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Germany: the IG Metall appeals to young people again
For the first time in ten years, the main sectoral union in Germany has managed to consolidate its size. There has even been a 5.7% increase in memberships among people under 27. This radical...
10 November 2008
Spain: webpage to promote citizens’ active participation in CSR
The Spanish observatory of social responsibility (OBRSC) presented the Information Center for Corporate Practices, a tool used to control and expose socially "irresponsible" behaviors. (Ref...
Cuba: labor law reform establishes the “pay according to results” system and removes the salary limit
The Cuban government is to introduce wage incentives within national corporations to develop the economy. Traditional egalitarianism is now considered obsolete. The maximum salary will be...
10 November 2008
Portugal: the new labor code adopted
The reform of the labor code was adopted by the Portuguese Parliament on Friday November 7, thanks to the socialist majority, but only by a whisker. Born from social dialogue, this new code was...
10 November 2008
EU: the ETF supports French civil aviation unions which object to the increase of retirement age for flying personnel
The European Transport workers' Federation announced, on November 5, 2008, that it supported the flying personnel unions of the airline Air France which object to the increase of retirement age...
10 November 2008
Austria: 4.2-4.5% increase in one year for 170.000 metal and mine workers
The agreement reached by the social partners in the metallurgy and mining sector, presented in the night of November 5, 2008, sparked off a controversy among employers. Overall deemed positive, it...
10 November 2008
Belgium: royal decree on the working conditions of mobile workers engaged in interoperable cross-border services in the railway sector
After ratification by the Council of Ministers on November 7, 2008, a Royal Decree which contains rules on certain aspects of the working conditions of mobile workers engaged in interoperable...
10 November 2008
Belgium: draft bill to limit golden parachutes
The Council of Ministers held on November 7, 2008 adopted the draft bill amending the code of businesses to limit the amount of the severance pay of some managing agents and to draw a report of...
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10 November 2008
Italy: Alitalia’s autonomous unions mobilized against the Cai’s refusal to continue bargaining
This week will be decisive for the takeover of the Italian airline Alitalia by the consortium of Italian investors, Cai. After the Cai's chair declared the end of social negotiations, the...
10 November 2008
Spain: in the absence of support from the social partners, the government postpones some measures to boost employment
The crisis is causing social dialogue to crumble as the government is trying to face the rapid unemployment increase. The social partners answered with a burst of criticism to the proposition the...
10 November 2008
Netherlands: tripartite talks to shorten the work week to avoid mass layoffs
Union and employers' organizations as well as the government are having talks behind closed doors to face the risk of mass layoffs because of the economic crisis. Reducing working time for all (36...
7 November 2008
Spain: unions protest against job cuts and want public powers to step in
The opposition to the layoff plan presented by Nissan for its site in Barcelona has become unions' symbol. They protest against staffing cuts ("EREs" - expedientes de reducción de empleo) which...
7 November 2008
Germany: the train drivers’ union GDL satisfied about the temporary writing off of the partial privatization of the Deutsche Bahn
Bonus if the privatization
succeeds. With the
threat of recession in Germany as a background and the new debate on managers’
remuneration (see our dispatch No. 080811), the announcement in...
7 November 2008
EDF: European trade unions at the EWC want a wage increase
In a joint press release, nine trade unions with representatives within the EWC of the French energy group EDF (158.640 employees, over 105.000 of which in France) launched a petition in favor of...
7 November 2008
Freudenberg: the German group is revising its global framework agreement
The International Federation of Chemical, Energy Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM) announced that it bargained to improve the international framework agreement it signed with the German...
7 November 2008
Denmark: firing a man who leaves to take a fertility test is illegal
An employee received over 200.000 crowns in damages after being dismissed because he left for fertility treatment. The Western Regional Court ruled that this dismissal violated the law on equal...
7 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
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Pascale Rauline (Axa EWC): “European charter formalises ongoing and accelerated social dialogue on AI”
On 27 November, Axa and its European works council (EWC) signed a charter setting out principles governing the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) and guaranteeing social dialogue on the...
3 December 2025
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Germany: crisis-hit industries cast shadow over 2026 bargaining cycle
In 2026, collective wage agreements for nearly 10 million employees in Germany are set to expire. With upcoming negotiations in crisis-hit 'pilot' sectors such as chemicals and metalworking, the...
2 December 2025
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Bulgaria: government approves bill to encourage sector-level collective bargaining
On 26 November, the Bulgarian government approved amendments to the labour code designed to reinforce the legal framework for sector-level collective bargaining. The reform aims to stimulate...
2 December 2025
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EU: social partners in telecoms sign joint statement on AI
On 16 December, the social partners in Europe's telecommunications sector unveiled a joint statement on artificial intelligence. They propose an action plan for skills and commit to raising...
18 December 2025
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Germany: Erwin Hymer Group’s innovative and award-winning AI agreement
Fed up with negotiating separate agreements for each new artificial intelligence (AI) tool, the social partners at Erwin Hymer Group (8,900 employees) have instead secured a broad, overarching...
12 December 2025
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France: Orange submits gender equality agreement – including AI provisions – for union approval
The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025