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United States: airline employees want to share the rewards of the recovery
Airways listed on the stock exchange are currently publishing hopeful third quarter reports.  American Airlines won $143 million, Delta Air Lines stored up $360 million and US Airways made a...
EU: the Commission wants to put the industry back at the center of development and European growth
The communication adopted yesterday starts with the following observation: the financial and economic crisis has brought focus back on the fundamental importance of a strong, competitive and...
Italy: employers and unions set the first milestone of the “Pact for Employment and Growth”
First decisive step to reopen social dialog with the CGIL, after a break of nearly two years, the agreement signed last night makes everyone happy.  “We’re going to ask the government for a...
France: Parliament permanently adopts pension reform
The pension reform 2010 finally went through Parliament.  Under popular pressure and after a quickened examination (only one reading instead of two in both houses) of over 200 hours, the MPs...
Germany: the drop in unemployment increase the workforce shortage and influences wage claims
Historical drop.  2.94 million jobseekers!  This figure was too good and the Minister of Employment and Social Affairs, Ursula von der Leyen couldn’t help but steal the thunder of the leader of...
Kimberly Clark: unions and management formalize transnational social dialog in a joint declaration
Social guarantees.  The declaration was issued after a meeting on August 23-24 between Kimberly-Clark and UNI/KC Union Network.  In the text, the parties commit to meet at least once a year for...
EU: the Commission’s social work program 2011
2020 Strategy. In the introduction of the work program presented on October 27th, the European Commission admits that the recovery isn’t yet secure in Europe and that the EU’s new growth strategy...
EU: European Commission places the recovery of the single market in the prospect of a social market economy
“With me, any new liberalization will always be controled” declared Michel Barnier, European Commissioner responsible for Internal Market and Services, clearly embarrassed that he couldn’t get...
EU: Court starts applying the protection of employees in the event of transfer of undertaking to a triangular employment relationship
An employee of Heineken international (HNB), posted to Heineken Nederland BV, was in charge of bringing meals to Heineken’s employees on different sites.  This activity was then sold to the Albron...
Germany: renewed until 2014, the “apprenticeship pact” was rejected by the Confederation of German Trade Unions
Recruit more apprentices among young people of immigrant descent.  Adopted in 2004 by employers and the red-green administration at the time, the “apprenticeship pact” (Ausbildungspakt) was signed...
Great Britain: government attacks the “short-termism” of corporate governance
Tackle “short-termism.”  A consultation on the review of corporate governance was launched on October 25th, which will end on January 14, 2011.  The goal is to investigate markets, notably the...
International: unions want greater employee participation in risk management in insurance firms
In their consultation, the trade unions point out that workers are absent from the proposal, even though they are recognized rights in the corporate governance in OECD guidelines.  “It is as if...
26 October 2010
Italy: precarious jobs are soaring in the banking sector
Although they’re still “limited” compared with other service industries, temporary contracts are now the main way to access banking employment.  This is what comes out of the first Italian survey...
25 October 2010
Great Britain: four candidates to the new general secretaryship of the Unite union
Single secretaryship. When Unite was formed in 2007 from the merger of the Amicus and TGWU unions, it had two joint general secretaries. The election for a single general secretary is then a key...
Germany: businesses criticize the bill on the right to cut working time to help dependent people
Demographic ageing is affecting businesses in different ways, and not only because the average age of the workforce is increasing.  Indeed, the growing number of dependent people is a problem...
Great Britain: obesity is becoming a workplace issue
More and more examples. The two drivers have been suspended, with full pay and told by their employer that they need to lose 7lbs in the next four weeks and an unspecified amount of further weight...
25 October 2010
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United Kingdom: government launches consultation on AI and data protection rules
L’info. Le gouvernement britannique a lancé, du 15 juillet au 9 septembre 2026, une consultation afin d’identifier les dispositifs juridiques, techniques et de gouvernance...
28 August 2026
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EU: social partners set out position on guidelines for the sustainability due diligence directive
The news. Following the final adoption of the omnibus directive in February, the European Commission launched a consultation in June aimed at guiding it in drafting guidelines on the application...
28 August 2026
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Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying
Under pressure from new US tariffs, many countries have presented texts in recent weeks to ban the import of products made with forced labor. A real breakthrough for workers' rights or a mere...
9 September 2026
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Germany: a “simplification” proposal for the Corporate Governance Code
In early August, the Government Commission presented proposals to reform the Deutscher Corporate Governance Kodex (DCGK), Germany’s Corporate Governance Code. The proposals are primarily aimed at...
31 August 2026
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Slovakia: a bill to “clarify” personal data protection measures
The news. The Slovak government approved a bill on personal data protection on August 26, 2026. This text aims to clarify existing regulations regarding employees’ rights and...
7 September 2026
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France: EDF served formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations
The news. On 23 September, Greenpeace France announced that it had served EDF with a formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations due to the risks of harm...
24 September 2026