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Italy: Labor Minister presents guidelines on work-life balance
Titled “New industrial and labor relations supporting balance policies,” Labor Minister Maurizio Sacconi submitted to the social partners, on March 1st, his draft agreement on the guidelines to...
3 March 2011
Spain: heart attacks during working hours are industrial accidents
The High Court ruled this way when two previous rulings, issued by the Social Court and the Superior Court of Justice, gave satisfaction to the company. The victim “an obese man, heavily smoker...
3 March 2011
GDF SUEZ: start of European negotiations on professional equality between men and women
The agreement on professional equality could be easier to negotiate than the creation of the negotiating body for this new European agreement, after than on working conditions and the anticipation...
2 March 2011
Italy: trade and services social partners renew the sector’s collective agreement via separate agreement
Valid between January 1, 2011 and January 31, 2013, this new separate agreement for the renewal of the CCN in Services and Distribution aims to get local collective agreements going (currently...
2 March 2011
Germany: employers say hundreds of temporary work agencies could go bankrupt
By declaring, on December 14, 2010, that the Union of Christian Trade Unions in the temporary sector was “unfit” for signing collective agreements (see our dispatch No. 100890), the Federal Labor...
1 March 2011
Alstom: European agreement on the anticipation of change
Safeguarding employment in a period of crisis or structural change. To deal with the current crisis and its foreseeable impact, the agreement contains a commitment to avoid layoffs as much as...
1 March 2011
Spain: the social partners are making progress in the debate for the collective bargaining reform
Internal flexibility. Employers and unions agree on the goal and want to secure internal flexibility as the necessary answer to guarantee the viability of businesses. The whole problem is to...
1 March 2011
Romania: now that the Labor Code reform is adopted, the government commits itself to this text
Version adopted. On Monday, Emil Boc’s center right administration, gathered for an extraordinary meeting, adopted the draft Labor Code reform after long weeks of tense (and unsuccessful)...
1 March 2011
Spain: Nissan WC election confirms unions that supported competitiveness pacts negotiated with the management
In Barcelona, employees validated the pay and productivity pact. Employees clearly supported Sigen-USOC (workers’ union of Catalonia) and UGT, the two unions which supported a cost-cutting pact...
28 February 2011
Italy: Senate permanently approves 8th decree-law “thousand prorogations”
Appeal against unfair dismissal. The litigation reform limits the deadline to appeal against unfair layoffs to 60 days after receiving the layoff notice (see our dispatch No. 100846). For...
28 February 2011
Romania: ArcelorMittal employees to strike soon
Failed negotiations. The leaders of four unions of the plant of the steel giant ArcelorMittal in Galati, south-east Romania, announced the beginning of a general strike on March 10th. On...
28 February 2011
EU: report on the implementation of the European social partners’ agreement on stress
Signed by BusinessEurope, the UEAPME, the CEEP and the ETUC, the 2004 agreement aims to increase the recognition of work-related stress. It notably obliges employers to identify stress factors...
28 February 2011
Sweden: Medlingsinstitutet publishes 2010 report and links Sweden’s competitiveness and “realistic” pay bargaining
2010 was particularly intense since nearly 550 collective agreements were negotiated for about 3.3 million workers. Besides, since most of these agreements expire on March 31, 2010, negotiations...
25 February 2011
Great Britain: no quotas for women on boards
Context. Nearly 50% of FTSE 250 businesses have no women on their boards. In 2010, women accounted for only 12.5% of board members in FTSE 100 directors. This is up from 2004 (9.4%) but, at the...
25 February 2011
Germany: unions launch national action day in 1,000 businesses for equal treatment between permanent and temporary employees
National action day for equal pay. True to their new strategy of involving employees more actively in the protection of their interest, and as a clear message to employers, German unions decided...
24 February 2011
Greece: protest is not getting weaker
Demonstrators massively answered unions’ call on Wednesday, marching in close ranks in the streets of Athens. Police say 30,000 came which organizers say between 60,000 and 100,000 came. For the...
24 February 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...
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
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: Parliament formally adopts omnibus, diluting due diligence rules
On 16 December, the European Parliament formally approved the omnibus package amending the EU corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives. Their application has been pushed...