaux, CEDS), in charge of giving rulings on law...
29 June 2011
Italy: social partners sign historical agreement on union representativeness and the scope of company agreements
“This agreement puts an end to a long season of separation between us” declared Emma Marcegaglia, leader of Confindustria, when presenting the unitary interconfederal agreement signed after six...
29 June 2011
Germany: the 170,000 employees in the printing industry get the extension of the framework collective agreement
Maintaining the 35-hour workweek.
Frank Wernecke, Verdi chief negotiator,
said this agreement would not have been possible without the involvement of
employees with the warning strikes...
29 June 2011
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Germany: pensioners in work already common practice, study shows
As the German government steps up measures to encourage people to stay in work beyond the legal retirement age, a new study by the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) – an independent...
6 November 2025
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Spain: government approves creation of ‘intern status’
The Spanish government has paved the way for the creation of a new status for "persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies, institutions or public or private organisations...
7 November 2025
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France: social conference on labour and pensions to proceed without main employers’ group
The preparatory meeting ahead of the social conference on labour and pensions, which is set to decide on the pension system model and the funding thereof, was held on 4 November at France's labour...
5 November 2025
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Luxembourg: two pension reform bills submitted to parliament
After lengthy negotiations with the social partners, in mid-October the Luxembourg government submitted two bills to parliament aimed at reforming the pension system to ensure its long-term...
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France: TotalEnergies steps up commitment on disability
On 9 October, French energy group TotalEnergies and all representative trade unions signed a new four-year agreement on disability inclusion. Taking effect on 1 January 2026, the deal aims to help...
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Candice Guillot (Talan): “Our recruiters save just over 80 hours per year on administrative tasks thanks to AI”
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