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Germany: employers want more flexible protection against dismissal
esuming activity are starting to show in Germany, employers once again asked the Grand Coalition government for a quick reform of the law on the protection against dismissal to encourage...
31 August 2009
UniCredit: the groups signs a joint declaration on diversity with its EWC
WC signed a joint declaration on equal opportunities and non-discrimination within the group. The text develops the guidelines to bring about a diversity culture in the largest sense. (Ref 090788)...
31 August 2009
Italy: enforcement of the decree-law amending health and safety at work provisions
Testo Unico in terms of health and safety at work came into force on August 20. In addition to simpler administrative procedures and a revised sanction range, it introduces a penalty-point system...
31 August 2009
France: focus on the new exceptions to the principle of rest on Sunday
itutional Council validated most of the Mallié law aimed at facilitating appeal to work on Sunday in retail trade. It cancels the prior administrative approval in tourist areas and towns...
31 August 2009
Netherlands: unions disagree on retirement at 67
Present an alternative. The Social and Economic Council (SER) has until October 1 to present a unanimous alternative to the increase of retirement age from 65 to 67 (see our dispatch No. 090631)...
31 August 2009
Suspension of the information stream between August 3 and August 28
Planet Labor's editorial staff is going to take advantage of the information slowdown to go on vacation. The information stream will be suspended between August 3 and August 28. The archives will...
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31 July 2009
Germany: more and more men take parental leave
etalworkers’ union, almost 14% of young fathers now temporarily stop working to go on a parental leave, i.e. approximately four times more than before the introduction of ‘parental...
31 July 2009
EU: the European Commission adopts the draft directive on parental leave
Improved parental leave. The text to be adopted grants parental leave of at least four months – instead of three – until the child is eight. The current directive provides that this right is...
31 July 2009
Argentina: social partners agree on a 21% minimum wage increase
tiations, unions and businesses, led by the government, set the amount of minimum wage. Basic remuneration, received by over 300,000 Argentinean workers, will go from 1,240 pesos (230 euro) to...
31 July 2009
China: government holds the course of the reform of the health system
d that it was determined to speed up the reform of the health system to allow Chinese people to access public health services and get health insurance. The changes planned are aimed at rectifying...
30 July 2009
Italy: Latium region signs pact with unions to get out of the crisis
n presented the pact concluded with the CGIL, Cisl and Uil trade unions on the guidelines of the region’s commitment to get out of the crisis. Increased funding for guaranteed minimum wage...
30 July 2009
Germany: “transfer businesses” fight over the quality of their services
offs next fall in Germany is becoming clearer (see our dispatch No. 090747), a quarrel burst out between “transfer businesses” (Transfergesellschaften) in charge of reclassifying laid...
30 July 2009
Great Britain: Acas’ annual report shows that labor disputes intensify
nd Arbitration Service, ACAS, published its annual report on July 23, 2009. Figures mirror the economic crisis: a 22% increase in conciliation cases concerning unfair dismissals, booming calls...
30 July 2009
Slovenia: analysis of the law on the partial reimbursement of compensation paid by employers suspending the activity
arliament adopted the law on the partial reimbursement of compensation paid by employers suspending the activity. It regulates partial compensation for employees working for employers who are...
29 July 2009
Germany: Employment Minister wants to extend gradual early retirement
um organized by the IG-Metall on July 27, 2009 in Boblingen, Olaf Scholz, SPD Minister for Employment and Social Affairs, announced his will to extend by five years the current gradual early...
29 July 2009
Italy: beginning of the negotiations for the renewal of the national collective convention in the metal sector
of metalworkers’ CCN started on July 24 with a conflict. Of the two separate platforms, one presented by the Fim-Cisl and Uilm-Uil unions and the other by the Fiom-CGIL, the sector’s...
29 July 2009
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31 October 2025
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
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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Germany: pensioners in work already common practice, study shows
As the German government steps up measures to encourage people to stay in work beyond the legal retirement age, a new study by the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) – an independent...
6 November 2025
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Spain: government approves creation of ‘intern status’
The Spanish government has paved the way for the creation of a new status for "persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies, institutions or public or private organisations...
7 November 2025
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France: social conference on labour and pensions to proceed without main employers’ group
The preparatory meeting ahead of the social conference on labour and pensions, which is set to decide on the pension system model and the funding thereof, was held on 4 November at France's labour...
5 November 2025
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Luxembourg: two pension reform bills submitted to parliament
After lengthy negotiations with the social partners, in mid-October the Luxembourg government submitted two bills to parliament aimed at reforming the pension system to ensure its long-term...
6 November 2025
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France: TotalEnergies steps up commitment on disability
On 9 October, French energy group TotalEnergies and all representative trade unions signed a new four-year agreement on disability inclusion. Taking effect on 1 January 2026, the deal aims to help...
13 November 2025
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Candice Guillot (Talan): “Our recruiters save just over 80 hours per year on administrative tasks thanks to AI”
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