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Italy: the pharmaceutical sector comes up with solutions to face restructurings
An agreement to facilitate reskilling and reclassification of surplus employees in the pharmaceutical industry (which employs 72.000 people) and the creation of a "permanent table" for the...
27 November 2008
Great Britain: I&C implementation within large and medium-sized companies, BERR Update
In October 2008, The UK Department of Business Enterprise & Regulatory Reform (BERR) published the second of a three-wave study into the implementation of information and cConsultation (I&C) in...
27 November 2008
United States: Windows Vista’s long start-up time would have led to class actions against several businesses
Several class actions against businesses in the insurance and telecommunication sectors are on their way. Indeed, the targeted businesses deduct the time computers take to start from working...
27 November 2008
France: focus on the reform of the representativeness of union organizations
ocracy on August 20, 2008 completely disrupted the notion of union representativeness by ending the one automatically enjoyed the 5 main trade unions (CGT, CFDT, CFTC, CGT-FO and CFE-CGC –...
27 November 2008
Spain: mobilization at the Ono cable operator against 1.300 job cuts
Since the announcement, on October 24, by the management of the
telecommunications company – the main TV and phone cable operator in Spain – to
reduce employment by 30%, cutting 1.300 jobs...
27 November 2008
Netherlands: new limits to bosses’ bonuses
When the Finance Act 2009 was voted on November 26, 2008, the Dutch Parliament decided to set new limits to managers' remuneration. Bonuses related to the companies' results on the stock exchange...
27 November 2008
EU: reform of the European Globalization Adjustment Fund to face the crisis better
The European Globalization Adjustment Fund (EGF) is one of the tools of the European Recovery Plan launched by the European Commission (see our dispatch No. 080937). Active since January 2007, its...
27 November 2008
Portugal: the government is preparing a plan to support the automotive sector
Faced with the chain decreases in activity in November in Portugal, the government is considering taking measures to support the car industry soon. (Ref. 080936)
27 November 2008
EU: the Commission launches European recovery
To create demand
for labor the Plan invites Member States to consider reducing employers’ social
charges on lower incomes and calls on the Council of Ministers to adopt, before
the 2009 Spring...
27 November 2008
EU: the social partners in the textile sector agree on early restructuring management
After a joint work program on restructurings, the European social partners in the textile sector reached a report "to prepare for better anticipation and management of industrial changes and...
26 November 2008
Belgium: adoption of a draft royal decree to strengthen the prevention of industrial accidents in risky businesses
The Council of Ministers of November 21, 2008 approved a draft royal decree which clarifies and amends the mechanism of the "aggravated risk" provided for in the law on industrial accidents of...
26 November 2008
Netherlands: strict conditions for the reduction of working time and partial unemployment
In order to prevent all kinds of abuses, the government announced, on November 24, 2008, rather strict modalities so companies could be assisted in reducing working time or even forcing their...
26 November 2008
Italy: detailed note on the Cassa Integrazione Guadagni, the partial unemployment insurance
The main “social shock absorber” in Italy, the Cassa Integrazione Guadagni (CIG), replaces employees’ revenues during a reduction or temporary suspension of a company’s activity. It was introduced...
26 November 2008
Denmark: the Ministry of Labor publishes a guide to reduce the gender pay gap
Via the dissemination of a guide on the gender divide of the labor market, the Minister of Labor wants to encourage businesses commit to reduce the gender pay gap which places Denmark last among...
26 November 2008
Poland: the social partners sign a joint declaration on stress
The trade unions (union forum, NSZZ Solidarnosc, OPZZ) and employers' organizations (Lewiatan, Confederation of Polish Employers, Business Center Club, Association of Polish Craftsmen) signed, on...
26 November 2008
Germany: the new leader of the Transnet rail union presents new conditions to the privatization of the Deutsche Bahn
Gathered at a congress on Sunday and Monday, the 326 representatives of the Transnet union - leading rail union with 230.000 members - elected Alexander Kirchner as their union's president. He's...
26 November 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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Germany: pensioners in work already common practice, study shows
As the German government steps up measures to encourage people to stay in work beyond the legal retirement age, a new study by the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) – an independent...
6 November 2025
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Spain: government approves creation of ‘intern status’
The Spanish government has paved the way for the creation of a new status for "persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies, institutions or public or private organisations...
7 November 2025
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France: social conference on labour and pensions to proceed without main employers’ group
The preparatory meeting ahead of the social conference on labour and pensions, which is set to decide on the pension system model and the funding thereof, was held on 4 November at France's labour...
5 November 2025
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Luxembourg: two pension reform bills submitted to parliament
After lengthy negotiations with the social partners, in mid-October the Luxembourg government submitted two bills to parliament aimed at reforming the pension system to ensure its long-term...
6 November 2025
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Candice Guillot (Talan): “Our recruiters save just over 80 hours per year on administrative tasks thanks to AI”
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
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France: TotalEnergies steps up commitment on disability
On 9 October, French energy group TotalEnergies and all representative trade unions signed a new four-year agreement on disability inclusion. Taking effect on 1 January 2026, the deal aims to help...
13 November 2025