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Germany: more and more companies take on a foreign legal form
Businesses avoiding co-management regulations. Sebastian Sick, specialized in economic law at the Hans-Böckler Foundation and author of the study, says that, up to the spring 2006, there were, in...
15 April 2010
Romania: new website promoting continuous education
Insufficient continuous learning. 1.3% of Romanian employees aged 25-64 have already enjoyed continuous education. To bring this number up and come closer to the European average (around 11%), the...
15 April 2010
Belgium: no alcohol or drugs in businesses
13% of workers under the influence of alcohol. So far, the only legal system to fight against drug and alcohol consumption at work dated from before world war two. It was article 99 of the general...
15 April 2010
Thales: interview with Bart Samyn, EMF deputy general secretary, on Thales’ European agreement on the annual discussion
lworkers’ Federation (EMF) signed, on April 14, a European framework agreement on “Transparent annual Activity Discussion for mutual Listening and developing professional...
15 April 2010
Italy: 9th Congress of the Filt, the CGIL’s transportation federation
The 9th congress of the Filt, the CGIL’s transportation federation, which also celebrated its 30th birthday on that occasion, took place in Turin on April 7-9. The 488 representatives (30% of...
14 April 2010
The Netherlands : Sandd and Selekt Mail lost their appeal against the anti-dumping social measures in the postal sector
Sandd and Selekt Mail took the Government to Court, mentioning that they would go bankrupt if they had to give labour contracts to their workers and to pay them a minimum wage. Frank Heemskerk...
14 April 2010
Great-Britain: adoption of the Bribery Act
New offences. The Bribery Act, based on the Law Commission recommendations (the statutory independent body in charge of reforming the British law), has overhauled "fragmented and complex...
13 April 2010
Thales: European framework agreement on the annual activity discussion
Opposition from the French CGT. This agreement applies to managers and employees inside the scope of the EWC (Germany, Austria, Belgium, Spain, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Portugal, Norway...
13 April 2010
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
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France: government submits draft on pay transparency
On 6 March, the French government sent social partners a draft bill to transpose the EU Pay Transparency Directive. The text provides details on the implementation timetable, corporate...
9 March 2026
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Sweden: government delays transposition of Pay Transparency Directive
On 11 March, the Swedish government announced it is postponing the transposition of the Pay Transparency Directive. Having originally targeted an entry into force on 1 July 2026, it has conceded a...
16 March 2026
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Germany: menopause issues finally gain corporate recognition
With 12 million women over 40 in the labour force, German companies and occupational health professionals are beginning to adopt support policies for those affected by menopause-related issues...
19 March 2026
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Italy: Deliveroo and Glovo targeted by justice over courier working conditions
The Milan Public Prosecutor's Office has ordered two of Italy's leading food delivery platforms, Foodinho (Glovo) and Deliveroo, to be placed under judicial administration. According to...
9 March 2026
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Valérie Decaux (La Poste): “Our older workers policy is based on individualisation to move beyond age-related-stigmatisation”
La Poste Group (nearly 200,000 employees in France) unveiled its first senior employment agreement in late February. The text outlines measures for early retirement assistance, workplace...
10 March 2026
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Denmark: government launches transposition of the Pay Transparency Directive
On 26 February, the Danish government submitted a draft bill to transpose the Pay Transparency Directive for consultation until 27 March. The bill sets an implementation date of 1 January 2027...
11 March 2026