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Portugal: government adopted employment program for 2010 and its going to unfreeze 480 million euros
Socially handling unemployment. The Employment Initiative approved by the Council of Ministers should affect 750,000 people and represents a €480-million budget. Labor Minister Maria Helena Andre...
19 January 2010
Great Britain: the debate on scrapping default retirement age is quickening
Work until 70 or 80? It’s what Minister for Equality Harriet Harman told the Daily Mail on January 11 that quickened the debate. She said that workers would not be forced to work beyond 65, but...
19 January 2010
EU: the social partners respond to the Commission’s EU 2020 Strategy
Common observation. The ETUC and BusinessEurope at least share one observation: the next decade will be imbued with the economic crisis. Unions mostly point to social consequences, increases by...
19 January 2010
Romania: government blocks pension increase, angering pensioners who threaten to go down in the street
iament adopted the 2010 budget. Because of the severe recession which affected the country in 2009, this budget is very strict. The pension scheme is one of the many victims of this budget...
19 January 2010
Italy: the first Observatory on occupational safety was set up in Milan
Insurance against Accidents at Work (INAIL), the Regional Equal Committee for Occupational Safety in Construction (CPT) and the Tribunal of Milan created, on January 14, the first Italian...
19 January 2010
Poland: launching of the National Development Committee
ounced during the last social summit in March 2009, the National Development Committee met for the first time on January 7. This structure, which gathers all sorts of experts, will soon look into...
19 January 2010
Belgium: stricter conditions to enjoy time credit but more flexibility for workers coming back from a long illness
Stricter award conditions. Within the framework of anticrisis measures, the Belgian government adopted measures to save up on time credit benefits. In Belgium, this system allows workers who want...
18 January 2010
Germany: Ver.di union got nearly 111,000 new members in 2009
Membership drop stopped in 3 areas. Even though its overall size decreased, Verdi’s evaluation is more than positive. Indeed, it presents 2008 and 2009 as the best years in terms of size since the...
18 January 2010
Great Britain: guide helps businesses prepare for the implementation of employees’ right to request time to train
inesses with over 250 employees will have the right to request free time to attend vocational training. All employees will be concerned in 2011. To prepare businesses to deal with this new right...
18 January 2010
Belgium: training at the center of new anticrisis measures
Recruit jobseekers as formers. The first measures should allow employees let go as part of a restructuring program to be hired as trainers or guides. They may be recruited by public training or...
18 January 2010
Denmark: historical agreement for the closure of the last cigarette plant in Denmark
or the shutdown of House of Prince was qualified as “the best agreement” of this kind in the country. Not only does it provide for generous compensation for the 500 employees who will...
18 January 2010
Netherlands: FNV and Allies membership is rising again
The Netherlands’ largest union, FNV and Allies, present in manufacturing, currently has the most members since 2001 – the last crisis in the country. The new membership wave can be explained by...
18 January 2010
Germany: Federal Government presents 11th annual report on temporary work
The government’s 11th annual report on temporary, presented on Wednesday in Berlin, encouraged the sector’s employers’ federations, who have been fighting to defend the sector’s public image after...
15 January 2010
Mexico: 4.85% minimum wage increase sacrificing buying power to save jobs
Once again, Mexican unions lost the battle after the meetings of the National Minimum Wage Committee (CONASAMI), which answers to the Labor Ministry and heads negotiations between the social...
15 January 2010
Italy: youth employment program for 2020
tween school and work, revive technical and vocational education, apprenticeship contracts, revise the role of postgraduate training…these are some of the priorities of the “Italia...
14 January 2010
EU: launching of the Sectoral Social Dialog Committee in the metal industry
As we announced in October (see our dispatch No. 090985), today, January 14th was the day employers (CEEMET) and union (EMF) organizations were launching the European Sectoral Social Dialog...
14 January 2010
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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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EU: right and far right join forces in parliament to dismantle sustainability due diligence
On 13 November, the European Parliament approved the report by EPP MEP Jörgen Warborn on the proposed omnibus directive, clearing the way for trilogue negotiations. Backed by the far right, the...
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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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Germany: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
24 October 2025
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EU: omnibus bill stalls in parliament
On 22 October, members of the European Parliament narrowly voted against a negotiating mandate that would have opened trilogue talks on the omnibus directive, which seeks to dilute the corporate...
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Germany: ‘active retirement’ law adopted to encourage seniors to remain in the workforce
On 15 October, Germany’s cabinet approved draft legislation on ‘active retirement‘, which is expected to pass swiftly through Parliament. The bill would allow people who continue...
20 October 2025