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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
Great Britain: more deaths at work
171 deaths. The organization in charge of health at work, the Health and Safety (HSE), released, on June 28th, provisional data on deaths at work. With 171 workers killed this year, the rate of...
29 June 2011
Nordic countries: first joint report on moral harassment in Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway and Iceland
Planet
Labor, June 29, 2011, No. 110440 – www.planetlabor.com
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28 June 2011
Spain: regional collective agreements will take precedence over national collective agreements
One of the main strengths of the reform defended by the Minister of Labor is the review of the structure of collective bargaining in order to give businesses more flexibility. It is in this...
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28 June 2011
Morocco: 70% of employees who paid contributions are not getting pension
According to the CNSS, out of the 84,477 people who reached retirement age in 2010, only 25,262 had the 3,240 days required to receive pension. This figures mean that 70% of employees who pay...
27 June 2011
Netherlands: bigger increase for low wages at TNT Express
An agreement in principle was reached on April 24th between TNT Express (logistics, express delivery of documents and packages, the rival of DHL and FedEx), in preparation for the next collective...
27 June 2011
France: home stretch for the transposition of the EWC Directive
Takeover bids. The first alteration affects the provision linking trading law and the obligation to inform and consult the EWC. The first draft ordinance contained the provision applicable for...
27 June 2011
Austria: train drivers get a 2.4% increase but loose benefits in kind
Adjustment with inflation and privatization rumors. Six meetings were needed before the ÖBB’s social partners were able to reach an agreement on a 2.4% increase between July 1, 2011 and June 30...
24 June 2011
Portugal: new conservative government gets two super ministries to combat the crisis
Technical skills. The government chose two academics known for their technical skills and their experience of financial institutions and European cases.
23 June 2011
Italy: launch of the “Single Welfare Pole”
Published in Gazetta Ufficiale No. 140 of June 18, 2011, the interministerial decree issued by the Ministry of Labor and the Ministry of Economic Affairs clarifies the organizational system of the...
23 June 2011
EU: European Commission publishes table on the state of implementation of Directive 2009/38 on EWCs (recast)
The table is attached to this article, but we
suggest you regularly check the DG Employment and Social Affairs’ website, for
it contains comprehensive information on the directive and is often...
23 June 2011
Norway: new banking agreement avoids strike
Grounds for the strike notice. Considering that employers didn’t really want to negotiate, Finansforbundet issued a strike notice starting on June 7th. With about 38,000 members, the union was...
23 June 2011
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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...
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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...
20 October 2025
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: social partners in telecoms sign joint statement on AI
On 16 December, the social partners in Europe's telecommunications sector unveiled a joint statement on artificial intelligence. They propose an action plan for skills and commit to raising...
18 December 2025
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Germany: Erwin Hymer Group’s innovative and award-winning AI agreement
Fed up with negotiating separate agreements for each new artificial intelligence (AI) tool, the social partners at Erwin Hymer Group (8,900 employees) have instead secured a broad, overarching...
12 December 2025
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Italy: collective agreement for rubber and plastics sector focuses on new skills
A month ahead of schedule, the Federazione Gomma Plastica employers' organisation and the Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uiltec trade unions have renewed the collective agreement for the rubber and...
5 January 2026