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Spain: the right to flexible working hours for family reasons is only recognized as part of a reduction of working time
The Spanish Supreme Court has rendered two judgments denying employees the right to change the distribution of working hours for family reasons. In the absence of an agreement with the employer...
25 November 2008
France: the parent company must re-hire an employee fired by a Chinese subsidiary, even though the labor contract was over
The Supreme Court gave an unheard-of solution in a decision on November 13, 2008: a parent company is obliged to reintegrate an employee dismissed by a subsidiary located in China even though the...
25 November 2008
EU: the EMF communicates its expectations to the European Commission as to the support to bring the automotive industry
On November 24, 2008, during their meeting with the vice-president of the European Commission responsible for enterprise and industry, Gunter Verheugen, representatives from the European...
25 November 2008
Enel: agreement on the establishment of a European works council
The management of the Enel group - Italy's largest and Europe's second power company (73.500 employees) - and the special negotiating body reached an agreement on November 6, 2008, on the...
24 November 2008
Ireland: the social partners approve the national wage agreement
On November 17, 2008, the trade unions and employers approved the transitional agreement 2008-09 on wages (see our dispatch No. 080717) which is part of the second phase of the "Towards 2016...
24 November 2008
Czech Republic: pro-Family package proposed
The center-right Czech government has approved the long-discussed "Pro-Family Package" of new regulations designed to make life easier for working families with children. The package encompasses...
24 November 2008
Switzerland: UBS Outlines Variable Compensation Reform
In a move designed to bring about a "cultural shift" in the company, Switzerland's largest bank UBS has outlined a sweeping variable compensation plan reform. Notably, executive bonuses and...
24 November 2008
United States: the impossible health care reform, a major issue for the Obama administration
Barack Obama set the introduction of universal health care as one of his priorities. His program plans the creation of a new public program, the National Health Care Exchange which will aim at...
24 November 2008
Austria: the round table with the Ministers in charge only partially defuses the postal conflict
After a summit meeting and demonstrations of employees of the Austrian post, the management of the company accepted to lower the 9.000 job cuts and 1.000 office closings planned by 2015. In spite...
21 November 2008
Brazil: almost three in four workers are stressed out
According to a study carried out by the UGT union, 73% of Brazilian workers are excessively stressed out at work, because of burnout, emergencies and hierarchal pressure. For three cases in four...
21 November 2008
GDF-Suez: EWC in favor of the wage increase
After the claim made by the European trade unions present within EDF's EWC in favor of wage increases, it is now GDF-Suez's turn to request a "more ambitious social policy enable a fairer share of...
21 November 2008
EU: European framework for the management of psychosocial risks at work
Establishing a European framework to promote a policy, at national and company level, taking better account of psychosocial risks at work is the objective of the European Prima-EF project which...
21 November 2008
EU: analysis of the report adopted by the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs on the recast of the EWC directive
Here is a dispatch with the report adopted by MEPs from the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs on the recast of the directive on EWCs (see our dispatch No. 080902) with a full analysis of...
20 November 2008
Great Britain: HR managers evaluate the government’s action to improve employees’ skills
Almost two years after the Leitch review which pointed to British employees' lack of qualifications, the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD) evaluates measures taken by the...
20 November 2008
Germany: train drivers at the Deutsche Bahn want a 10% wage increase
Whereas the "5 sages" (famous economists for the Federal government) predicted that Germany would enter recession in 2009, the joint committee for wage negotiations of the two major rail unions...
20 November 2008
EU: MEPs demand the recast of the law on equal pay for men and women
In a report adopted on Tuesday, November 18 by a large majority, the European Parliament calls on the Commission to take initiatives to recast the law on equal pay and presents a series of...
19 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...
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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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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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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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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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