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Portugal: the enforcement of the Social Security Code is postponed to January 2011
Portuguese Parliament voted to postpone to January 2011 the enforcement of the new Social Security Code, initially planned for January 1, 2010. Highly criticized since it was adopted, this code...
30 November 2009
Germany: the congress of the employers’ organisation BDA confirms the exceptional understanding between the social partners
The employers want to fight for collective agreements. Dieter Hundt, BDA’s President, who was re-elected for 2 years, surprised everybody while announcing that his goal “is from now on to work for...
30 November 2009
Spain: Minister for Economic Affairs and social partners ready to carry the labor market reform forward
These separate meetings between the Minister and the social partners took place on Friday, November 27, after the Council of Ministers approved the government’s new economic program (ley de...
30 November 2009
Germany: Minister for Employment and Social Affairs Franz-Josef Jung replaced by Ursula von der Leyen, one of the “stars” of the Merkel government
Jung leaves, von der Leyen comes. Franz-Josef Jung’s resignation didn’t take long. Since the Bild daily revealed, on Wednesday, that the current Employment Minister hid, when he was the Defense...
27 November 2009
Spain: preagreement on the merger of three savings banks rules layoffs out
the three savings banks involved in the merger of Caixa Catalunya, Caixa Taragona and Caixa Manresa signed, on November 26, a draft agreement providing for 1,300 job cuts via voluntary leave and...
27 November 2009
Italy: new organization intends to represent SMEs’ interest
within the “Italian union of social and corporate representation” to draw politicians’ attention to SMEs’ ties and wants to reconcile economic and social issues. (Ref...
27 November 2009
Great Britain: new agreement in engineering construction gives preference to the employment of local workforce
New agreement for 2010-11. Quiet is finally back in a sector which should make at least ten nuclear reactors by 2030. Almost 30,000 workers voted yes to an agreement on wages and working...
26 November 2009
Brink’s: the group establishes a EWC applying subsidiary requirements but based on the new directive
tions, the special negotiating body and management of the company of transport of funds couldn’t reach an agreement on the establishment of the EWC, which was therefore established by virtue...
26 November 2009
Austria: the Post and Telekom Austria sign an agreement to transfer hundreds of civil servants to the police
,250 civil servants from the Austrian Post and Telekom Austria to the Home Secretary and the Police is materializing after a double agreement on the payment of wages and transfer conditions was...
26 November 2009
EU: European employment markets have to go from bad to green
pean employment markets. It is therefore, as expected, the conclusion of the European Commission’s annual employment report, published on November 23. It seems that things won’t get...
25 November 2009
Denmark: FTF union’s congress on the subject of the renewal of the “Danish model”
face the crisis and the workforce shortage. This was the main theme of the congress of the second largest union in Denmark, Funktionærernes og Tjenestemændenes Fællesrad (FTF)...
25 November 2009
Great Britain: social partners transpose the European agreement on harassment and violence at work
n (TUC), the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) and the Partnership of Public Employers (PPE) adopted a series of guidelines for the implementation of the agreement signed by the European...
25 November 2009
Germany: the patronizing effects of flexible working time and short-time working are starting to wear off
y the Federal Employment Agency, to which it answers, the German Labor Market and Employment Research Institute (IAB) revealed that full time employment is decreasing increasingly faster and that...
25 November 2009
EU: the Regulation on the law applicable to the contractual obligations shall apply to employment contracts concluded as from 17 December 2009
Planet Labor, November 25, 2009, No. 091075 – www.planetlabor.com
24 November 2009
The Netherlands: the TNT postmen turn down salary cuts
Planet Labor, November 25, 2009, No. 091074 – www.planetlabor.com
24 November 2009
Austria: Metalworking and chemical workers’ unions merge to become Pro.ge, the production trade union
The Metalworking Trade Union (GMYN) and the Union of Chemical Workers (GdC) have existed independently for respectively 119 and 107 years and this independence will end on Saturday, November 26th...
24 November 2009
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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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Netherlands: new government seeks to “control” social costs
In his government policy statement to Parliament on 25 February, Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten announced several measures designed to "control" social costs. Notably, he proposed raising the...
5 March 2026
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Germany: launch of the “WE-Fair” alliance for binational training of skilled foreign workers
Germany continues to expand and diversify its initiatives to attract skilled foreign labour from outside the EU. In mid-March 2026, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development...
26 March 2026
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Spain: a bill to regulate internships
On 3 March, the Council of Ministers approved the bill on the “Status for persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies”. The text limits the number of interns a company can...
13 March 2026
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Block to slash workforce by nearly half
The news. In his latest shareholder letter, Jack Dorsey, CEO of payment service provider Block (formerly Square), announced plans to slash the company’s workforce “by nearly half, from...
6 March 2026