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EU: Commission chooses flexible approach for banning smoking at work
ltation, the recommendation proposal adopted on June 30 by the European Commission will strengthen the ban on smoking in public places and at work. However, this text has limits since it...
1 July 2009
EU: Swedish Presidency focuses on labor market integration
e EU wants to see “the EU emerge from the economic crisis in a stronger position.” From a social point of view, this means maintaining all people of working age at work so the Member...
1 July 2009
Italy: Fim and Uilm unions present requirements for the renewal of the steel CCN
sl and Uilm-Uil presented their platform for the renewal of the national collective agreement (CCN) in their sector. They demand a 6% wage increase, the extension of the local collective agreement...
1 July 2009
Italy: Council of Ministers approves anticrisis decree
l of Ministers approved a decree to help businesses “make the most of the recovery.” It notably provides for bonuses which do not lay off or which reduce partial unemployment, tax...
30 June 2009
Great Britain: victory for strikers at Total’s refinery
savage strike two weeks ago at the Lindsey refinery were re-employed on June 29, after voting yes to an agreement signed on June 25 between Total, its subcontractors and trade unions. Unions are...
30 June 2009
Sweden: unions and Amnesty denounce violations of union rights worldwide
, LO (Confederation of Swedish Trade Unions) and TCO (Central Organization of White Collars) published together, on June 10, 2009, an alarming report on violated union rights worldwide. The...
30 June 2009
EU: demographic challenge and CSR on the menu of European social dialogue in gas sector
committee of the gas sector met on June 26. The social partners notably opened talks on corporate social responsibility and kept working on the impact of demographic change on the sector’s...
29 June 2009
Germany: IG-Metall demands 4.2% increase for Volkswagen employees
steel union (IG-Metall) presented, on June 26, 2009, the wage claims it will defend during the re-negotiation of the “company” wage agreement at Volkswagen, which will start on August...
29 June 2009
Baltic countries: unions’ helplessness leads them to join forces to speak up
nstrators gathered, on June 18, in front of the Latvian embassy in Vilnius (Lithuania), answering the call of the three large unions, the Confederation of Lithuanian Unions (LPSK, close to the...
29 June 2009
Estonia: unions content with the strike against the new law on the labor contract in spite of low mobilization
f the June 3 demonstration indeed took place on June 16, still against the enforcement of the new law on labor contracts, particularly lower unemployment benefits. However, only 1,800 employees...
29 June 2009
Italy: “labor pact” signed in the distribution and service sectors
service confederation, Confcommercio, signed an agreement with the Filcams-CGIL, Fisascat-Cisl and Uiltucs-Uil unions to defend employment in the sector, badly affected by the crisis. With this...
29 June 2009
Metro Group: German giant assumes social responsibility for the employees of RL. Denim, Bengali subcontractor
eard of international coalition composed of NGOs and unions from Germany, the UK and the US, the Metro supply group decided to reintegrate the Bengali jean manufacturer which was excluded after a...
EU: regulation amending the European Globalization Adjustment Fund published in the Official Journal
ding Regulation (EC) No 1927/2006 on establishing the European Globalization Adjustment Fund (EGF) was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on June 29, 2009. This fund, which...
29 June 2009
Great Britain: unions and employers have a different analysis of the impact of the crisis on labor relations
the labor world, according to a new survey carried out by the CBI employers’ organization: more flexible working time, more holidays, no more paid overtime, frozen wages and...
29 June 2009
Spain: Nissan unions object to the 581 layoffs announced in Barcelona
management to withdraw the mass layoff (ERE) procedure and re-open the negotiations broken off on June 16 to find a less traumatizing solution to deal with excess staff. Since voluntary leave...
26 June 2009
Austria: 2.2 % wage increase for railroaders
Planet Labor, June 26, 2009, No. 090677 – www.planetlabor.com
26 June 2009
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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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...
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EU: right and far right join forces in parliament to dismantle sustainability due diligence
On 13 November, the European Parliament approved the report by EPP MEP Jörgen Warborn on the proposed omnibus directive, clearing the way for trilogue negotiations. Backed by the far right, the...
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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Germany: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
24 October 2025
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EU: omnibus bill stalls in parliament
On 22 October, members of the European Parliament narrowly voted against a negotiating mandate that would have opened trilogue talks on the omnibus directive, which seeks to dilute the corporate...
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France: government proposes suspending pension reform
French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu, reappointed on 10 October after resigning four days earlier, delivered his general policy speech to the National Assembly on 14 October. He announced the...