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Germany: Federal Labor Court condemns booming low wages and thinks about removing “tariff unity” in businesses
The annual press conference of the Federal Labor Court was tainted with the economic crisis. Statistics and data Mrs. Schmidt presented on January 27 confirmed that.
1 February 2010
Romania: government prolongs the temporary unemployment system established in 2009
ystem the Romanian government established in 2009 to protect employees in ailing businesses should finally be extended in 2010, following union pressure. Temporarily laid off employees will keep...
1 February 2010
EU: joint declaration from insuring social partners on the sector’s demographic challenges
ialog committee held on January 26, Uni Finance (unions), Bipar (European Federation of Insurance Intermediaries), Amice (Association of Mutual Insurers and Insurance Cooperatives) and the CEA...
1 February 2010
Great Britain: fathers can take six months’ paternity leave if mother shortens her maternity leave
ers may be entitled to a six-month paternity leave during the second six months of the child’s life if the mother goes back to work. Three out of these six months will be paid. This measure...
1 February 2010
Spain: government wants to bring retirement age from 65 to 67
f Minister approved a document containing elements to reform the pension scheme. Now, these proposals have to be sent to the Parliamentary Committee of the Toledo Pact which monitors the...
1 February 2010
France: Goodyear Dunlop to stop restructuring of Amiens Nord site until EWC consultation is complete
ary 27, the Court of Appeal of Versailles suspended the implementation of the restructuring plan of the Amiens Nord establishment until the consultation of the EWC is complete. This decision...
1 February 2010
Germany: Minister for Employment Affairs Ursula von der Leyen presents draft jobcenter reform
Unconstitutional mixed
structures.
Flagship reform of the “2010 agenda” of the former green and red Schroder administration, social welfare,
managed by towns, and long-term
unemployment...
29 January 2010
Netherlands: government wants to prevent postal firms from practicing social dumping at all costs
The government appealed to the ruling rendered on January 5 which provided that the State wasn’t competent to force, via a regulation, the Sandd and Selektmail firms to hire 80% of its workers...
29 January 2010
Italy: CGIL declares general strike for March 12
“The need to face the economic crisis and its impact on employment, the urgency to act at once to bring balance to the tax burden in favor of salaried workers and pensioners and amend the...
29 January 2010
Great Britain: job offer, internship or training for every young person out of work for six months
Make sure young people won’t pay for the recession. This program, entitled “Young Person’s Guarantee” is part of the “Backing Young Britain” program that already helped around 100,000 young people...
29 January 2010
Netherlands: reform of supplementary pension in the offing
Unions and employers have been saying it since 2006: nothing needs to be changed in the current supplementary pension scheme, which adds to basic pension (AOW). The financial crisis and the...
29 January 2010
Germany: Federal Administrative Court cancels minimum wage in postal sector
al Administrative Court ruled, on January 28 in Leipzig, that the procedure which led the German government, in 2007, to extend to the entire postal sector the minimum wage negotiated between the...
28 January 2010
Germany: 200,000 agency workers get a 5% wage increase
An agreement which took time. The agreement signed affects about one in three temporary employees. It will enter into force on May 1, 2010 and expire on April 30, 2012. It provides for a first...
28 January 2010
Brazil: CNM/CUT metalworkers’ union stands by Opel’s Belgian employees after the announcement of the shutdown of the Antwerp plant
The announcement of the closure of Opel’s Antwerp plant (Belgium) sparked off controversy in Brazil, among the National Confederation of Metalworkers (Confederaçao Nacional dos Metalurgicos, CNM)...
28 January 2010
Slovakia: Parliament passed an act on extension of collective agreements
This reform will be a crucial change for many employers, because as of now the employers can get covered by the higher level collective agreement without any previous participation in the...
27 January 2010
EU: three scenarios on the evolution of European jobs by 2020 in the Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Sectors
The sector’s characteristics. In the introduction, the authors of the report point out that the Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste sectors are all “essential to the functioning of the economy, and...
27 January 2010
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France: Yves Rocher convicted of breach of duty of vigilance for infringement of freedom of association
The specialised chamber of the Paris Judicial Court convicted Yves Rocher on 12 March for breaching its duty of vigilance. The group was sued by Turkish employees dismissed in 2018 by a subsidiary...
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12 March 2026
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Spain: business support package to tackle the economic impact of the Middle East conflict
The Spanish government approved a series of measures on 20 March to support companies facing rising energy prices. In return, these businesses are prohibited from making redundancies for economic...
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EU: Council adopts position on simplifying AI rules
The Council of the EU approved its position on 13 March regarding the “omnibus regulation” proposal, published last November by the Commission to simplify the AI Act. Confirming the...
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20 March 2026
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Germany: a corporate group supports local political engagement via its “Democracy Charter”
Large corporations in the Hesse region, surrounding Frankfurt, are defending local democracy by enabling employees to volunteer in local public life through an initiative dubbed the "Democracy...
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United States: Coca-Cola subsidiary sued by the administration over women-only event
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced on 18 February that it is launching federal proceedings against Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast for “sex-based...
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6 March 2026