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Italy: to reach the young, the CGIL is using the “social guerrilla”
The CGIL is innovating while preparing for the national demonstration in Rome on November 27th and trying to revitalize the confederation’s image, with initiatives that are more on the same wave...
16 November 2010
Netherlands: strike at TNT Post to reduce the number of job cuts
A first in the Netherlands: the main opposition party, lead by Labor Party member Job Cohen, declared, on Monday, November 15th, support to the strike organized by TNT Post’s three unions. Post...
16 November 2010
Czech Republic: adoption of amendments to labour and social security laws
Written formalisation of the “agreement to perform work.” First, the law introduces an obligatory written form for agreements to perform work (dohoda o provedení práce). This form of employment...
16 November 2010
Ireland: unions take to the street at the end of the month to reject the government’s austerity policy
The ICTU thinks Ireland doesn’t need the EU’s help. “We still have up to 20 million until July 2011 and 25 million in sovereign wealth fund” explained an ICTU economist. On this at least, unions...
16 November 2010
Great Britain: first attempt at coordinated strike action isn’t a big hit
The three disputes constituting the first attempt at coordinated action are a) the pensions dispute at the BBC, b) the dispute over revising shift systems in the London fire brigade, and c) the...
15 November 2010
Germany: new health reform causes the wrath of employers and trade unions
Towards the introduction of fixed contributions borne by the insured party only. Passed after months of controversy, the “Act on Public Health Insurance Funding” (Gesetz zur Finanzierung der...
15 November 2010
Italy: introduction of the draft reform turning the Statute of Workers into the Statute of Works
A “reform destined to impact up to the material constitution of the country.” This is how Minister of Labor Maurizio Sacconi presented, in his letter to the social partners, on Thursday, November...
15 November 2010
Germany:Verdi union claims for a 6% wage increase in insurance
Protect employees’ health better. Gathered on November 10th in cologne, Verdi’s collective contract commission (Tarifkommission) laid down its requirements for the coming negotiations in...
15 November 2010
Netherlands: introduction of the flexible work week with a prize thrown in
With this award, Hutten Catering is going to have free advice on human resources next year. At Hutten Catering, flexitime isn’t simply for the 80 office clerks but also for cooks, delivery men...
15 November 2010
Sweden: new policy to welcome immigrants and quicken their integration on the labor market
This policy has two key objectives: rationalize the responsibilities of the different roleplayers, such as the State, the Employment Agency (Arbetsförmedlingen), the Immigration Office...
12 November 2010
Germany: the trend of early wage increases is growing
Bonus for employees worldwide. When presenting the annual report this week, Siemens CEO Peter Löscher announced that the company’s profit would increase by 63% for the past year (September...
12 November 2010
Denmark: businesses increasingly use an email policy
Key vehicle blurring the line between private and professional life, with 20% of employees that can’t help write or read work emails at home and 22% that “always or often” check their email on...
11 November 2010
Germany: one in seven firms excessively uses its employees’ data
Offenses that are quite widespread. In the introduction, the WSI reminds that, in recent years, Germany was disturbed by a series of spying scandals (Deutsche Telekom, Lidl), data monitoring...
10 November 2010
Areva: EWC calls for quick recapitalization
Worries. At a press conference organized on Tuesday, November 9th, the representatives of Areva’s WC said they were worried about the delay in recapitalizing the French nuclear group. “We might...
10 November 2010
France: the act reforming pensions was published in the Official Journal, without the measures reforming occupational medicine
Increased statutory retirement age. Referred to by about 60 MPs and as many senators objecting to the constitutional validity of the two age measures in the law (see our dispatch No. 100768), the...
10 November 2010
Italy: the Fiom-CGIL’s action plan for the coming months
Extraordinary unionization campaign. In the heavy document adopted on November 8th, the national secretariat is responsible for organizing, among other initiatives:
10 November 2010
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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...
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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
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
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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Germany: legal battle at Tesla ahead of works council election
The Frankfurt/Oder labour court has postponed a mid-November hearing in the case between the IG Metall union and Michaela Schmitz, employee representative and head of the works council at the...
28 October 2025