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Netherlands: dishonest temp agencies targeted by inspection services
‘s inspection services (Sociale Inlichtingen en Opsporingsdienst, SIOD) controlled 70 temporary work agencies and found out that 48 were “fraudulent.” (Ref. 090598) This is...
3 June 2009
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...
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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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On 4 December, the European Commission launched the first phase of consultation with social partners with a view to a European directive on jobs, which is scheduled for the end of 2026. It could...
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United Kingdom: government scraps plan to introduce ‘day one’ protection against unfair dismissal
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Poland: bill adopted to amend definition of psychological harassment
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France: minimum wage to rise by 1.18% on 1 January
On 12 December, the French government announced a 1.18% increase in the minimum wage, taking effect on 1 January 2026. The pay level will rise from €1,802 to €1,823 gross per month (for...
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