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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
Germany: the Grand Coalition wants to improve legislation on setting bosses’ wages
anagers’ pay and bonuses is still raging, the parties of the Grand Coalition, CDU/CSU and SPD, adopted, during a summit meeting on the night between march 4 and march 5, 2009, new rules to...
11 March 2009
EU: the Commission’s annual report points to lasting delay in terms of gender equality
mission presented its annual report on equality between men and women. Even though women’s employment rate – 58.3% – is now close to the Lisbon objective – 60% – the...
11 March 2009
EU: the chemistry social partners publish a joint declaration on partial unemployment and better skills
In a short joint declaration, the workgroup on apprenticeship and lifelong learning established within the sectoral social dialogue committee, the European Chemical Employers Group (ECEG) and the...
10 March 2009
Italy: record hike in appeal to partial unemployment
rmal partial unemployment of over 500% was recorded in the industry in February compared with the same period in 2008. The increase topped 1.000% in the iron and steel sector. Unions warn about a...
10 March 2009
Italy: businesses cannot use fingerprints to control workers’ presence
ric identification systems to check if their employees are present and when they come in and out, except for security purposes. This is what the Italian Monitoring Authority on the protection of...
10 March 2009
Netherlands: FNV and Allies summons Unilever to court
Planet Labor, March 11, 2009, No. 090262 – www.planetlabor.com
10 March 2009
Slovenia: household appliance manufacturer Gorenje, the jewel of the country’s economy, launches a voluntary leave program
Voluntary leaves. Gorenje group employs about 11.600 people according to publicly available information. It intends to cut 400-500 jobs, using soft measures such as retirement or consensual...
10 March 2009
EU: the 27 Ministers of Labor are working on the social impact of the crisis
uropean Ministers for Employment and Social Affairs, gathered in Brussels for a Council of Ministers, discussed the social consequences and the impact on employment of the crisis. They insisted to...
10 March 2009
Bulgaria: new compensation for employees when working time is reduced
bal economic crisis, which appeared to affect more seriously the national economy in the last months, the Bulgarian government has taken a step towards mitigation of the crisis’ effects on...
10 March 2009
China: the end of an era for white collars
ars is the focus of this third chapter of our series of reports on “China and unemployment”. In control on the labor market, these employees are forced to lower their wage expectations...
9 March 2009
Great Britain: businesses to implement road risk policy at the risk of heavy sanctions in the event of an accident
he new law on health and safety offenses, enforced in January 2009 (see our dispatch No. 090044), businesses which can’t prove that they have a road risk policy incur a fine up to 20.000...
9 March 2009
Italy: the government is banking on large infrastructure works to revive the economy
banking on large infrastructure works to revive the economy. The interministerial committee for economic planning, gathered on Friday, march 6, gave around 17.8 billion euro to create about...
9 March 2009
Netherlands: impact of the ECJ ruling on sick employees’ paid leave
sor of Labor Law at the Leiden University, thinks that the law on the paid leave of sick employees must be reformed after the ECJ ruling of January 20 which stated that laws which reduced sick...
9 March 2009
Spain: unions and employers fail to renew their agreement on collective bargaining for 2009
o renew the interconfederate agreement on collective bargaining (ANC) for 2009. This agreement was easily renewed every year since 2002 to define the general framework of sectoral or company...
9 March 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...
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