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Great Britain: government postpones maternity leave extension because of the economic crisis
The government postponed the extension of maternity leave to six months, aimed at encouraging fathers to share it with mothers, because of the recession. Now, every piece of legislation is scanned...
3 June 2009
E.ON Energy Trading: German company becomes a SE
This is a first in the German energy sector. E.ON Energy Trading, a subsidiary of the German energy giant E.ON, is the first German company to turn into a European Company (SE). After signing, on...
2 June 2009
Sweden: Scania signs company agreement cutting working time and wages
the heavyweight and bus manufacturer Scania announced the conclusion of a collective agreement establishing the four-day week and a 10% wage cut for six months. The two largest union organizations...
2 June 2009
Denmark: Ministry of Labor publishes legal note evaluating employees’ freedom of expression
r published the first issue of a series of “legal notes” to improve labor law information. It concerns the protection of the freedom of expression, notably whistleblowing, for...
2 June 2009
Spain: BBVA offers temporary contract suspensions and leaves to complete training to its employees
The bank is seeking solutions to deal with possible excess staff as part of a restructuring program and possible mergers in the Spanish financial sector. (Ref. 090593)
2 June 2009
Italy: 17th annual report of the National Statistics Institute published
The last annual report of the Istat (Italian National Statistics Institute) provides an overview of economic, social and demographic change in Italy during the crisis. While, in some sectors, SMEs...
2 June 2009
Poland: permanent adoption of the amendment on the appointment of board members
rt invalidated several provisions of the law of April 7, 2006 on the information and consultation of workers, the Senate adopted, on May 28, a text which amends the way board members are...
2 June 2009
Enel: Italian energy group publishes CSR agreement
Singed on April 27 by the group's management, the Filcem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, Uilcem Italian unions (see our dispatch No. 090504), Enel's Corporate Social Responsibility Protocol is mostly based on...
1 June 2009
Morocco: the influx of Moroccan workers to Spain is stronger than the crisis
While unemployment is raging in Spain, will the crisis triumph over the system of legal professional circular migration launched with Morocco? Eduardo Martin Toval, labor and social affairs...
1 June 2009
Netherlands: for the first time, government exempts laid off employees from looking for a job
On May 27, the government decided to be generous with the 65 employees of Teha, a wood transformation factory severely hit by the crisis. This is a first in the Netherlands: in spite of the fact...
1 June 2009
Mexico: partial unemployment intensifies at General Motors and Chrysler
To exhaust its stocks, in Silao, central Mexico, General Motors (GM) will enforce eight weeks of technical unemployment as of Monday, June 01. This measure should have originally started in...
1 June 2009
Spain: less than two in ten jobseekers receive training courses
Out of the 628,800 jobseekers who currently attend training, 200,000 – i.e. less than a third – currently attend qualifying training (vocational or academic training) and the remaining 400,000...
29 May 2009
Great Britain: because of the crisis and decreasing ranks, unions lay off
The recession doesn't affect businesses only. Unite, one of the largest trade unions in the UK, announced a 20% budget cut. Therefore, layoffs are planned, like at the Public and Commercial...
29 May 2009
General Motors: carmaker reaches agreement with the UAW but EU Member States are divided on the fate of GM Europe
Agreement between management and UAW. Once more, General Motors obtained compromises from the United Auto Workers. After agreeing, in March, to bring the wage costs of the carmakers’ workers in...
29 May 2009
Danone: the group launches a fund with 100 million euros to stimulate the economic and social development of its “ecosystem”
Global policy to spread the group’s values to all its undertakings. Danone relies on a wide and structured range of initiatives, programs and projects at French level aimed at materializing this...
Belgium: “restructuring” card available to more workers
Planet Labor, May 28, 2009, No. 090580 – www.planetlabor.com
28 May 2009
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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...
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14 October 2025
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France: austerity measures proposed in social security financing bill for 2026
Limits on sick leave, the end of social security exemptions for apprentices, and the introduction of additional birth leave: the 2026 social security financing bill, presented to parliament on 14...
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France: Decathlon introduces a ‘duty to respect others’ right to disconnect’
A right-to-disconnect agreement was signed in late September for the French arm of the Decathlon sports retail group. It sets out a "duty to respect others’ right to disconnect" and provides...
14 November 2025
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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...
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Romania: collective agreement extended to entire insurance sector
On 3 November, Romania’s National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue approved the extension of the collective labour agreement signed on 23 May by the Confederation of Employers in the...
10 November 2025
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Italy: new collective agreement for managers in tertiary sector
On 5 November, the ManagerItalia union and the employers’ association Confcommercio renewed the collective agreement for managers in Italy’s tertiary, distribution and services...
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