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Spain: the administrative authorization granted to Renault to use partial unemployment angers unions
The Ministry of Labor allowed the plan for temporary employment regularization (ERE) presented by the French car manufacturer. It will affect Renault's four Spanish factories and 10.311 employees...
12 January 2009
Netherlands: reduced working time for all Nedcar employees
All of Nedcar's employees are going to be subject to the ATV (Arbeidstijdverkorting, working time reduction system). This is a first since the system was introduced at the end of November, to...
12 January 2009
Great Britain: ACAS launches consultation to make improve the representation of workers
In December 2008, the ACAS (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, which notably helps improving industrial relations) published two documents for consultation in an attempt to modernize...
9 January 2009
Italy: Fiat sends its white-collar workers to partial unemployment
As announced in December (see our dispatch No. 081029), Fiat is sending some of its white-collar workers to partial unemployment. The employees concerned are the 1.200 workers of the Orbassano and...
9 January 2009
Italy: government proposes to reduce working time to prevent layoffs
“Fix employment within the company”. According to the Confindustria employers’ association, 600.000 jobs (1 million according to
unions) would be in jeopardy because of the crisis. In
this tense...
9 January 2009
EU: UNI-Europa Finance increases coordination for national bargaining and defines a procedure for transnational agreements
The economic context is driving the European sectoral union federation UNI-Europa Finance to improve its Strategy on Transnational Collective Bargaining at national level. For that purpose, it...
9 January 2009
Netherlands: 164 businesses benefit from compensated working time reduction
At the end of December 2008, the government postponed of two weeks companies' deadline to request the ATV (working time reduction plan, see our dispatch No. 081049). Unions and employers wanted it...
8 January 2009
Spain: interview of Francisco Aranda, leader of the Association of Large Temporary Employment Agencies (AGETT)
are getting ready to bargain for a reform of public employment services and will mention, in this respect, the extension of temporary work agencies’ competences (see our dispatch No...
8 January 2009
France: a “label” awarded to businesses promoting diversity and preventing discrimination
Announced by the President of the Republic on December 17, 2008 during his speech on equal opportunities on the labor market, the “diversity label” is now operational, the commission in charge of...
8 January 2009
BNP Paribas/Fortis: cooperation between the two groups’ EWCs and unions
Whereas the fate of the takeover of the Belgian bank Fortis by the French BNP Paribas banking group is hanging on the court rulings expected in Belgium, the two banks' EWCs keep meeting "so these...
8 January 2009
Unicredit: the bank embarks on vocational training
The EWC and the management of the Unicredit group adopted, in mid-December a joint declaration on "training, learning and professional development". Training is set as a fundamental value for the...
7 January 2009
EU: the European social partners assess the implementation of their agreement on work-related stress
Unlike the autonomous agreement on telework, the first of this kind, the agreement on stress didn’t come in a totally new legislative and regulatory framework at the national level. Thus, its...
7 January 2009
Portugal: MPs to reexamine the new labor code after constitutional court ruling
The new labor code should have come into force on January 1, 2009, but it needs to be reexamined by MPs on January 21. This comes from a ruling by the constitutional court which rejected the...
7 January 2009
Belgium: the social partners adopt the 2009-10 interprofessional agreement
On December 22, 2008, the Belgian social partners adopted the 2009-10 interprofessional agreement, in cooperation with the government, which reconciles unions' major claims concerning the growth...
6 January 2009
EU: the Czech presidency presents its social priorities
The Czech Prime Minister, Mirek Topolanek and the Deputy Prime Minister, Alexandr Vondra presented, on January 6, 2009, at a press conference, the priorities and the program of the Czech EU...
6 January 2009
EU: the Court of Justice to speak on the information and consultation procedure for workers undergoing restructuring
While the number and intensity of restructurings should soar in 2009, the Court of Justice of the European Communities was seized with two cases which should enhance workers' right to be informed...
6 January 2009
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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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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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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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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...