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Great Britain: 3,000 fake job applications to investigate discrimination in recruitment
Pensions (DWP) sent around 3,000 fake job applications between November 2008 and May 2009, answering real job offers published in the press or online. The goal was to see employers’...
7 July 2009
Germany: IG-Metall union calls for better regulation of agency work
00 agency workers lost their job since the crisis began in steel, textile and wood, the IG-Metall metalworkers’ union urged the government, on July 1, 2009, to take measures to limit the...
6 July 2009
Belgium: employers stir up heated debate on pension reform
Base pensions on life expectancy. Inversely, life expectancy has been increasing since the 1970s. “In 1975, people lived, in average, until 75; now they live until 85” explained Klaas Soens...
6 July 2009
Italy: the three unions of the electricity sector present separate platforms for the renewal of their national collective agreement
tricity sector each presented their platform for the renewal of the national collective agreement (CCN). Claims are quite similar, except for wage claims: the Filcem-CGIL wants an average 190...
6 July 2009
Germany: with the crisis, videoconferencing becomes a serious alternative to business trips
s: the crisis and the development of CSR practices have a growing influence on business trips. This is what comes out of the annual report (2009 business trip report) of the business travel...
6 July 2009
Australia: in response to the crisis, the social-democrat government questions the liberal basis of labor law and conventional relations
loyees are covered by a new law, the Fair Work Law, which replaces the Workchoices Law, voted by a conservative majority in 1996 and amended in 2005. The new law balances labor relations...
6 July 2009
Lithuania: towards a compromise between unions and government on the auterity policy to avoid social conflict
a particularly intense week. Following the project to cut civil servants’ pay and the announcement of a drastic austerity policy, the key union organization organized hunger strikes. Subject...
6 July 2009
Great Britain: government wants to include dual discrimination into Equality Bill
rimination based on two characteristics (black woman for instance). To protect them, the government suggests introducing into the Equality Bill the possibility to press charges for dual...
6 July 2009
Netherlands: partial unemployment benefits extended
Partial unemployment is the only special concrete measure taken by The Hague regarding employment to fight the impact of the crisis. No tax or other aids have been given to businesses. This system...
6 July 2009
Germany: IG-Metall survey reveals that employees demand more social equity
legislative elections, the German metalworkers’ unions, IG-Metall, presented, on July 3, 2009 in Berlin, the results of the largest study a trade union ever carried out among employees in...
3 July 2009
Italy: Saint-Gobain finished implementing national commitments in terms of restructuring for its Italian undertakings
the local implementation of the national agreement signed between Saint-Gobain and the sector’s unions on restructuring in three Italian undertakings of the French multinational. The group...
3 July 2009
ArcelorMittal: coming conclusion of a transnational agreement on anticipating change
cial negotiating body (SNB) – composed of three representatives from the steel group’s management and of three representatives from the European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF)...
2 July 2009
HP: EWC and unions against the social plan
enting EWC members and employees from communicating, union representatives from different countries met, on June 30, under the leadership of the European Metalworkers’ Federation (EMF) and...
2 July 2009
Germany: Minister of Employment and Social Affairs creates permanent minimum wage committee
f government representatives and social partners, will study in which sectors it will be possible and necessary to introduce minimum wage. It will work on the basis of the recent “law on...
2 July 2009
Spain: Ford lowers social plan in Valencia
at Ford, where the local government, unions and the management made progress. The administration wants a lower social plan, with 294 job cuts instead of 1,100. The carmaker announced that the...
2 July 2009
Italy: Fiom-CGIL presents platform for the renewal of the economic part of the metal national collective agreement
federation – decided to present its platform for the renewal of the economic part of the sector’s national collective agreement three months early, after the Fim-Cisl and Uilm-Uil...
2 July 2009
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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
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
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Pascale Rauline (Axa EWC): “European charter formalises ongoing and accelerated social dialogue on AI”
On 27 November, Axa and its European works council (EWC) signed a charter setting out principles governing the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) and guaranteeing social dialogue on the...
3 December 2025
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Germany: crisis-hit industries cast shadow over 2026 bargaining cycle
In 2026, collective wage agreements for nearly 10 million employees in Germany are set to expire. With upcoming negotiations in crisis-hit 'pilot' sectors such as chemicals and metalworking, the...
2 December 2025
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Bulgaria: government approves bill to encourage sector-level collective bargaining
On 26 November, the Bulgarian government approved amendments to the labour code designed to reinforce the legal framework for sector-level collective bargaining. The reform aims to stimulate...
2 December 2025
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EU: social partners in telecoms sign joint statement on AI
On 16 December, the social partners in Europe's telecommunications sector unveiled a joint statement on artificial intelligence. They propose an action plan for skills and commit to raising...
18 December 2025
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Germany: Erwin Hymer Group’s innovative and award-winning AI agreement
Fed up with negotiating separate agreements for each new artificial intelligence (AI) tool, the social partners at Erwin Hymer Group (8,900 employees) have instead secured a broad, overarching...
12 December 2025
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France: Orange submits gender equality agreement – including AI provisions – for union approval
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