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Germany: Berlin prepares a special labor world bill on the protection of personal data
Understand who may, but for four years of Grand Coalition, Angela Merkel’s conservative party (CDU) always blocked its democrat partners’ request for a law on the protection of employees’ personal...
24 November 2009
EU: governments of States affected by Opel’s restructuring will cooperate
The social plan is ready. At the meeting on November 23 in Brussels, Nick Reilly, chairman of GM Europe, confirmed that there was a social plan for Opel and that its content would be revealed at...
23 November 2009
Netherlands: discontent with the pension reform, the details of which haven’t been revealed yet
Mobilization. In front of a crowd gathered in a street in Rotterdam, Agnes Jongerius, FNV general secretary, accused, on Saturday, Finance Minister Wouter Bos of “changing sides” on pensions. Mr...
23 November 2009
United States: under pressure from American students, Russell Athletic reopens a factory in Honduras, closed because of the unionization of the workers
The US group Russell Athletic, a sports apparel maker, has decided to reopen its factory in Honduras following a several months’ boycott of its clothes, which was orchestrated by the students...
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23 November 2009
Sweden: social partners disagree on the extension of the framework agreement on crisis agreements in metalworking
h 31, 2010, Swedish employers want to extend the framework agreement (ramavtal) which allows local crisis agreements (krisavtal) cutting wages and working time in ailing businesses, judging that...
23 November 2009
Italy: Google Map of spectacular collective action
rs made a Google Map of the spectacular collective actions spreading throughout the Peninsula since last summer. Internet has become a national sound box for local collective action. (Ref. 091067)...
23 November 2009
Germany: Berlin prepares for extension of short-time working as part of an “Employment Pact”
eminar, followed by a very consensual meeting with union on November 18, Angela Merkel announced that the deadline to request short-time working (Kurzarbeit) was extended by six months. This...
23 November 2009
Belgium: Employment Minister proposes quotas for women on large businesses’ boards
the stock exchange don’t have a single woman sitting at their board. This is a recent observation by the Institute for Gender Equality. After this study, Employment Minister Joelle Milquet...
20 November 2009
Chile: MPs propose their own reform to improve collective bargaining after the Presidential project was abandoned
hamber of Deputies passed four proposals aimed at reforming the Labor Code, notably to extend the scope of collective bargaining. Thus, majority lawmakers are trying to save the draft labor law...
19 November 2009
Great Britain: mandatory audits on equal pay, control over excessive bonuses, agency workers’ rights and the act on corruption at work on the hypothetical menu for 2010
nally given in the House of Lords at the end of every year, defined, on November 18, the government’s legislative program for next year….If the Labour Party is reelected that is...
19 November 2009
Portugal: first meeting between the new Labor Minister and the social partners
came in office in late October, Maria Helena Andre, Portuguese Minister for Labor and Solidarity, met, on Tuesday, November 17, with unions and employers’ organizations. They each presented...
19 November 2009
Netherlands: unions to ask for wage increases up to 2% in 2010
On November 13, national statistics announced the end of the recession, with a 0.4% growth in the third 2009 quarter. Three days later, the Federation of Dutch Unions (FNV) announced that it would...
19 November 2009
Great Britain:government tightens the screws in terms of labor immigration
Fewer jobs offered to foreigners. In a major speech about immigration, Gordon Brown revealed his projects to make it harder for foreigners to enter the country. Thus, after the reduced list of...
18 November 2009
Unilever: the group signs an agreement on working conditions for Pakistani Lipton workers with IUF
Agency workers. The agreement signed in London in mid-November puts an end to several months of conflict between Unilever’s management and the 200 Pakistani workers of its Lipton subsidiary in...
18 November 2009
Denmark: LO union and DA employers’ organization sign framework agreement for the renewal of 2010 collective agreements
LO and DA signed a framework agreement which sets the rules for the renewal of the private sector’s collective agreements in the spring 2010, affecting around 600,000 employees. The social...
18 November 2009
EU: European Commission wants to prevent General Motors to start “racing for subsidies” among the States
Informal meeting. New round in the Opel case: an informal meeting will be held on Monday, November 23 at the European Commission, with the European Ministers for Economic Affairs and General...
18 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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Catherine Chavanier (CDC Habitat): “Social dialogue on AI facilitates its deployment”
In February, CDC Habitat (10,500 employees) signed a two-year framework agreement governing social dialogue on AI. Catherine Chavanier, HR Director of the subsidiary of CDC (Caisse des dépôts et...
20 March 2026
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Greece: hospitality sector signs first collective agreement aligned with National Social Pact
The hospitality sector (125,000 employees), one of Greece’s largest industries after retail, signed a new two-year collective agreement on 17 March. The text, effective from 1 April 2026...
19 March 2026
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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
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France: Club Med includes “multiculturalism” in its professional equality agreement
In December 2025, Club Med and the CFTC, Unsa, and FO trade unions signed an agreement on professional equality and working conditions. It introduces measures addressing AI, pay transparency, and...
23 March 2026
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Germany: crisis and transformation wage agreement in the chemical sector
Following a two-day marathon negotiation in Bad Breisig (Western Germany), the social partners of the German chemical and pharmaceutical industries—the IG BCE trade union and the BAVC employers'...
27 March 2026
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France: bioMérieux’s new disability agreement pivots towards mental health
The news. On 6 January 2026, bioMérieux—an in vitro diagnostics specialist employing 4,400 people in France—signed a new four-year agreement “relating to the employment...
4 March 2026