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Spain: the Ministry of Labor wants to impose the negotiation of actual social plans in the event of mass layoffs
The government wants to suggest to the social partners to impose social accompanying plans, until now optional and hardly used in Spain, even though, according to the Status of Workers, they are...
3 December 2008
France: adoption of the Labor Income Act
The Labor Income Act was adopted by the Parliament on November 27, as an answer to the decreasing purchasing power of French employees. We are presenting a review of its main provisions which...
3 December 2008
EU: the French presidency stays on track for the permanent adoption of the recast of the EWC directive by the end of the year
In spite of the fact that MEPs from the Committee on Employment adopted some amendments introducing significant changes to the recast EWC (see our dispatch No. 080915), the French presidency and...
2 December 2008
France: seniors’ employment at the center of the Social Security Finance Act 2009
On November 27, the Parliament permanently adopted the 2009 Social Security Finance Act. Several provisions concern the seniors' employment and companies directly. The goal is to encourage seniors...
2 December 2008
Solvay: the management and EWC sign a charter on sustainable development and corporate social responsibility
Contribute to the emergence of a corporate vision on sustainable
development. With this charter, EWC members
expressed their will to the exercise of Social Corporate Responsibility in the...
1 December 2008
Belgium: enforcement of the welcoming leave
The Royal Decree
sets the welcoming leave to a maximum of six days per calendar
year as opposed to ten days in the draft Royal Decree adopted by the Council of
Ministers last year (see our...
1 December 2008
Switzerland: unions defeated on flexible retirement age
Swiss unions suffered a major defeat on Sunday, November 30th, during the referendum on the introduction of a flexible retirement scheme for low incomes. Indeed, 58% voted against the possibility...
1 December 2008
Netherlands: borders will stay closed until 2012 for Bulgarian and Romanian workers
At the request of the Parliament, the Dutch government decided, on November 27, 2008, to keep the borders closed until 2012 for citizens from Bulgaria and Romania, two countries which joined the...
1 December 2008
Poland: early retirement rules hang in balance
Since the Diet permanently adopted the law which limits access to early retirement to arduous work (see our dispatch No. 080728), Poland's key trade unions have stepped up their lobbying efforts...
1 December 2008
Germany: agreement on the conditions to transfer Airbus’ employees to the Premium Aerotec firm
The management and the general works council of Airbus Deutschland, as well as the regional branch of the IG Metall, reached an agreement on Thursday, November 27, 2008, of the conditions to...
1 December 2008
Italy: the government launches measures against the crisis
On Friday, November 28, 2008, the Council of Ministers approved the decree-law containing measures to face the crisis. Positively welcomed by the Confindustria employers' confederations and the...
1 December 2008
Argentina: infrastructure and tax measures to revive employment
The Argentinean government presented a $21 billion investment plan to boost employment. These funds, aimed at developing infrastructures, should allow for the creation of 400.000 jobs in the...
1 December 2008
EU: the education Ministers of the EU-27 set priorities for vocational education and training 2008-2010
On November 26, 2008, in Bordeaux, the twenty-seven European education Ministers signed a communiqué on enhanced cooperation in terms of vocational education and training (VET). The joint...
28 November 2008
Germany: for the first time, a labor court condemns a firm for gender discrimination based on a statistic report
The regional labor court of Berlin-Brandenburg created a precedent which was largely discussed by the German media, and largely welcomed by those who defend gender equality at work: “Contrary to...
28 November 2008
Poland: the Diet adopted the bill on family policy
Creation of a paternity leave. The bill plans the creation of a paternity leave, enforced gradually, which will last one week from 2010 and two weeks from 2011. The father can take it any time...
28 November 2008
Spain: car manufacturers propose ten measures to help the sector
The national association of car and truck manufacturers (ANFAC) sent the head of the Spanish government, José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, a series of proposals - some of which concerning the...
28 November 2008
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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...
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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...
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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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Italy: decree-law adopted to increase workplace safety
On 28 October, the Italian cabinet adopted a decree-law on health and safety at work, aimed at preventing and reducing accidents. The text addresses both the powers and actions of supervisory...
4 November 2025
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Spain: already well on the way to pay transparency?
Spain is preparing for the implementation of its national law transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, which will take effect on 7 June 2026. The legislation marks another step forward in...
5 November 2025
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Romania: parents of children with disabilities granted up to eight days of remote work per month
On 9 October, the Romanian parliament adopted a bill aiming to bolster support for parents of children with disabilities up to the age of 18. The legislation, which came into force on 12 October...
4 November 2025
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EU: Court of Justice largely upholds directive on adequate minimum wages
On 11 November, the Court of Justice of the European Union upheld most of the directive on adequate minimum wages, rejecting Denmark’s claim that it infringed on national sovereignty over wage...
12 November 2025
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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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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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