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Germany: Ver.di union and the city of Berlin sue the Christian trade union federation
Verdi, the services' union, and the city of Berlin pressed charges against the German Christian trade union federation (CGPW) at the Berlin labor court. Via the launching of a "statutory control...
28 October 2008
Ukraine: new planned labor code soon on a second reading in Parliament
The Ukrainian Parliament should analyze a project for a new labor code on a second reading by the end of the year 2008. Alexander Poels, Director and lawyer at the Peterka & Partners firm in Kiev...
28 October 2008
Italy: union mobilization in a changing IT sector
In October, several strikes hit the Italian IT sector, which is going through a rough patch. IBM is planning to reorganize the group, probably with a drawdown in the south of the country; EDS-HP's...
28 October 2008
EU: the European Parliament adopted a resolution on the application of working time legislation to road transport
In a resolution adopted on October 9, the European Parliament is asking Member States to be more watchful concerning the application and the enforcement of directive 2002/15 on the organization of...
28 October 2008
Poland: two bills for recoding labor law but not on the basis of established law
The Ministry for Labor and Social Policy presented, on October 22, 2008, two bills for the labor code (individual law and collective law). The result of four years of work at the recoding...
27 October 2008
Arcelor-Mittal: Joint Global Health and Safety Committee meets in Kazakhstan
The Joint Global Health and Safety Committee of the Arcelor-Mittal group, established by the global agreement signed on June 3 (see our dispatch No. 080429), met in Kazakhstan during the first...
27 October 2008
Italy: mining social partners renewed their national collective agreement
On September 29, 2008, Assomineraria-Confindustria for employers and Filcem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl, Uilcem-Uil for unions signed the agreement for the renewal of the national collective agreement of the...
27 October 2008
PPR: two European charters on the employment of disabled people and seniors
The management of the French company specializing in retail shops (Fnac, Redcats, Redoute) and luxury brands (Balenciaga, Gucci, Yves-Saint-Laurent…), PPR (90.000 employees) and its EWC signed, on...
27 October 2008
BNP Paribas/Fortis: meeting of the EWCs of the two financial groups
After the French banking group BNP Paribas announced the takeover of the Fortis bank, the EWCs of the two groups sent a delegation in Paris, on October 20, for a first contact and to ask the...
27 October 2008
Latin America: layoffs and job freeze in the car industry
Car manufacturers are laying off by the dozen in Latin American countries. Mexico is not left behind, with over 4.000 job cuts since the beginning of the year. In Brazil, the sector was shaken by...
27 October 2008
Austria: court ruling on the works council’s resources
On August 20, 2008, in a last instance ruling (9 ObA 89/07i), the Superior Court of Justice gave satisfaction to the complainant, member of the WC of an insurance company, who requested that his...
24 October 2008
Spain: the social security draws a list of risky situations for breastfeeding employees
The guidance document, developed in concert with the Spanish pediatrics association, will be used to evaluate working conditions and possible side effects on breastfeeding and the child's health...
23 October 2008
EU: MEPs in favor of the revision of the directive on the posting of workers
Worried about the consequences of the Court of Justice of the European Communities' jurisprudence (Laval, Ruffert, Viking), the European Parliament adopted, in a resolution adopted on October 22...
23 October 2008
Netherlands: moralization of business in the context of the crisis
Low-profile bonuses awarded at Fortis after the nationalization of the bank on October 4, is causing a scandal in the Netherlands. The existence of these bonuses was revealed on October 21 by the...
23 October 2008
Germany: Ver.di union smoothes its stance in the wage conflict in the banking sector
Because of the financial crisis, the services' union Ver.di said, on October 17, 2008, that it was ready to lower its 8% wage claim in the banking sector. The union also announced it would...
22 October 2008
EU: the European Parliament permanently adopts the draft temp work directive
Today, October 22, the European Parliament, adopted the draft directive on temporary work which came out of the Council of Ministers. Temporary workers will get the same rights as the permanent...
22 October 2008
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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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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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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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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