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Spain: Saint-Gobain signs equality plan
This plan is the outcome of a process started in May 2008 with the creation of an equality committee in charge of assessing the company’s situation, in keeping with the Gender Equality Act of...
25 January 2010
Romania: Alcatel-Lucent employees organize in favor of the group’s restructuring program
Until last July, the Romanian employees of Alcatel-Lucent, subsidiary if the French group present in Timisoara for 18 years, didn’t have a trade union to represent them or defend their rights...
25 January 2010
Portugal: negotiations paused between retailing employers and unions
Formal disagreements. The CESP chose to block negotiations with employers because of the latter’s administrative blockades. The union says the employers’ organization tried to get union leaders to...
25 January 2010
Germany: Opel’s WC calls on all the European employees of the group to protest, on January 26, against the shutdown of the Antwerp plant
l, announced the shutdown of the Antwerp plant on January 21, the conflict between unions and the parent company, General Motors, toughened. Qualifying this decision of a “declaration of...
22 January 2010
Norway: NHO employers’ organization supports women’s access to businesses’ boards with the Female Future Program
Beyond the statutory requirement introduced by the Female Future Program in 2004, there is one belief: the equal division of talents and skills between men and women. Allowing diversity is...
22 January 2010
Deutsche Bank: banking group to increase the fixed wages of all its employees throughout the world
Administer the law while remaining competitive. Without confirming the figures given by the daily, a DB spokesman explained that the bank was currently revising its remuneration system and...
22 January 2010
United States: the results of the Massachusetts senatorial elections jeopardize the draft reform of health insurance and the Employee Free Choice Act
blican Senator in Massachusetts changes the power struggle in Congress and weakens cases supported by American unions, such as the reform of health insurance and the Employee Free Choice Act...
22 January 2010
Sweden: learning agreement in the wood industry departs from layoff order to keep young skilled workers
e wood and furniture sector signed by the GS union (Forest, Wood and Graphic Workers’ Union) and its employers’ counterpart, Tra och moberlindustriforbundet (furniture and wood...
21 January 2010
Austria: banking employees get a 1.36% raise
to go through the four statutory negotiating meetings to reach, on Tuesday, January 19, a wage agreement. The sector’s 80,000 employees will see their salary increase of 0.75% on February 1...
21 January 2010
Great Britain: family policy at the heart of the electoral debate
s, the Department for Children, Schools and Families presented, on January 20, a Green Paper on Families which contains several proposals on how to improve work-life balance. It notably promises a...
21 January 2010
Colombia: 3.64% minimum wage increase after failed negotiations between the social partners
a 3.64% minimum wage increase after the recurrent stalemate of negotiations between unions and employers on the issue. The increase is lower than planned inflation in 2010 – 2%, like in...
21 January 2010
Netherlands: FNV union organizes “free public transportation” operation to send a message on the pension reform
The two biggest FNV unions, Abvakabo (civil servants) and FNV and Allies (manufacturing) wanted to raise the public’s awareness regarding the reform of retirement age, discussed on January 20 at...
21 January 2010
Germany: in keeping with the ECJ ruling, the government announced a quick amendment to the law on the notice period
Revising German labor law. On January 19, the ECJ ruled that the German Civil Code provision (§622 BGB) not taking into account years worked before the age of 25 for calculating the notice period...
20 January 2010
Italy: CGIL sent to Parliament the bill on the right to permanent training which got 130,000 signatures
“A contribution so the Parliament will willingly address the issue of permanent training” is how CGIL general secretary Gugliemo Epifani defined the own-initiative bill on permanent training...
20 January 2010
Finland: chemical and media workers’ union merge, creating TEAM
TEAM (Teollisuusalojen ammattiliitto) has officially been active since January 1, 2010. It is the result of a draft union merger discussed for several years, supposed to bring about the country’s...
20 January 2010
Germany: Deutsche Telekom keeps rejuvenating its staff
Promote young talents within the company. Like in 2008 and 2009 (see our dispatch No. 080060), the phone operator wants to hire 3,500 new employees in 2010, including 1,400 young postgraduates and...
20 January 2010
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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...
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In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
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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