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Germany: tough compromise on the wage agreement for employees of the Federal State and Towns and their businesses
3-step wage increase. Reached after a conciliation procedure, the agreement provides for a first 1.2% wage increase on January 1, 2010, followed by a 0.6% wage increase on January 1, 2011 and 0.5%...
1 March 2010
EU: European and international wood unions adopt a social and environmental action plan
Pessimists. The unions’ forecasts as to the impact of the crisis on employment in 2010 are quite pessimistic: 2 million jobs are at risk this year. Yet, the EFBWW and the BWI think that some...
1 March 2010
Italy: social partners in cement, lime and plaster unitarily renew their collective agreement
Fillea CGIL, Filca-Cisl, and Feneal Uil (unions) and the Federmaco employers’ organization signed a unitary agreement on February 18 to renew the national collective agreement in cement, lime and...
1 March 2010
Netherlands: positive start for the “I Can” campaign helping jobseekers rethink their skills
A survey carried out among 565 people by the Department for Labor and Social Affairs shows than one in four viewers on www.ikkan.nl/talentenvertaler (I can/talent translator) finds more...
1 March 2010
Denmark: pending reform of the staff representation structures in charge of safety at work to adapt them to the needs of modern businesses
“More flexible rules, adapted to modern businesses’ everyday” and to a modern labor market for representation structures in charge of health and safety at work: this is how Labor Minister Inger...
1 March 2010
Deutsche Telekom: in spite of Verdi’s support, its American counterpart, CWA, is having trouble asserting itself at T Mobile
“We split up the roles” explained Ed Sabol, permanent CWA member. “Ver.di bargains with the management, CWA organizes the ranks.” T Mobile’s stores and call centers in the US are not open to...
1 March 2010
Portugal: creation of the Portuguese Confederation of Construction and Real Estate
Defending the sector. The Confederation of Construction and Real Estate (Confederação da Construção e do Imobiliário, CCI), gathers the sector’s employer organizations and trade associations. It...
26 February 2010
Italy: National Institute for Occupational Safety and Prevention sounds the alarm on rising stress at work
Stress at work is becoming one of the main dangers to workers’ health: 43% of employees have psychosocial unrest on the workplace. This is the observation of the National Institute for...
25 February 2010
Opel/Vauxhall: six metalworking union leaders and EMF agree on claims for the group’s restructuring
February 23 by the European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF), which gathered union leaders from Austria, Belgium, Germany, the Netherlands, Spain and the UK, signed a declaration asking...
25 February 2010
Italy: unions agree to the three-year program on employment of the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro (BNL-BNP Paribas)
Maintaining benefits. The coordination also said that the elements of understanding of the 2007-09 industrial plan were included as such and that the rules and criteria defining geographical...
25 February 2010
Great Britain: government issues guide on the new fit note for sick employees who can work
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25 February 2010
EU: MEPs from the Committee on Women’s Rights still want to extend maternity leave to 20 weeks
omen’s Rights adopted, on Tuesday, February 23, with 19 votes for, 13 against and 1 abstention, the report developed by socialist MEP Edite Estrela on the draft revision of the maternity...
24 February 2010
Spain: mild support for the demonstrations against the pension reform
on February 23 by Workers’ Commissions and UGT in the country’s largest cities to protest against the draft pension reform were relatively successful. Unions say that 200,000 people...
24 February 2010
Portugal: closer monitoring of businesses appealing to short-time working
mprove control over the application of short-time working in businesses. Unions have been asking for this measure, regularly criticizing abusive appeal to “lay-off.” (Ref. 100177)...
24 February 2010
Denmark: manufacturing social partners sign an agreement for the renewal of the CCN
ental leave, new layoff pay, better monitoring of the health of night workers, new advantages for shift workers, and a new equal pay authority; these are the key novelties of the agreement for the...
24 February 2010
Netherlands: key reforms suspended because of the government’s downfall
lkenende’s center left government on February 20 is going to leave several reforms unfinished. The first is the increase of retirement age to 67, which the Party for Freedom, PVV, run by...
24 February 2010
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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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Pascale Rauline (Axa EWC): “European charter formalises ongoing and accelerated social dialogue on AI”
On 27 November, Axa and its European works council (EWC) signed a charter setting out principles governing the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) and guaranteeing social dialogue on the...
3 December 2025
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Germany: crisis-hit industries cast shadow over 2026 bargaining cycle
In 2026, collective wage agreements for nearly 10 million employees in Germany are set to expire. With upcoming negotiations in crisis-hit 'pilot' sectors such as chemicals and metalworking, the...
2 December 2025
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Bulgaria: government approves bill to encourage sector-level collective bargaining
On 26 November, the Bulgarian government approved amendments to the labour code designed to reinforce the legal framework for sector-level collective bargaining. The reform aims to stimulate...
2 December 2025
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EU: social partners in telecoms sign joint statement on AI
On 16 December, the social partners in Europe's telecommunications sector unveiled a joint statement on artificial intelligence. They propose an action plan for skills and commit to raising...
18 December 2025
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Germany: Erwin Hymer Group’s innovative and award-winning AI agreement
Fed up with negotiating separate agreements for each new artificial intelligence (AI) tool, the social partners at Erwin Hymer Group (8,900 employees) have instead secured a broad, overarching...
12 December 2025
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France: Orange submits gender equality agreement – including AI provisions – for union approval
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