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France: Supreme Court defines the last base of operation of employees who worked in several Member States
In line with Regulation 44/2001 – which transposes into Community Law the Brussels Convention which notably determines the competent court in the event of international labor relations – employees...
15 April 2009
SNOP: establishment of a European works council
FSD, composed of SNOP SA, specialized in making metallic constituents for the car industry, and the SNOM toolmaker (nought in July 2008), has 2.403 employees in Europe. It is present in France...
15 April 2009
Netherlands: CEOs’ pay strongly decreasing
the largest businesses listed on the stock exchange dropped by 21% in 2008, revolving around 3 million euro annually, says a study carried out by the De Volkskrant daily. This subject is closely...
15 April 2009
Great Britain: deepening gender pay gap in finance
women for similar jobs in finance shows the last report of the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC). The latter launched a survey to understand the reasons for this gap. The results will be...
15 April 2009
Romania: State contributions suspended while in partial unemployment
The number of unemployed people in Romania is booming and will soon hike 300,000, which will require 500 million lei (€120 million) surplus to the budget for indemnities and trainings, Labor...
14 April 2009
Italy: Fiat announces new partial unemployment weeks for white-collar workers
Although the market revival caused by the government’s subsidies, which allowed to cancel some CIG periods (see our dispatch No. 090292), and the agreement with Chrysler gave the group’s employees...
14 April 2009
Whikhahn: international framework agreement
With this agreement, the company, which only employs 600 people (400 at the headquarters in Germany), commits to respect the ILO’s international labor standards for all its employees. For the...
14 April 2009
EU: compromise on the revision of the globalization adjustment fund
reached a compromise for the revision of the European Globalization Adjustment Fund (EGF). This revision should enable the EU to fight against the social consequences of the crisis and should be...
14 April 2009
Great Britain: employers look for alternatives to laying managers off
How do businesses adjust to the economic crisis? According to the 2009 survey carried out by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and the CELRE (the salary survey specialist), employers tend...
14 April 2009
Suspension of the information thread for Easter
Planet Labor is suspending its information thread for Easter Monday and will be back with you on Tuesday 14.
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10 April 2009
Hungary: subsidies to save jobs
Planet Labor, April 10, 2009, No. 090400 – www.planetlabor.com
10 April 2009
Portugal: work on a new social security code began
reform of the labor code, the social partners are opening talks on the social security code, to provide a single reference document throughout the country. In addition to gathering scattered...
10 April 2009
Denmark: the Muslim faith isn’t very popular on the workplace
that Muslim religious symbols and practices have nothing to do on the labor market. This is the observation of a recent survey carried out by the weekly journal of the LO union. The two largest...
9 April 2009
France: carmakers sign agreements to avoid layoffs and maintain pay during partial unemployment
carmaker Renault and four union organizations (CFDT, CFTC, CFE-CGC and FO) signed a “social crisis agreement” aimed at saving “8.000-10.000 jobs in France in 2009.” The...
9 April 2009
Siemens: the German multinational launches a real policy on diversity management
ng the Chinese Jill Lee to the post of “chief diversity officer,” Siemens announced the launching of several internal networks in charge of promoting women and young managers of high...
9 April 2009
EU: comprehensive note on the future EWC directive
he European Commission to present its draft revision of the EWC directive. Once started though, it only took a few months to be adopted. The compromise reached in December 2008 will be permanently...
9 April 2009
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
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...
8 December 2025
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
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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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Italy: artificial Intelligence on the menu of Barilla’s new company agreement
Prior consultation with trade unions on innovations related to artificial intelligence, strengthened training, and progress on parenthood: these are the main new features of the agreement signed...
2 September 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: a high-tension start to the social and political year
The German government must finalize its major reforms (pension funding, corporate competitiveness, and labor law) while the chancellor’s popularity hits an all-time low and three regional...
26 August 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Sweden: IF Metall union forced to end industrial dispute with Tesla
The news. After three years of conflict, the Swedish union IF Metall announced it would suspend its strike actions against Tesla starting Wednesday, August 19, after the American automaker...
26 August 2026