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Spain: the government will present its own labor market reform since the social partners couldn’t reach an agreement
Failing a last-minute surprise, it seems that employers and unions couldn’t reach an agreement. In the absence of an agreement, the government warned that it would take the initiative and present...
31 May 2010
Italy: Istat annual report found that young people are the big losers of the crisis
Here are the key points of the 18th annual Istat report presented in Rome on Wednesday, May 26th, entitled “Overcome the crisis and invest into the future.”
31 May 2010
Lithuania: customers assess supermarket service, working conditions worsen
The dark legend of retailing in Lithuania. Information provided by SAMPRO and the food workers’ union portray bad industrial relations in the sector. Work days are endless (four 12-hour days...
31 May 2010
Carrefour: the brand new international union alliance calls for a joint assessment of the framework agreement
Tense relations. On May 20 and 21, the international alliance of union networks, UNI Carrefour, created in October 2009, met for the first time in Nyon, on the border between France and...
31 May 2010
EU: steel social partners adopt a joint position on the EU’s climate change policy
Objectives. “The EU must insist on comparable and binding targets for all developed countries. For globally traded carbonintensive goods, the EU must insist on equal treatment in both developed...
31 May 2010
Great Britain: government sets out welfare reform
Make return to work more profitable. The Secretary of State for Work and Pensions vividly criticized the social welfare system established by the Labor government. “For too many people, work...
28 May 2010
Portugal: removal of extraordinary measures for employment and qualification to cut spending
Extraordinary measures. The Portuguese government decided to cancel eight of the twenty measures determined in 2010 to support employment. As in 2008 and 2009, these measures were exceptional...
28 May 2010
Germany: Ver.di signs a learning agreement with First Mail, low-cost mail delivery subsidiary of Deutsche Post
From 15 to 1,000 apprentices in three years. “First Mail announcing that it wants to bring the number of apprentices from 15 to 1,000 in a year concerns us” explained Maik Brandenburger, spokesman...
27 May 2010
Italy: 24bn euros economic “maneuver” approved by the Council of Ministers and causes protests
“The crisis is forcing all countries to reduce the public debt, so our measures aim to bring the ratio between deficit and GDP from 5% currently down to 2.7% in 2012” declared Silvio Berlusconi...
27 May 2010
Corporate practices: ISS’ diversity policy in Denmark
Focused on giving value to diversity among its employees, from women to immigrants, to seniors and disabled people, not to mention training for long-term jobseekers, as well as traumatized...
27 May 2010
Great Britain: CWU union threatens BT with a strike because of disagreements on the wage increase
High profit. The staff representatives of the BT telecom firm voted an emergency motion during the annual conference of the CWU. BT’s annual results, published on May 13th, take stock of ₤1bn...
27 May 2010
Great Britain: statutory union recognition is about to blow its tenth candle
Despite the arrival of a new Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition, it seems certain there is no immediate threat to the continued existence of a key plank of the previous Labour government’s...
26 May 2010
EU: European Commission launches the second stage of consultation on the protection of workers exposed to electromagnetic fields
In the document published last week, the European Commission explains that, after the first consultation stage (see our dispatch No. 090796), a majority of the people consulted were in favor of a...
26 May 2010
Italy: ongoing reorganization at Poste Italiane for the mail unit, the group’s “poor relation”
Redeployment towards other units of the group. To tell the truth, unions started being on war footing in march when a rumor of 10,000 possible job cuts was spreading, because of the drop in mail...
26 May 2010
Russia: corporate social responsibility in times of a crisis
Russian-style CSR. The 2004 “Social Charter” defines CSR via effective business and management, the creation of decent job, compliance with fiscal and social laws, without excluding investments...
Romania: pilot project to help disabled people fit in the labor market
Little professional integration for disabled people. Within the framework of the strategic plan for social protection and integration 2008-2010, the “Equal Opportunities on the Labor Market...
26 May 2010
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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...
15 October 2025
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France: sectors feel economic slowdown to differing degrees
The latest data on France’s occupational sectors (branches professionnelles), covering the year 2023, show how employment trends are shaping workplace dynamics. After a more favourable period for...
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Germany: apprenticeship openings fall sharply in manufacturing and chemicals
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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