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United States: legal proceedings in the high tech industry because of illegal agreements on recruitment practices
Apple, Google, Pixar, Intuit, Intel, Adobe and LucasFilm are under the threat of a class action lawsuit initiated by a former LucasFilm employee, who is accusing them of having conspired to...
8 June 2011
Denmark: new regulations to prevent violence at work
Replacing a text dating back to 1997, this new guide describes prevention of the risk of violence as continuous, systematic and mandatory work for the employer within his obligations to ensure...
8 June 2011
Greece: three government proposals to make the labor market more flexible
Austerity and privatizations. For the time being, the Eurogroup and the IMF gave the country a breath of fresh air, accepting to release the next bracket of the subsidy program (€12bn) in early...
8 June 2011
Germany: Airbus employees are preparing strikes to limit appeal to agency workers and secure employment guarantee until 2020
Insufficient proposals and a “yellow card” for Thomas Enders; this is the message the IG-Metall, airbus Operations GmbH’s WC and German employees will send tomorrow, June 8th, to airbus management...
7 June 2011
Great Britain: government threatens to regulate the right to strike if industrial action increases
Cable said: ‘We are undoubtedly entering a difficult period [of austerity and public spending cuts]. Cool heads will be required all round. Despite occasional blips, I know that strike levels...
7 June 2011
Germany: 2nd largest IG-Metall regional federation wants to impose mandatory permanent recruitment of apprentices
Define the nature of industrial employment. The region’s employers weren’t happy with the IG-Metall NRW’s announcement. Indeed, Oliver Burkhard, tenacious leader of a regional union federation...
6 June 2011
Italy: giving in to union pressure, Fincantieri withdraws restructuring plan
With intense mobilization showing unusual unity in Italy, unions asked for the removal of the 2011-2014 industrial plan Fincantieri revealed on May 23rd. This plan provided for 2,551 job cuts –...
6 June 2011
Spain: employers and unions break off talks on the reform of collective bargaining
Turnaround in the home run. Employers and union representatives spoke at separate press conferences and blamed each other for the failure of talks. Negotiations went off on Monday, May 30th...
6 June 2011
Poland: the social partners are working on a model of policies against moral harassment at work for businesses
The existing law (article 94.1 of the Labor Code) imposes that employers prevent moral harassment at work. However, legislation on the matter, quite recent, doesn’t give businesses the references...
6 June 2011
Germany: court cancels all agreements negotiated by the Union of Christian Unions in the temporary industry (CGZP)
A union definitely out of the game. The ruling issued last Monday by the Employment Tribunal of Berlin includes the arguments of the ruling issued last December by the BAG (see our dispatch No. ...
1 June 2011
Italy: 19th annual Istat report reveals Italy’s “weaknesses”
The “Italian system” seems “more vulnerable” than in the past because, to face the biggest crisis in 60 years, the Italian economy and society” have greatly eaten into their reserves.” However...
1 June 2011
Great Britain: Unite union launches survey on stress and mental troubles at work
70 million days lost. Workers' mental health is coming under increasing pressure as fears over jobs and cuts take their toll in the workplace, says Unite, the country's biggest union. Thus...
31 May 2011
Spain: U-turn in CEOE employers’ organization jeopardizes agreement on collective bargaining reform
The general secretaries of Workers’ Commissions (CCOO) and UGT, respectively Ignacio Fernandez Toxo and Candido Mendez, formally received, on May 30th, the text brought to the table by the CEOE’s...
31 May 2011
Alstom: management and unions disagree on the assessment of the company’s economic situation
Management troubles. Since the announcement, on March 22nd, of another restructuring program in the transport unit (see our dispatch No. 110196), debates have resumed within Alstom’s EWC about...
31 May 2011
France: start of the consultation of the social partners on the draft ordinance transposing the EWC directive
Definitions. The draft ordinance, currently being subject to bilateral consultations before going to the equal committees for their opinion (the National Committee for Collective Bargaining...
31 May 2011
Italy: Eni signs two key agreements for its restructuring in Italy
The decline in global demand for oil products and competition from Asian countries have driven Eni Group to take action in order to “ensure the competitiveness of the system” and increase...
30 May 2011
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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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14 October 2025
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France: Decathlon introduces a ‘duty to respect others’ right to disconnect’
A right-to-disconnect agreement was signed in late September for the French arm of the Decathlon sports retail group. It sets out a "duty to respect others’ right to disconnect" and provides...
14 November 2025
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Romania: collective agreement extended to entire insurance sector
On 3 November, Romania’s National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue approved the extension of the collective labour agreement signed on 23 May by the Confederation of Employers in the...
10 November 2025
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Italy: new collective agreement for managers in tertiary sector
On 5 November, the ManagerItalia union and the employers’ association Confcommercio renewed the collective agreement for managers in Italy’s tertiary, distribution and services...
12 November 2025
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France: Adecco steps up commitment to temporary workers with disabilities
On 9 September, temporary work agency Adecco France and representative trade unions signed a new open-ended agreement to support the recruitment and retention of temporary workers with...
18 November 2025