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Germany: Easyjet employees will have German labor contracts as of this summer
On February 18, 2010, Ver.di called on Easyjet’s German employees to take part in a warning strike between 5:50 and 10:30 am at the airport of Berlin-Schönefeld. This movement led to 16 flights...
29 March 2010
Denmark: government and social partners united under the campaign, “Sickness and Work can go together”
Break the taboo on sickness and work. This is the objective of Labor Minister Inger Støjberg who recently launched the campaign “Sick at work – Sickness and Work can go together,” to encourage...
29 March 2010
Luxembourg: tense tripartite negotiations
Employers’ claims. Created in the 70s in the middle of the European steel crisis, these “crisis” negotiations take place within a “national coordination committee” which will render its...
29 March 2010
EU: public consultation on the review of the Statute on the European Company
On September 10, 2009, the European Commission listed 439 SEs in Europe. The Czech Republic had the highest number, 137, followed by Germany, 91, the Netherlands, 22, Great Britain, 16, France...
29 March 2010
Italy: CGIL announces 5,746,167 members, with a majority of pensioners
“We’re the biggest social power in Italy, and excluding us from negotiations and agreements goes against a majority of workers and pensions” said CGIL general secretary Gugliemo Epifani when...
29 March 2010
France: multi-industry agreement on harassment and violence at work about to be signed
A concrete framework to fight against harassment and violence at work. During their last meeting on the subject on March 26, the trade unions (CFDT, CFE-CGC, CFTC, FO and CGT) and employers’...
28 March 2010
Great Britain: minimum wage increase and action on default retirement in the 2010 budget
Default retirement. The Chancellor confirmed that the government is decided to scrap or raise the retirement age (currently 65). The final decision will be made this summer. Some employers and...
26 March 2010
Germany: to softly regulate their workforce, businesses make their reclassification companies durable and embark on temporary work
Vivento; from reclassification pole to corporate consultancy to temporary work. On March 22, Deutsche Telekom (DT) and the administration of the Land of Saarland signed a cooperation agreement for...
25 March 2010
Italy: energy and oil social partners reach a unitary agreement for the renewal of their CCN
After electricity (see our dispatch No. 100211) and rubber and plastic (see our dispatch No. 100246), the social partners in oil and energy (Filcem-CGIL, Femca-Cisl and Uilcem-Uil for unions and...
25 March 2010
Great Britain: final Parliamentary stage for the Equality Bill
Amendments. Here are the key amendments as regards labor adopted by the Lords after their third and last reading of the bill.
25 March 2010
Germany: new step towards the introduction of sectoral minimum wage in surveillance
High wage increase in eastern Germany. Verdi says this collective agreement will first benefit security officers in new Länder, who will see their wages increase of nearly 33%. With these new...
24 March 2010
Sweden: new agreement for industry and chemistry employees and executives questions usual negotiating schemes
New agreement for employees and executives. On March 20, Unionen and Sveriges Ingenjörer announced that they reached an agreement with employers in the industry, chemistry and new technologies...
24 March 2010
EU: Commission recommends adjusting the working time directive to new work organizations and workers’ expectations
The communication on the revision of the working time directive, adopted by the College of Commissioners today, March 24, launches the first phase of consultation of the European social partners...
24 March 2010
Austria: postgraduates are plenty but overqualified
Paradoxically, the study, entitled “Between a Shortage of Tertiary Graduates and Precarious Employment,” published by a research institute answering to the Austrian Federal Economic Chamber (WKO)...
24 March 2010
International: International Metalworkers’ Federation (IMF) to improve union networks in transnational businesses
Aim of the strategy. In December 2009, the IMF’s executive committee decided to improve union presence to counterweight businesses’ managements. The strategy is aimed to the “creation and...
23 March 2010
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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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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