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Spain: UGT union reelects Candido Mendez as general secretary after 40th Congress
ss on April 1-4, Candido Mendez was reelected with 93.2% of votes for (none against) and more support than four years ago – when he gathered 75.9% of the votes. This reelection confirms that...
7 April 2009
Great Britain: 2.500 pounds subsidies for hiring long-term unemployed
ses are entitled to “golden hellos”: they will receive 1.000 pounds (1.100 euros) for hiring someone who has been receiving unemployment benefits for at least six months, and a package...
7 April 2009
Belgium: one year to implement a policy on drugs and alcohol on the workplace
aken in the interprofessional agreement of February 2, 2007, the social partners signed, on April 1, 2009, a collective agreement on drugs and alcohol on the workplace. The goal is to give...
6 April 2009
Germany: law on employees’ capital interest enforced
n of employees in the equity of companies” (Mitarbeiterkapitalbeteiligungsgesetz), voted on January 22, 2009 by the MPs of the majority (see our dispatch No. 090116) entered into force on...
6 April 2009
ThyssenKrupp: the European Metalworkers’ Federation joins the IG Metall’s call for mobilization
on, IG Metall, called for an “emergency demonstration for the future and safety of employment” within ThyssenKrupp (180.000 employees) and is calling for a demonstration in Duisburg...
6 April 2009
Italy: Cisl launches initiatives to help jobseekers in Emilia-Romania
Improve social cohesion. Roberto Pezzani, regional secretary of the Cisl’s Public Service, and Pier Ragazzini, Cisl general regional secretary explained that, to overcome the major economic crisis...
6 April 2009
Sweden: national training program to increase the number of women on company boards
sh government launched a national training program for women (styrelsekraft) with two objectives: to make visible and distinguish women with competence for membership of company boards as well as...
6 April 2009
Finland: government revises CEOs’ bonuses and pensions in businesses partly owned by the State
New work group. Besides, recent cases showed that, in the absence of a specific system, heads of businesses enjoy contractual provisions that are extremely favorable in terms of pensions compared...
6 April 2009
Spain: the CEOE employers’ confederation re-elect Gerardo Diaz Ferran chairman
e Spanish employers’ confederation was re-elected by 83% of the votes, in spite of his reputation as a hardly consensual man within the organization and his fights with unions. He was the...
4 April 2009
HP-EDS: the EWCs of the two groups say no voluntary wage cut program
cils of Hewlett-Packard and EDS met, on March 26-27, staff representatives expressed their opposition to the wage cuts – voluntary and permanent – proposed by HP’s European...
4 April 2009
Great Britain: Equality and Human Rights Commission proposes to reform parental leave
th 5.3 billion pounds a year, the Equality and Human Rights Commission calls for a revision of parental leave to reduce the gender pay gap and involve men in family life. The CBI employers’...
3 April 2009
Germany: Airbus Deutschland also spied on its employees
and Deutsche Bahn, Airbus Deutschland is now hit by a spying scandal. The German subsidiary of the European aeronautical consortium Airbus, subsidiary of EADS, recognized, on April 2, 2009, that...
3 April 2009
Mexico: airlines and airports cut 1.000 jobs each month
sector. In recent months, 6.400 jobs have been cut. Bu June, another 4.000 people will loose their job in airlines and businesses providing services on the ground. An agreement signed by unions...
3 April 2009
Brazil: government and car industry sign pact to protect employment
ed to unfreeze $650 million to stimulate demand for cars and motorcycles. In exchange, car manufacturers will have to maintain the current level of employment in the mid term. Nevertheless...
3 April 2009
Belgium: negotiations on extending partial unemployment to employees stopped
union and employers’ representatives, had until April 1 to reach an agreement on the extension of partial unemployment to white-collar workers. Negotiations failed on the morning of April 2...
3 April 2009
Germany: Daimler enhances savings program
global crisis, the German carmaker, Daimler, wants employees to make substantial sacrifices. On the eve of the beginning of negotiations with its works council on a new savings plan, the...
3 April 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...
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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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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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Spain: new terms and conditions for in-company training contracts
On 25 November, Spain's Council of Ministers approved a regulation on training contracts. This text defines the terms and conditions for hosting work-study students and interns doing professional...
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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...
19 December 2025
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Germany: apprenticeship openings fall sharply in manufacturing and chemicals
From 1 January 2026, Dutch collective agreements for temporary employment agencies will alter the employment conditions of temp workers. Agencies will be required to pay these workers at least the...
15 December 2025