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Netherlands: employees are highly satisfied
This number will surely make people jealous across Europe: no less than 78% of Dutch people say they are happy with their current job, and 65% of them say they “keep an eye out” for job offers in...
22 November 2010
Italy: pharmaceutical-chemistry social partners reach national agreement on CSR guidelines
Federchimica and Farmindustria for employers and Filctem-CGIL, Femca-Cisl and Uilcem-Uil for unions (which signed the CCN in pharmaceutical-chemistry) signed, on November 18th in Milan, within the...
22 November 2010
International: auto unions adopt a resolution on collective bargaining
Soaring precariousness. Delegates from 13 countries met earlier this month to discuss the situation of auto workers. In a resolution, they point to the worsening working conditions in the sector...
22 November 2010
Germany: renowned economists and research institutes belie the theory of a striking lack of skilled workers
A censored study? Are German businesses facing a penalizing shortage in skilled workers or not? Since this summer, businesses, employers’ organizations and some economists (see our dispatch No...
19 November 2010
Austria: government facilitates access to part-time early retirement in the midst of the pension scheme debate
Alongside the Finance Act for the 2011 budget, the Austrian government has decided to make a measure taken last year easier which was supposed to make access to part-time retirement harder. While...
19 November 2010
Netherlands: Dutch people are the European champions for time spent in transportation to go to work
Traffic jams have become a national issue, and an electoral argument for the last general election. Twice a day (at 8 am and 5 pm), the country is paralyzed, notably the west, in Randstad, a...
18 November 2010
United States: interview of Lowell Turner, professor of Comparative Labor Relations at Cornell University on the French union movement
Lowell Turner. It was pretty exciting to see millions of people in the street. There is a push toward austerity budgeting across Europe and America. But, when governments try to take away...
18 November 2010
GDF Suez: interview of Bernard Parmantier, industrial relations director of the group, on the global agreement on fundamental rights, social dialogue and sustainable development
n framework agreements, one on health and safety at work and one on GPEC (Jobs and Skills Management Planning), GDF Suez is going ahead with international bargaining. The group announced, on...
17 November 2010
GDF Suez: signature of a global agreement on fundamental rights, social dialogue and sustainable development
Since GDF Suez is present in several sectors, the agreement was negotiated with one or two representatives from the ICEM, BWI and PSI and coordinated by Global Unions (an organization which makes...
17 November 2010
Great Britain: new strategy for training and apprenticeship shows the start of the State financially disengaging
The David Cameron administration presented, on November 16th, its action plan for training and apprenticeship. The strategy is entitled “Skills for Sustainable Growth.” The document starts with...
17 November 2010
Germany: the government, satisfied with the evolution of the employment of people over 55, holds the course for retirement at 67
Good news from the government. “Entering a labor world adapted to age” is how Ursula von der Leyen entitled the 2010 report on retirement insurance. It’s the first time this report gave an...
17 November 2010
Netherlands: threat of continuing strike at TNT Post
Harry Koostra, CEO of TNT Post, the former public post, mentioned on TV yesterday the possibility of renegotiating the collective agreement and finding “creative solutions” to limit the number of...
17 November 2010
International: 3rd UNI Global Union Congress shows the will to “break through” on transnational bargaining and unionization
Different funding. With the G20 summit in the background in Korea, the global union’s congress mostly worked on the global financial and economic crisis. UNI, which, alone, covers thirteen...
17 November 2010
Italy: unitary start for the developments of the platform for the renewal of the banking CCN
The key unions in the banking sector (Fabi, Fiba Cisl, Fisac CGIL, Silcea, Sinfub, UGL and Uilca) announced, on November 16th, the start of a unitary journey for the preparation of the claim...
17 November 2010
Latvia: new rules clarify requirements in terms of training to health and safety issues at work
Recent survey data show that about 89% of employees in Latvia have been informed on work safety issues, as indicated by Māra Vīksne, representative of the Labour Department at the Latvian Ministry...
16 November 2010
Sweden: to increase its size, the Unionen union launched a free membership campaign
Unionen, the first union to take this type of initiative. The objective of Unionen’s board is to get 600,000 members – i.e. an increase of about 100,000 members. That’s why the idea came, during...
16 November 2010
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EU: right and far right join forces in parliament to dismantle sustainability due diligence
On 13 November, the European Parliament approved the report by EPP MEP Jörgen Warborn on the proposed omnibus directive, clearing the way for trilogue negotiations. Backed by the far right, the...
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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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
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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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Germany: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
24 October 2025
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Germany: ‘active retirement’ law adopted to encourage seniors to remain in the workforce
On 15 October, Germany’s cabinet approved draft legislation on ‘active retirement‘, which is expected to pass swiftly through Parliament. The bill would allow people who continue...
20 October 2025
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EU: omnibus bill stalls in parliament
On 22 October, members of the European Parliament narrowly voted against a negotiating mandate that would have opened trilogue talks on the omnibus directive, which seeks to dilute the corporate...
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