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Spain: social partners resume talks on a framework agreement on collective bargaining
Unions. Ramon Gorriz (CCOO) and Toni Ferrer (UGT) are leading the talks. They want to sign an agreement for several years (2010-12). They said they were ready to accept the principle of wage...
14 January 2010
Great Britain: publication of the reform giving all employees supplementary pension
Protect workers without overloading businesses. In the UK, around 14 million people simply receive the meager public pension and 7 million don’t save enough for their old days. On the other hand...
14 January 2010
EU: the European Parliament’s Employment Committee hears Laszlo Andor, applicant Commissioner for Employment
At the rate of one minute per question, this exercise is like speed dating. These few seconds are enough if the ideas are clear, not enough to convince otherwise. With questions which mostly...
14 January 2010
France: parallel between five company agreements on seniors (EADS, Renault, GDF Suez, Thales and Rhodia)
For more readability, this long dispatch is attached in word format.
13 January 2010
Germany: Opel’s WC opposed to 9,000 job cuts in Europe
h the parent company, General Motors, calmed down a little, Klaus Franz, chairman the central works council of Opel, German subsidiary of GM, vividly criticized, on December 29, 2009, the savings...
13 January 2010
Alcatel-Lucent/Nokia: EWCs petition to improve competitiveness and protect jobs in ITC
Respecting competition rules. In the first draft of the petition, the EMF presents the strengths and weaknesses of the European ITC market. It particularly stresses the asymmetry of rules in...
13 January 2010
Spain: government prepares draft pension reform
e of the draft reform seems rather limited. The key amendments the government wants to introduce affect the extension of periode of the contributions and survivors’ pensions. The final...
13 January 2010
Italy: Enel and unions sign framework agreement on training
tion of the Social Responsibility Protocol signed in April 2009, the agreement concluded on December 23 by Enel and unions brings about a new era in terms of training. The new equal committee...
13 January 2010
Germany: accused of wage dumping, the Schlecker hardware stores have to backpedal
Re-hired with wages cut by 50%. Since early 2009, the Ver.di services’ union has been accusing the hardware store chain of closing over 1,000 small shops throughout Germany and replacing them with...
12 January 2010
Portugal: new leader for the manufacturing employers’ organization
Election. Antonio Saraiva was elected head of the CIP on January 7. The only candidate for this position, he follows Francisco Van Zeller who led the confederation for nearly eight years. Since...
12 January 2010
Netherlands: faster e-court for labor disputes
nage disputes related to everyday life – unpaid wages, labor disputes. It will work faster as soon as the parties present their problem. This court, which is more like an arbitration court...
12 January 2010
Great Britain: new strike subject to a vote by British Airways’ cabin crew
Unite is determined to make employees’ voice heard. The vote for a possible strike will last for a month, and the said strike could start on March 1, 2010. in spite of negotiations between Unite...
12 January 2010
Spain: the head of the employers’ organization is being questioned within the CEOE because of managing difficulties in his businesses
The difficulties of the Air Comet airline, owned by Mr. Diaz Ferran, led to its bankruptcy and to aircraft grounding on December 22 at the request of a British judge. According to Mr. Diaz Ferran...
12 January 2010
Switzerland: report on working conditions in parcel post after the liberalization
Carried out after PostReg, the Swiss postal regulation authority, requested it, the “Report on usual minimum requirements in the package sector,” published yesterday, January 11, gives a positive...
11 January 2010
EU: European Summit on Economy and Employment for February 11
Signals in the red. Last week, Herman Van Rompuy, President of the European Council, convened a European summit on economy and employment. During this meeting, to be held on February 11, the heads...
11 January 2010
Netherlands: reform of unemployment benefits in the offing
or Economic Affairs announced that he wanted to further cut the duration of unemployment benefits, which was already reduced from five years to a maximum of three years and two months in 2005...
11 January 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