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Denmark: government presents bill on pension reform
Increase the workforce by nearly 70,000 people in 2020 while “improving” government finances by nearly DKK 18bn (€2.414bn) in the same year. This is the double objective targeted by the...
2 February 2011
Great Britain: TUC develops work program to coordinate affiliates’ industrial action against the government’s policy
Last September, at its annual congress the TUC committed itself to coordinate the resistance of its affiliates’ members’ action against the government cuts (see our dispatch No. 100656). This...
2 February 2011
Spain: government, employers and unions sign “grand social pact”
Exercise of shared responsibility. Bringing this pact into the tradition of social dialogue which, since the transition to democracy, has been “one of the elements that helped permanently...
2 February 2011
Spain: government and social partners sign ace plan on the employment of young people and long-term jobseekers
The plan provides for incentives to part-time recruitment for the ailing public, like young people under 30 and long-term jobseekers who have been searching for a job for over a year. This...
1 February 2011
EU: difficult implementation of the new EWC directive in the temporary industry
The temporary industry is a very challenging sector for unions because it is inherently poorly organized. In Germany alone, only 1% of the sector’s workers belong to a trade union. Therefore...
1 February 2011
Sweden: manufacturing unions united again before fall negotiations
On January 14, 2011, the trade unions informed that they agreed on a joint bargaining agenda, since the agreement negotiated by Unionen and Sveriges Ingenjörer expires on September 30, 2011 (see...
1 February 2011
Luxembourg: legal framework for all time savings accounts soon
It is true that, in practice, this system has been existing for years, notably in banking. In addition, the law of May 13, 2008 on the single status already introduced this notion into positive...
1 February 2011
EU: European Commission publishes guide for the procurement of socially responsible contracts
In its document, the Commission reminds that public authorities are major consumers, spending some 17 % of the EU’s GDP, i.e. half the GDP of Germany. Hence the need to make them major...
Spain: agreement between the social partners to unfreeze the reform of collective bargaining
According to the document signed on the night of the 26th, the new system will help “rationalize and better articulate collective agreements” and encourage negotiations at company level. The...
31 January 2011
Great Britain: consultation on the reform of employment tribunals
Here are the government’s proposals:
31 January 2011
Italy: Fiom-CGIL mobilization on January 28th against Fiat’s maneuvers and to defend collective bargaining
“Today, hundreds of thousands of metalworkers, Fiom affiliates or not, are with us” said Maurizio Landini on Friday, January 28th in Milan, on a Piazza del Duomo swarming with people, to sum up...
30 January 2011
Spain: government presents draft bill on retirement at 67 after agreement with the social partners
Negotiations dealt with briskly. The government, which already set the deadline to January 28th for the Council of Ministers to validate the text, expressed its will to reach an agreement with...
30 January 2011
Portugal: government presents new system for layoff compensation to the social partners
Proposal. The government has polished its proposal on layoff benefits (see our dispatch No. 100896). Currently, employees subject to the mass layoff system or whose position is cancelled can...
28 January 2011
Belgium: restructuring at Bpost, the former public post
There will be no compulsory redundancies reassured Bpost when presenting its four-year restructuring program, which is going to require €200M in investment. The aim is to face the drop in mail...
27 January 2011
Netherlands: FNV union wants to tackle abusive use of youth minimum wage in supermarkets
Dutch supermarkets currently employ 260,000 people, i.e. 40,000 more than in 2009, according to the FNV. This increase is artificial, due to the massive employment of young people working part...
27 January 2011
Germany: first report on equal opportunities between men and women at work recommends radical shift in policy
Very upsetting report. “I hope your contribution will bring new answers to the questions raised by the policy of gender equality. I am expecting recommendations that can be implemented” asked...
27 January 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...
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EU: co-legislators strike agreement on Omnibus Directive
The European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached an agreement on the night of 8 December on the weakening of the directives on corporate sustainability reporting (CSRD) and corporate...
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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...