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Mexico: mining company Grupo Mexico allowed to dismiss 1,300 strikers
ction to the largest mining group in the country in its struggle against workers on the Cananea site, on strike for 21 months. The company should be able to close the mine and dismiss the strikers...
Spain: Audi awards the professional of the new Q3 to the Martorell factory near Barcelona
However, the battle was even more complicated with competition from other factories in Eastern Europe with much lower costs. There were talks about the factory of Bratislava in Slovakia, Gyor in...
Great Britain: heads of businesses demand regulatory moratorium
Institute of Directors (IoD), CEOs and heads of businesses signed a petition asking the government to intensify its efforts in terms of deregulation. They say they are overwhelmed by new charges...
EU: report recommends working time limits in aviation
Recommendations of the scientific report. Yet, according to the report published in January, to avoid fatigue for the crew and therefore risks for passengers: 
Belgium: business continuity act enforced on April 1
omic crisis, the government passed a royal decree on March 27, 2009 setting the enforcement of the on business continuity of January 31, 2009 to April 1. This law extends ailing businesses’...
Poland: better regulation of internships soon
n Parliament provides for a new legal framework for internships for young graduates from secondary and higher education. This text is aimed at facilitating young people’s employability and...
Finland: tough start for wage negotiations in the industry
Industries (employers, EK) and the Council of Finnish Industrial Unions (TP) split up, in late march, over a disagreement which predicts bumps in the road for the negotiations to take place within...
Great Britain: unions and employers ask the government to compensate partial unemployment
, the government is going to publish its coming budget, the TUC, the British Chambers of Commerce an the EEF representing the industry, the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB) and the Work...
EU: skills and greens jobs on the 2009 agenda of the European Social Dialogue Committee in Electricity
The European Social Dialogue Committee in Electricity met on March 10 to validate its 2009 work program. The Committee, created in 2000, gathers the FSESP-EPSU – the European Federation of Public...
Germany: several businesses caught storing employees’ personal data again
Lidl discounter in the hot seat again. In early April, several hundreds of listings and forms belonging to Lidl were found in a trash can near a gas station in Bochum. Part of these documents was...
Germany: firms and unions work hand in hand to put off as long as possible the prospect of massive layoffs
Beyond the debate on bonuses and extravagant salaries of bosses and certain senior executives, the solidarity currently shown by unions and employers is perhaps only fleeting, but it really...
EU: the Committee on Women’s Rights of the European Parliament proposes to extend minimum maternity leave to 20 weeks
Longer maternity leave and equivalent salary. The MEPs propose to extend minimum maternity leave to 20 weeks instead of 18 as the Commission proposed (currently, maternity leave lasts 14 weeks). 6...
Germany: IG Metall signs an agreement reducing partial unemployment costs and extending fixed-term contracts
day, April 15th by the IG Metall union and the Sudwestmetall employers’ federation in southern Germany opens the way for the renewal of fixed-term contracts for four years instead of two and...
Estonia: government suspends State contributions to the second pillar of compulsory pension schemes for two years
unced that, as of June 1, it would stop paying its contribution to the compulsory supplementary pension scheme managed by pension funds. For the moment, the people involved in this program pay out...
Brazil: 1,200 temporarily laid off at Mercedes Benz
in March, the German carmaker implemented several measures to reduce activity in one of its Brazilian factories making trucks and buses: 10% of the 12,000 workers of the site were laid off for 15...
Chile: national strike against corporate policy to face the crisis
Chile’s key trade union, CUT (Central unica de trabajadores) called its members for a national day of action on Thursday April 16, which was successful throughout the country. The participants...
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France: Yves Rocher convicted of breach of duty of vigilance for infringement of freedom of association
The specialised chamber of the Paris Judicial Court convicted Yves Rocher on 12 March for breaching its duty of vigilance. The group was sued by Turkish employees dismissed in 2018 by a subsidiary...
12 March 2026
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Spain: business support package to tackle the economic impact of the Middle East conflict
The Spanish government approved a series of measures on 20 March to support companies facing rising energy prices. In return, these businesses are prohibited from making redundancies for economic...
23 March 2026
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EU: Council adopts position on simplifying AI rules
The Council of the EU approved its position on 13 March regarding the “omnibus regulation” proposal, published last November by the Commission to simplify the AI Act. Confirming the...
20 March 2026
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Germany: a corporate group supports local political engagement via its “Democracy Charter”
Large corporations in the Hesse region, surrounding Frankfurt, are defending local democracy by enabling employees to volunteer in local public life through an initiative dubbed the "Democracy...
11 March 2026
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United States: Coca-Cola subsidiary sued by the administration over women-only event
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced on 18 February that it is launching federal proceedings against Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast for “sex-based...
6 March 2026