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Denmark: workers to ratify the agreements renewing national collective agreements in the private sector
Containing all the agreements renewing the national collective agreements of the private sector signed this spring, as well as the provisions defined in these agreements for sectors that couldn’t...
22 April 2010
Germany: the collective agreement signed in chemistry provides for a wage freeze over 11 months
stry, the IG BCE union and the BAVC (Bundesarbeitgeberverband Chemie) employers’ organization reached an agreement yesterday, April 21. The collective agreement, negotiated for 11 months...
22 April 2010
Lithuania: towards even more flexible industrial relations
According to the information website alfa.lt, government representatives and the social partners reached an agreement on flexible working time on Wednesday, April 14th after several months of...
22 April 2010
Areva: amendment to the European agreement on equal opportunities establishes social dialog as a pillar for its implementation
Basically, the agreement perpetuates the ODEO approach, born from the European project launched in 2008 by the signatories of the agreement to spread it, and partly funded by European budget lines...
22 April 2010
EU: metal and mining union federations mobilize to save metal industries
Immediate State aid. The EMF and EMCEF want to use the European Commission looking at the compliance between European law and electricity prices in Germany and Italy to launch a debate at European...
22 April 2010
Italy: internal crack after the 7th Congress of the Fisac, the CGIL’s banking and insurance federation
“Values in the heart, the future in the eyes.” This slogan set the tone for the 7th congress of the CGIL’s banking and insurance federation, Fisac, organized on April 14-16 in Rimini.
21 April 2010
Norway: competitiveness and equal treatment at the center of wage negotiations in 2010
The Norwegian system is based on an old and long-established tradition of tripartite cooperation between the State and the social partners. Actually, they all agree on the quality of their...
21 April 2010
Germany: the good governance committee wants to encourage businesses to increase the number of women within boards
Promote diversity. Created in September 2001 by the German Department of Justice, the committee on good government reviews, once a year and where appropriate, the “German Code of Corporate...
21 April 2010
Italy: 5th national congress of the Flai-CGIL, the food federation, focuses on union unity
“The Flai-CGIL to defend and free rights” was the title of the 5th national congress of the Flai-CGIL. The federation, which negotiates 17 national collective agreements (affecting nearly 2...
20 April 2010
Great Britain: the “winter of discontent” or the very apropos use of collective memory
The most recent outing of this phenomenon has been in the immediate run up to the general election in May 2010 when strikes and proposed strikes took place at British Airways, in the civil service...
20 April 2010
Netherlands: lowest strike level since 1985
This is a historic fall, even more noticeable since social relations are tense because of the economic crisis that started at the end of 2008. A sign that unions, which represent a fourth of...
20 April 2010
Germany: new postal services’ union (GNBZ) can’t bargain for collective agreements, Federal Labor Court says
Victory for Verdi. This decree puts an end to a long legal procedure Ver.di started after the creating, in 2007, of a rival union, the new postal services’ union (GNBZ). According to Ver.di, GNBZ...
20 April 2010
Belgium: will Opel’s Antwerp site remain in the bosom of the auto industry?
Draft social plan. Even though they haven’t signed it yet, they have nevertheless agreed to present to Opel’s Antwerp staff the draft social plan negotiated with the management over the weekend...
20 April 2010
Germany: coalition in power to prolong short-time working through March 2012
Keep unemployment from rising up. Determined to not jeopardize the government’s flagship measure against unemployment, Minister for Labor and Social Affairs Ursula von der Leyen (CDU) initially...
19 April 2010
Italy: 25th national Fiom-CGIL Congress ends with division
“Democracy based on labor.” This was the title, based on article 1 of the Italian constitution, of the 25th Congress of the Fiom, organized in Montesilvano (Pescara), on April 14-16. It was the...
19 April 2010
Romania: emergency ordinance to reform sick leaves and toughen controls
Home monitoring. With this strong reform of sick leave, which will come into force in May, the Romanian government has opened the hunting season against sick people. Health Minister Cseke Attila...
19 April 2010
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
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
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...
31 October 2025
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Spain: government seeks to strengthen protection for employee whistleblowers
On 28 July, the Spanish Council of Ministers approved a draft bill aimed at providing legal protection to employees who report corruption or breaches of labour law, shielding them from potential...
27 August 2026
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France: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill
After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...
10 September 2026
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Germany: IG Metall demands 5% pay rise amid severe pressure
Despite the crisis hitting the automotive industry, the leadership of the German trade union IG Metall announced on Wednesday 23 September that it would be asking for a 5% pay increase as well as...
23 September 2026
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Italy: Crédit Agricole introduces a handbook on managerial behaviour
The document adopted in mid-July by Crédit Agricole Italia and the main banking trade unions goes beyond the proper use of meetings and emails. This six-point handbook aims to foster constructive...
3 September 2026
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Slovakia: 6% increase in the minimum wage from 1 January 2027
The news. As Slovakia’s social partners failed to reach an agreement during tripartite negotiations, Labour Minister Erik Tomas has decided to increase the minimum wage by 6% from 1 January...
1 September 2026
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Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...
8 September 2026