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Denmark: the Minister of Labor awarded three businesses for their commitment towards seniors
Metro Cash & Carry, B. Schroder A/S and the Lioba Hjemmet nursing home received the Seniorpraksis prize from the Minister of Labor, Claus Hjort Frederiksen, on November 28, 2008 in Copenhagen...
12 December 2008
EU: the recast EWC directive will most certainly be permanently adopted next week
Nothing should prevent the permanent adoption of the recast EWC directive during the Council of Ministers of the EU on December 17. The latter should adopt the text which came out of the trialogue...
11 December 2008
Luxembourg: exception to drivers’ night work system
A Grand-Ducal regulation of November 24, 2008 introduces an exception to mobile workers' night work system. It allows, under certain circumstances, to extend daily working time over the 10-hour...
11 December 2008
Slovenia: solutions and current movements to adjust working time because of the crisis
Different companies operating in Slovenia have recently stressed their concern because of actual or foreseen decrease of their business activity. The applicable Slovene law does not recognize the...
11 December 2008
Germany: evaluation of collective agreements in 2008 and prospects for 2009
The Economic and Social Institute (WSI) and the Hans Blocker Foundation - German unions' think tank" - drew the first conclusions of the collective agreements signed in 2008. In terms of...
11 December 2008
Corporate Practices: Deutsche Post awarded for its health management system
Already praised several times by economic newspapers, Deutsche Post World Net's corporate health management program received, on December 2, a new award - the "German Corporate Health Award." It...
11 December 2008
Italy: report on labor transformations
More social conflicts, increase of atypical labor, unemployment and female employment: these are the main labor changes brought forward by the 42nd report of the "Censis" research institute...
11 December 2008
Italy: agreement for the restructuring of a Whirlpool undertaking
Whirlpool's restructuring plan envisages 691 job cuts in Italy (1.800 in Europe and 5.000 globally). On December 3, 2008, the multinational signed, with the trade unions, the agreement on the...
11 December 2008
Spain: Nissan withdraws its layoff plan for the Zona Franca site in Barcelona
Nissan Motor Iberica withdrew its layoff plan (ERE) which planned 1.680 job cuts on its Zona Franca site, near Barcelona. After weeks of strikes and protests, Nissan agreed to bargain with the...
11 December 2008
Mexico: increasing number of underemployed skilled workers
Labor market statistics show that 7% of Mexican workers are looking for a second job. Among skilled workers, who have an average or upper education level, the number of "underemployed" increased...
11 December 2008
Slovakia: the second capitalization pension pillar temporarily reopened
The first compulsory pillar. The rights and obligations of employers and their employees in the field of pension insurance are governed by Act No. 461/2003 Coll. on Social Insurance. This pillar...
10 December 2008
Poland: the lack of obligation to justify the termination of a fixed-term contract is constitutional
In a ruling of December 2, 2008 (sygn. P48/07), the constitutional court retained that labor law, which does not impose on the employer to justify the termination of a fixed-term contract...
10 December 2008
EU: European partnership on anticipating change in the defense industry
The Aerospace and Defense Industries Association in Europe (ASD), the European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) and the European Defense Agency (EDA) launched, on December 8, a "European Partnership...
10 December 2008
Sweden: the 2009 Finance Act aims to improve employment, support businesses and boost demand
Corporate tax and social security reductions. The government is also proposing a företagsskattepaket (fiscal package) for businesses that will result in a total tax reduction of 16 billion SEK...
10 December 2008
Sweden: the government does not intend to act immediately for the automobile sector
In spite of the impact of the crisis in this sector on the economy, the Swedish government ruled out, for now at least, the idea of a plan to save the auto sector. According to the government...
10 December 2008
Netherlands: works councils are allowed to express opinions in front of shareholders
Dutch works councils should get the right to express opinions during general meetings. A bill along those lines was presented on December 8 by Hirsch Ballin, Justice Minister, and Piet Hein...
10 December 2008
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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...
31 October 2025
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
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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France: austerity measures proposed in social security financing bill for 2026
Limits on sick leave, the end of social security exemptions for apprentices, and the introduction of additional birth leave: the 2026 social security financing bill, presented to parliament on 14...
16 October 2025
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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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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Romania: collective agreement extended to entire insurance sector
On 3 November, Romania’s National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue approved the extension of the collective labour agreement signed on 23 May by the Confederation of Employers in the...
10 November 2025
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Italy: new collective agreement for managers in tertiary sector
On 5 November, the ManagerItalia union and the employers’ association Confcommercio renewed the collective agreement for managers in Italy’s tertiary, distribution and services...
12 November 2025
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Germany: legal battle at Tesla ahead of works council election
The Frankfurt/Oder labour court has postponed a mid-November hearing in the case between the IG Metall union and Michaela Schmitz, employee representative and head of the works council at the...
28 October 2025