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EU: Parliament amends the statute of the European private company to better protect the involvement of workers
ean Parliament adopted, on a first reading, the report of the German MEP Klaus Heiner Lehne (EPP) on the statute of the European private company (SPE). This new status was created to encourage...
16 March 2009
General Motors: European governments commit to cooperate to save the European branch of the American manufacturer
tween the American carmaker’s European staff representatives, who presented their conditions for the creation of an independent subsidiary for the group’s European activities, the...
16 March 2009
France: economic difficulties must be assessed compared with the group’s international activity
ancies is strongly sought during the downturn, which is affecting French businesses. At a time when large international groups are announcing waves of lay offs, the French Supreme Court ( Cour de...
16 March 2009
Spain: analysis of emergency social measures to stop unemployment
ic crisis, Spain is suffering a dramatic and sharp increase in unemployment. This has led the Government to urgently approve a series of social measures (see our dispatch No. 090239). The measures...
16 March 2009
Belgium: public social action centers condemn exclusion policy within employment services
obseekers turn to social services because they are not entitled to unemployment benefits. This is what the Walloon Federation of Public Social Action Centers (CPAS) observed. On October 31, 2008...
13 March 2009
Great Britain: construction firms use the worker black list, causing an outrage
ses drew up a black list of unwanted workers, revealed a study carried out by the Information Commission – an independent organization in charge of the protection of personal data. Unions...
13 March 2009
Tesa: agreement on employee representation in the future European company
rmany of the European company status (SE), Tesa AG – one of the world leaders in adhesive tapes – is about to complete its transformation into an SE. In late 2008, the management of...
13 March 2009
Italy: unions mobilize against the closure of an Indesit plant
electrical appliances maker, has confirmed its decision to close its dishwasher plant with 600 workers at None (near Turin) and transfer production to Poland. But unions are mobilized against this...
13 March 2009
General Motors: management to explain its intentions concerning its Brussels subsidiary
an Commission, the managers of General Motors, GM US and GM Europe are going to meet, today Friday March 13, with the EU Ministers for Industry concerned by the situation of the carmaker...
13 March 2009
Belgium: government announces three measures to combat age discrimination
ter for Employment and Equality, Joëlle Micquet, announced three new measures to increase the fight against age discrimination. This intervention follows the publication of an analysis on job...
12 March 2009
Germany: wage agreement for Lufthansa’s cabin crew
ust avoided an unlimited strike of its cabin crew. After tough negotiations (see our dispatch No. 090072), the German airline’s management, the Ufo cabin crew union (Unabhängige...
11 March 2009
Italy: first law on “guaranteed minimum income” in the Latium region
s and atypical workers who aren’t entitled to partial unemployment compensation or to any other form of social dampers, the Regional Council of the Latium (Rome area) approved the Guaranteed...
11 March 2009
Germany: wage agreement signed in the industry in west Germany against a crisis background
otiations, the IG Metall iron and steel union and employers adopted, on March 10, 2009, a new collective agreement for the 85.000 employees of the textile and clothing industry in the former...
11 March 2009
Netherlands: 15% wage cut for postmen
group TNT Post (former TGP Post, national company) have to accept a 15% wage cut in preparation for the liberalization of the postal market. An agreement in principle – which must still be...
11 March 2009
Spain: Supreme Court accepts double wage scale at Repsol Quimica
g, the chemistry branch of the Repsol oiler obtained satisfaction. In November 2008, a Supreme Court ruling overrules the case law. Beforehand, unions were supported in similar cases, and the wage...
11 March 2009
Ireland: Waterford Crystal sit-in enters sixth week
Fears of being bought by a private equity fund. The world-famous Waterford Wedgewood Group, which produces Wedgewood Crystal in Kilbarry, County Waterford in the Republic of Ireland, as well as...
11 March 2009
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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...
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
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
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...
16 October 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...
30 October 2025
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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...
12 November 2025
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Germany: legal battle at Tesla ahead of works council election
The Frankfurt/Oder labour court has postponed a mid-November hearing in the case between the IG Metall union and Michaela Schmitz, employee representative and head of the works council at the...
28 October 2025