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Italy: constitutive congress of the CGIL’s chemistry, energy and textile workers’ federation, Filctem
Under the slogan “based on labor,” (which echoes article 1 of the Italian constitution, “a democratic republic based on labor”) the national constitutive congress of the Filctem, born from the...
13 April 2010
Bolivia: new Labor Code directly draws from workers and social partners’ proposals
The reform of Bolivian labor law is going to contain the requests directly presented by workers and the social partners. Indeed, to write the new Labor Code, the draft presented by the government...
13 April 2010
Denmark: LO can’t stop its ‘member hemorrhage’
Last year, LO lost 34,000 members, bringing the number of dues-paying members down to 954,653 in 2009. the member hemorrhage affecting the union since 1996 (when it accounted for 1,331,917...
13 April 2010
Spain: government tries to revive negotiations on the labor market reform
submitted a new document to the social partners to get ahead with the discussions on the draft labor market reform. It notably proposes to increase recruitment incentives for the young, new...
13 April 2010
Rhodia: creation of the “Observatory Worldwide Safety”
Role, composition and meetings. “The role of the Worldwide Safety Panel is to monitor the safety situation within the group” reads the amendment to the global agreement, signed on June 19, 2009...
12 April 2010
Great Britain: growth, employment and cutting public expenditure featured in the parties’ manifestos for the coming general election
For the first time in many years, there are no specific policy pledges on industrial relations from any of the three main parties (although the manifestos have yet to be launched). This reflects...
12 April 2010
Sweden: new agreements for metal and chemistry workers supervise appeal to temporary work
The overall provisions of these agreements are similar to those contained in the agreement for white-collar workers and executives in the industry (see our dispatch No. 100257). IF Metall obtained...
12 April 2010
Germany: 54% of businesses offer upgrading courses for apprentices with increasingly incomplete knowledge
Demographic ageing. The economy’s future needs in skilled employees, combined with demographic ageing and fewer applicants for apprenticeship, are driving German businesses to offer in-house and...
12 April 2010
Italy: Fiom-CGIL wants to use the deadly accident in an ENEL station as an “example”
Today, April 12th, the station will partially reopen. Following workers’ mobilization, the mayor of Civitavecchia ordered its shutdown for two weeks. However, one week after the accident of April...
12 April 2010
International: the Swedish and Brazilian trade unions lobby for Saab to modernize the Brazilian military aircraft
The declaration also emphasised the commitment of the Swedish governmental and non-governmental sector to support the establishment of new production clusters for defence equipment. It underlined...
9 April 2010
Austria: negotiations on flexible working time in metal failed
Complete jam. “If the concept of flexible working time simply means cutting wage increases and extending working time, we won’t sign any agreement” declared Peter Schleinbach, in charge of...
8 April 2010
Denmark: the authorities want to improve measures against social dumping
“We will not tolerate that many foreign businesses violate the Act on Mandatory Enrolment to the Register of Foreign Businesses as well as Danish labor market rules.” This is how Labor Minister...
8 April 2010
Great-Britain: the bill to transpose the new Directive on European Works Councils lays before the Parliament
Scope. In accordance with the directive, anticipation agreements (which came into force before 16th December 1999) are not submitted to the new clauses nor to the existing clauses in force, except...
8 April 2010
United States: the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) comes back to life
The employers launched the red alert. Randel Johnson, the US Chamber of Commerce’s labor relations expert launched the “red alert” for the three million businesses belonging to the Chamber...
8 April 2010
Germany: 41% of the employees are accessible by mobile phone beyond office hours without having signed an agreement with their employer
The increasing use of mobile devices by employees and not only managers more and more softens the border between working and private time. This development questions the labour law. Particularly...
8 April 2010
Great Britain: Equality bill passes through Parliament
th April, the Members of Parliament adopted the Equality bill, one year after its introduction to the House of Commons. Last step: the law will be sent to the Queen in order to request her...
7 April 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...
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
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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Germany: pensioners in work already common practice, study shows
As the German government steps up measures to encourage people to stay in work beyond the legal retirement age, a new study by the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) – an independent...
6 November 2025
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Spain: government approves creation of ‘intern status’
The Spanish government has paved the way for the creation of a new status for "persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies, institutions or public or private organisations...
7 November 2025
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France: social conference on labour and pensions to proceed without main employers’ group
The preparatory meeting ahead of the social conference on labour and pensions, which is set to decide on the pension system model and the funding thereof, was held on 4 November at France's labour...
5 November 2025
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Luxembourg: two pension reform bills submitted to parliament
After lengthy negotiations with the social partners, in mid-October the Luxembourg government submitted two bills to parliament aimed at reforming the pension system to ensure its long-term...
6 November 2025
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France: TotalEnergies steps up commitment on disability
On 9 October, French energy group TotalEnergies and all representative trade unions signed a new four-year agreement on disability inclusion. Taking effect on 1 January 2026, the deal aims to help...
13 November 2025
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Candice Guillot (Talan): “Our recruiters save just over 80 hours per year on administrative tasks thanks to AI”
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