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Germany: Deutsche Bahn to cut nearly 14,000 jobs within five years
Tagesspiegel” daily wrote that the German railway, Deutsche Bahn, allegedly intends to cut around 14,000 jobs over the next five years, to overcome the impact of the crisis. The merchandise...
15 December 2009
Spain: BBVA closes bank agencies on Saturday morning
d an agreement to close the 3,000 offices on Saturday morning. Workers will enjoy working time compensation. (Ref. 091141) As of December 26, BBVA employees will be free on Saturday, in exchange...
15 December 2009
Italy: Censis report reviews one year of crisis
Even though the crisis slowed down the “second metamorphosis” suggested in last year’s report (see our dispatch No. 081009), three transformation processes are nevertheless underway: the...
15 December 2009
Sweden: Scania signs another company agreement for its 12,000 employees
national bus and truck manufacturer, announced that it signed a new company agreement with the If Metall (metalworkers’ union) and Teckniksföretag (supervisory union). As Veli-Pekka...
15 December 2009
Belgium: ACV-CSC Textura and CSC Metal merge, creating ACV-CSC Metea, the federation of industry and the technology sector
d textile federations of the CSC, the Belgian Christian union, officially merged, creating ACV-CSC Metea. This new organization should help the union have a better say in sectoral bargaining...
14 December 2009
Triumph International: Thai and Filipino unions organize a European tour to object to 3,600 compulsory layoffs
nternational, one of the world leaders in women’s lingerie, let go 3,600 workers in three plants in Thailand and the Philippines. Triumph justified this by operating losses and a global...
14 December 2009
EU: the Twenty-Seven open the debate on the post-2010 Lisbon Strategy
on December 10-11, the heads of State and government of the EU, gathered in Brussels, opened the debate on the reform of the Lisbon strategy. They want it to be an “ambitious”...
14 December 2009
United States: BP fined 87.4 million dollars by OSHA
Health Administration, OSHA, fined BP 87.4 million dollars for failure to respect safety rules in its Texas refinery. This fine, of an unprecedented amount, shows the new government’s will...
14 December 2009
Netherlands: fewer judges agree to the judicial termination of labor contracts
ans have been accepted this year. The Het Financieele Dagblad daily says that courts refused 18% of layoff requests in 2009, as opposed to 12% in 2008 and 10% in 2007. Only 9.3.3% of layoffs were...
14 December 2009
Germany: collective agreements signed by the Christian Union in the temporary sector are useless
hristian Trade Unions (CGZP), which appealed to the ruling rendered by the Berlin Labor Court in April, was defeated again. Confirming the decree of the first instance tribunal, the regional labor...
11 December 2009
Great Britain: government launches national strategy for better mental health
(see our dispatch No. 090801). On December 7, 2009, the government published a strategy aimed at helping workers with mental health issues find and keep a job. The key measures are a helpline to...
11 December 2009
Germany: with the “Sindelfingen 2020” agreement, Daimler offers job security to 37,000 employees
e management of the German carmaker signed with the staff and union representatives a company agreement guaranteeing, among other things, job security the 37,000 employees of the Sindelfingen...
10 December 2009
Spain: Santander bank open talks for its second gender equality program
st large Spanish businesses to develop an equality program, in compliance with the law of March 2007. This first program, signed in October 2007, for two years, has expired. On December 3...
10 December 2009
Denmark: sacred union of political parties to increase control over foreign businesses
t signed an agreement with the opposition parties which will be enforced via a law aimed at better monitoring foreign businesses’ activity and their staff’s working conditions...
10 December 2009
France: Supreme Court puts limits on whistleblowing
Disputed content. Two provisions stirred up controversy:
10 December 2009
Great Britain: youth and senior employment and bonus tax on the menu in 2010-11
the Exchequer Alistair Darling presented the guidelines of his pre-Budget 2010 to the House of Commons. This program is resolutely turned towards supporting youth and senior employment, and making...
10 December 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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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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Italy: artificial Intelligence on the menu of Barilla’s new company agreement
Prior consultation with trade unions on innovations related to artificial intelligence, strengthened training, and progress on parenthood: these are the main new features of the agreement signed...
2 September 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: a high-tension start to the social and political year
The German government must finalize its major reforms (pension funding, corporate competitiveness, and labor law) while the chancellor’s popularity hits an all-time low and three regional...
26 August 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Sweden: IF Metall union forced to end industrial dispute with Tesla
The news. After three years of conflict, the Swedish union IF Metall announced it would suspend its strike actions against Tesla starting Wednesday, August 19, after the American automaker...
26 August 2026