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Argentina: business label certifying gender equality on the workplace
inean government launched a pilot program to promote gender equality on the workplace. The quality label will be awarded following several criteria such as staff recruitment policies, promotion...
9 March 2009
Italy: controversy at the CGIL on the platform to renew the collective agreement in the food industry
is consulting workers on the separate agreement on the reform of the conventional system (see our dispatch No. 090080), its food federation (Flai-CGIL) agreed with the other two federations, the...
9 March 2009
Great Britain: the government questions “one-size-fits-all” approach to equal opportunities
es and Local Government (DCLG) has launched a three-month public consultation to improve opportunities for minority ethnic people. The consultation seeks recommendations, views and commentary on...
6 March 2009
Great Britain: code of practice on remuneration policies in banks
he bonuses awarded in banks with high losses, the Financial Services Authority (FSA) proposes a code of practice on remuneration policies for employees. This code is currently subject to...
6 March 2009
EU: national courts need to check if rules allowing automatic retirement answer to social policy considerations
rch 5, 2009, the Court of Justice of the European Communities (EJC) on the compatibility of British law, which permits employers to send to automatic retirement workers of 65 or over, with...
6 March 2009
France: paid leave that isn’t taken because of a sick leave have to be transferred after work resumes
f the Court of Justice of the European Communities on January 20, 2009 (see our dispatch No. 090074) – which declared that national provisions ordering the loss of the right to paid leave...
6 March 2009
EU: the European social partners are about to reach an agreement on the revision of the parental leave directive
(UEAPME, BusinessEurope, CEEP for employers and the ETUC for unions) are about to reach an agreement on the revision of their agreement on parental leave, included in directive 96/34. In the draft...
5 March 2009
General Motors Europe: towards 3.500 job cuts at Opel
rmaker, GM, Opel’s employees are going to have to make major sacrifices to save their firm. Carl-Peter Forster, CEO of GM Europe – GM’s European subsidiary and Opel’s...
4 March 2009
Brazil: new wage cut agreements in the metal and mining sectors
soared in January – from 6.8 to 8.2% – Brazilian unions accepted new agreements to cut wages and working time to avoid redundancies. (Ref. 090242) Vale Rio. Negotiations between the...
4 March 2009
Spain: emergency measures against unemployment
nisters will adopt seven emergency measures to maintain employment, without waiting for an agreement with the social partners, who stay on their ground. Unions refuse to decrease contributions and...
4 March 2009
EU: ETUC wants a directive on passive smoking on the workplace
federation (ETUC) published its reply to the consultation launched by the European Commission in October on passive smoking on the workplace. Unlike BusinessEurope (the employers’...
4 March 2009
Sweden: the metalworkers’ union signs an agreement allowing to lower wages to avoid redundancies
Planet Labor, March 5, 2009, No. 090240 – www.planetlabor.com
4 March 2009
Italy: Lombard unions and businesses try the “short week” to face the crisis
Whereas today, March 4, the government is gathering 37 union and employers’ organizations to discuss measures to face the crisis, two Lombard businesses have already established, via the existing...
4 March 2009
Belgium: mailmen fight for decent wages and labor
en on strike for three days, until today, March 4, to ask for an increase of their status and express concern over the evolution of their job and the way the company is preparing for the...
4 March 2009
Great Britain: agency workers targeted by government aid for vulnerable workers
ent Board, gathering the government, employers and unions, is meeting once again to fight against “abusive” employers. Agency workers, at the center of their concern, are targeted by...
4 March 2009
Ireland: ICTU threatens general strike
Tensions between the country’s largest union
and the government have been brewing for weeks, leading up to a proposed
suspension of last September’s national wage agreement (see
our dispatch...
3 March 2009
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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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EU: right and far right join forces in parliament to dismantle sustainability due diligence
On 13 November, the European Parliament approved the report by EPP MEP Jörgen Warborn on the proposed omnibus directive, clearing the way for trilogue negotiations. Backed by the far right, the...
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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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Italy: European pay transparency directive, a major step forward for businesses
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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Germany: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
24 October 2025
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France: government proposes suspending pension reform
French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu, reappointed on 10 October after resigning four days earlier, delivered his general policy speech to the National Assembly on 14 October. He announced the...