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Germany: unions propose a “co-managed” foundation to control part of the capital of equipment manufacturer Schaeffler/Continental
trade union confederation (DGB) want “to place Schaeffler in the hands of the workers” and propose, in the spirit of the agreement of February 23 between the Schaeffler management and...
16 March 2009
Germany: Transnet union calls on Deutsche Bahn employees to watch out for “mediator” lawyers
dal of the control of data on the Deutsche Bahn’s employees (see our dispatch No. 090110) is getting increasingly difficult. Transnet, the largest rail union, is warning its employees...
16 March 2009
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
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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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