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Portugal: government implements the Labor Code amendments requested by the Troika
Bill. The center-right government run by Pedro Passos Coelho wants to quicken the procedure for reforming the Labor Code, in accordance with the commitments taken with the “troika” (International...
21 July 2011
Ireland: transposition of the EWC directive
The definition of transnational does not include Recital 16 so that an issue is only considered transnational if it affects the company as a whole or at least two undertakings in at least two...
21 July 2011
United States: bill prohibiting the NLRB from interfering in terms of production transfers, even when motivated by the aim of avoiding unions
Threat. According to the republican representatives, the NLRB, the federal organization in charge of arbitrating disputes between unions and businesses, interfering with restructurings is a...
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20 July 2011
France: “the judge will have to sort out the uncertainties of the recast EWC directive and national transpositions,” Rachid Brihi, partner at the Grumbach law firm
Rachid Brihi. Frustration from the new EWC directive is even greater because the directive does not meet the expectations of legal clarification and security which the authors of the new text had...
19 July 2011
Italy: Court of Turin confirms the validity of the separate agreements of Pomigliano d’Arco but recognizes Fiat’s antiunion behavior towards the Fiom
“What’s important is that Fiat was condemned for antiunion behavior” Maurizio Landini, Fiom leader, pointed out when commenting the verdict rendered on July 16th by labor court of Turin, by Judge...
19 July 2011
Italy: Parliament permanently approved the government’s new austerity program
The bill converting decree-law of July 6, 2011, No. 98 (see our dispatch No. 110465) will go down in history as the bill approved in record time. The new law was published in the official...
18 July 2011
Poland: social partners failed to agree on minimum wage for 2012
“Unacceptable decision” for unions. At the last plenary meeting of the tripartite committee (unions-employers-government), the trade unions vividly reacted to the government’s proposal to bring...
18 July 2011
France: permanent adoption of the dividends bonus
Scope. This dividends bonus, introduced by the bill on corrective social security funding 2011 (see our dispatch No. 110363), will be paid by businesses with 50+ employees who paid dividends...
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15 July 2011
France: overview of the new provisions on apprenticeship, monitoring internships and labor leasing
Increasing quotas of work/study trainees. The bill adopted on July 13th (see our dispatch No. 110393) provides that apprentices can now sign an apprenticeship contract with two employers at the...
15 July 2011
Deutsche Telekom: unions file complaint with the OECD against Deutsche Telekom
Facts. The complaint concerns events that took place at T-Mobile USA and Crnogorski Telekom, Montenegro. In the first, unions denounce a union campaign organized by the management as early as...
Great Britain: growing use of Section 188 in the public and voluntary sectors to legally dismiss staff in order to rehire them on poorer pay and conditions
Workers at a Scottish charity, Quarriers, are the latest example of a group of workers to experience lawfully imposed wages cuts. Their union, Unison, reported that Quarriers, which has a...
13 July 2011
EADS: new European agreement on success-sharing
Now that it has a framework for the negotiation of transnational agreements (see our dispatch No. 100677), EADS has renegotiated its success-sharing agreement, which dated back to 2009. The new...
13 July 2011
Italy: banking social partners agree on reforming the sector’s solidarity fund
“A historical victory for the entire union movement since it avoided early or compulsory retirement for 30,000 Italian workers at a time of severe economic and social crisis.” This is how the...
12 July 2011
Belgium: Constitutional Court gives the lawmaker until 2013 to harmonize the blue-collar and white-collar statuses
Notice and waiting period. In the decree issued on July 7th, the Constitutional Court ruled on the constitutional character of two issues that have been at the heart of the negotiations between...
12 July 2011
Italy: temporary social partners launch sectoral pension funds
“At European level, there has been no similar experience in the sector. Therefore, Italy can pride itself in being the first, building a system capable of protecting agency workers throughout...
11 July 2011
Romania: harsh restructurings and privatizations in the offing for State companies
Numerous cuts. The Romanian government is preparing a major wave of restructurings within State companies with financial difficulties: this summer alone, nearly 7,000 jobs should be cut in energy...
11 July 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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AI: uneven integration but a global challenge for the world of work
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France: Ministry of Labour unveils plan to accelerate the rollout of AI
On 22 September, the French Ministry of Labour presented a plan named Impulsion IA 2027 aimed at accelerating the adoption of AI by companies and employees. It contains 12 measures applicable from...
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Germany: AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt raises concerns over labour supply and workplace cohesion
The rise of Germany’s far-right AfD, which could soon gain influence over migration policy in Saxony-Anhalt and, following elections on September 20, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as well, is...
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Netherlands: towards a ban on housing cost deductions from migrant workers’ wages
The news. On September 10, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment Hans Vijlbrief (centre-left) sent a letter to the House of Representatives, stating that he intends to prohibit employers...
14 September 2026
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UE: Commission proposes measures to facilitate “fair” worker mobility across the Union
The info. On 15 September, the European Commission adopted a series of measures aimed at encouraging “fair” worker mobility within the EU. It wants to remove the administrative...
16 September 2026