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Germany: Deutsche Telekom publishes its first report on data protection
Planet Labor, May 8, 2009, No. 090497 – www.planetlabor.com
28 April 2009
Club Med: agreement on fundamental rights and transnational mobility
erranee and the IUF and EFFAT unions should soon sign an agreement on fundamental rights at work and transnational mobility in the Euro-Africa zone, thus organizing the mobility of migrant workers...
28 April 2009
Spain: government prepares pension scheme reform
Planet Labor, April 29, 2009, No. 090463 – www.planetlabor.com
28 April 2009
Sweden: analysis of the Sony Ericsson negotiated settlement in 2008 to lay off more than 1,100 people
The announcement of redundancies at the Kista site in Sweden. Only in October 2008 did Sony Ericsson officially announce the redundancy of 230 people in Lund and 550 people in Kista. In December...
28 April 2009
EU: conciliation on the revision of the working time directive failed
ill not be revised. At least not for now, or in six months. The 27 EU Member States and the European Parliament failed to reach a compromise last night during the last conciliation meeting...
28 April 2009
Italy: Cassa Integrazione becomes more flexible
al Welfare Institute (INPS) – with the consent of the Ministry of Labor – broadcasted new rules for the calculation of partial unemployment. The Cassa Integrazione Ordinaria (CIGO, see...
28 April 2009
Ukraine: foreign employees have a hard time getting a labor permit
hrough a very serious social crisis as a consequence of the global financial and economic crisis. This situation led the government and the lawmaker to limit access to the local market for foreign...
28 April 2009
Poland: uncertain future for LOT airlines
at the end of 2008, the national airline needs an emergency large-scale restructuring plan. Job cuts are inevitable: around 1,000 should be cut throughout the group. (Ref. 090462) The financial...
28 April 2009
EU : the Dublin Foundation provides concrete illustration of company flexicurity
Flexicurity has been in recent years foremost on the EU social policy agenda. Presented as a necessary tool for the implementation of the Lisbon strategy, seldom are the studies dedicated to its...
27 April 2009
Germany: employers seek another reform of partial unemployment
cies foresee a 6% drop in GDP this year, the two main employers’ federations, BDA and BDI, exhort the government to rapidly take further measures to halt the rise in unemployment. Employers...
27 April 2009
Germany: partial wage agreement for 250,000 in the banking sector
l 22, 2009 shows the impact of the crisis on collective bargaining: the social partners in the banking sector negotiated for almost a year before agreeing on a 2.5% wage increase. The agreement is...
27 April 2009
Spain: employers write a draft “crisis contract”
ation is surveying through political parties with a draft “crisis contract” in hand (less protective of employees, cheaper for employers) and is looking for Parliamentary support to...
27 April 2009
Italy: steering committee of the CGIL prepares its strategy after the agreement on the reform of the conventional system
Representativeness challenge. The committee approved the rejection of the agreement on the reform of the conventional system (see our dispatch No. 090419) which “represents the unilateral...
27 April 2009
Mexico: General Motors plans eight weeks of technical unemployment and forced holidays for 4,600 workers
Silao, activity keeps being suspended: the third began last week and will last for two months as of mid-May. Employees who haven’t been put on technical unemployment are forced to go on...
27 April 2009
EU: home stretch for conciliation on the revision of the working time directive
e of April 23rd, negotiations between the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers on the revision of the working time directive resumed on the basis of a proposition from the European...
24 April 2009
Italy: criticism over a provision of the decree-law amending the Testo Unico on health and safety
nst the provision of the decree-law amending the Testo Unico which, in case of a serious accident, removes the employers’ criminal liability if other employees are recognized liable...
23 April 2009
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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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Spain: new terms and conditions for in-company training contracts
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France: sectors feel economic slowdown to differing degrees
The latest data on France’s occupational sectors (branches professionnelles), covering the year 2023, show how employment trends are shaping workplace dynamics. After a more favourable period for...
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