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Brazil: Sao Paulo auto workers get a record 10.81% wage increase
Falling in behind the other categories of metalworkers who secured, two weeks ago, a record 9% wage increase (see our dispatch No. 100633), the 45,000 workers on the auto assembly lines in Sao...
22 September 2010
Denmark: employers and unions united against social dumping
When it started, on June 22nd, no one thought the Brønderslev embargo (12,000 inhabitants, administrative center of the Brønderslev town) would be the emblem of the first struggle against social...
21 September 2010
Great Britain: layoff threats and labour contract changes in public services
The Conservative/Liberal Democratic coalition which controls the council in Birmingham has sent redundancy notices to the council’s entire non-schools staff, numbering some 26,000 workers. The...
21 September 2010
France: employers can’t take measures to prepare for the layoff of an employee during maternity leave
Barely a few days after she got back from her maternity leave, followed by paid vacation, an employee was summoned to an interview prior to dismissal and then fired for underperformance. When she...
21 September 2010
Germany: as promised, Schaeffler introduces joint management
Victory for the IG-Metall. On February 23, 2009, the family group, heavily indebted after buying its rival, Continental, announced that it signed an agreement with the IG-Metall, entitled...
21 September 2010
Netherlands: TNT to cut “4,500” jobs maximum
TNT Post, the former public post in the Netherlands, partially privatized, announced a “maximum” of 4,500 forced redundancies on September 17th. However, the trade unions are expecting 8,000, in...
20 September 2010
Austria: metalworkers want a 2-3% increase
The schedule for 2010 collective bargaining in the Austrian metal sector is set. Unions will send their official demands to the Austrian Economic Chamber (WKO) on September 30th. Two bargaining...
20 September 2010
Great Britain: TUC Congress threatens government to strike
The annual congress of the TUC (over 6 million members) was held between September 13th and September 16th in Manchester. First interunion meeting since the Labor Party left the government, the...
20 September 2010
Italy: unitary framework agreement on the restructuring of Telecom Italia
A “good compromise” between unions’ demands and the “requirement to keep negotiations open on the future of the networks” is how the national committee of unitary trade union representation bodies...
20 September 2010
Germany: DGB union federation calls on government to stop retirement at 67
Low activity rate for seniors. The figure battle between those who follow and those who reject retirement at 67, to be enforced in 2029, is already in full swing in Germany. Barely ten days...
20 September 2010
Germany: Transnet and GDBA unions present private rail companies with an ultimatum
Negotiations are erratically complicated. Bargaining for collective agreements in the German rail sector, mostly for passenger transport, is still as complicated as ever. On the one hand, the two...
16 September 2010
Romania: pension reform passed
Retirement at 65. On September 15th, Romanian MPs finally adopted the draft pension reform. The new act provides for a gradual extension of the career to 65 by 2015 for men and by 2030 for...
16 September 2010
Belgium: government prolongs anticrisis measures with the social partners’ consent
Extension. On September 15th, the social partners agreed to the extension of three anticrisis measures adopted over a year ago. These measures affect: the extension of short-time working to...
16 September 2010
Denmark: the law on CSR reporting catalyzed the development of socially responsible practices in large businesses
“The law shows the right way, encouraging businesses to work and render accounts on their social responsibility.” This is how Minister for Economic Affairs Brian Mikkelsen presented, on September...
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15 September 2010
Italy: Tuscany and the National Institution for Insurance against Accidents at Work sign a gender-based security agreement
“Security procedures on the workplace have never taken account of the differences between men and women, and that’s what we want to do” said Daniela Scaramuccia, Tuscany’s regional health advisor...
15 September 2010
Estonia: employers present manifesto for the next four years
In its document, the federation proposes several measures to improve competitiveness, including to:
15 September 2010
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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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From 1 January 2026, Dutch collective agreements for temporary employment agencies will alter the employment conditions of temp workers. Agencies will be required to pay these workers at least the...
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