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Netherlands: telework is booming
Telework and working from home, encouraged by employers' organizations and unions to reduce traffic, have been booming. At the end of 2007, half the businesses employing more than 10 people...
14 January 2009
Poland: creation of a Confederation of Metalworkers’ Unions
On January 7, 2009, the representatives of three metalworkers' unions (the Federation of foundry unions, the union of electro mechanic industry, the Federation of "Metalworkers'" unions) approved...
14 January 2009
Germany: the Grand Coalition adopts new partial unemployment measures
Whereas, in December, the number of jobseekers went back over the 3 million bar, the Grand Coalition agreed, within the framework of its second revival plan adopted on January 12, 2009 (see our...
14 January 2009
Germany: the Grand Coalition agrees on a second revival plan with a historical scope
Nine months before the federal legislative elections, the Chancellor, Angela Merkel (CDU), presented, on January 13, 2009, the main measures of the "largest revival plan in the history of the...
14 January 2009
EU: a collective agreement transposing a EU directive can apply to employees who are not union members
Whereas the Court of Justice gave a rough ride to Scandinavian social relations systems with the Viking and Laval cases, it recognized their specificities in a decree on December 18, 2008...
14 January 2009
Portugal: Tyco Electronics appeals to partial unemployment for six months for part of its staff
The factory making electronic components for cars, Tyco Electronics of Evora, south Portugal, decided to appeal to partial unemployment for six months. Negotiations helped reduce the staff...
14 January 2009
Italy: EDS and HP unions announce new strike
On January 8, 2009, unions were disappointed when they came out of the meeting with representatives from Electronics Data Systems (EDS) and Hewlett Packard (HP) Italia about the restructuring plan...
14 January 2009
Great Britain: government announces new financial incentives to recruit difficult publics
As of April 2009, job placement agencies will be able to award employers who recruit and commit to train job seekers who have been out of work for six months or longer a financial incentive of up...
13 January 2009
Spain: the UGT union demands a revised tax system for economic redundancies benefits in the name of equality
Faced with more and more collective redundancy procedures (EREs), the UGT union wants an emergency reform of the tax status for layoff pay to ensure fair treatment for those who loose their job...
13 January 2009
Netherlands: works councils directly informed by the labor inspectorate
From now on, the labor inspectorate itself will inform works councils of the results of its investigations on working conditions, pay levels and illegal labor. Piet Hein Donner, Minister of Labor...
12 January 2009
Germany: Gesamtmetall wants the government to give more support to “employment pacts” signed in businesses
The tariff agreement on job security (Tarifvertrag Beschäftigungssicherung) in force in the metallurgy and electronics sector, enabling companies facing a dropping demand to reduce working time...
12 January 2009
Denmark: companies’ social commitment can be a burden for employees
Danish businesses are making more and more room for diversity, but this commitment can also be a burden for employees. This is the observation that came out of the annual report of the National...
Italy: focus on the Mobilità procedure
The Mobilità procedure was introduced by Law 223 of July 23, 1991 to solve problems related to the lack of legislation on mass layoffs, following European Directive No. 129/1975 reconciling...
12 January 2009
EU: the Commission consults the European social partners on second-hand smoke at work
The European Commission launched a consultation to improve the legal framework on the prevention of workers' exposure to environmental tobacco smoke. It reminds its detrimental effects and...
12 January 2009
Spain: the administrative authorization granted to Renault to use partial unemployment angers unions
The Ministry of Labor allowed the plan for temporary employment regularization (ERE) presented by the French car manufacturer. It will affect Renault's four Spanish factories and 10.311 employees...
12 January 2009
Netherlands: reduced working time for all Nedcar employees
All of Nedcar's employees are going to be subject to the ATV (Arbeidstijdverkorting, working time reduction system). This is a first since the system was introduced at the end of November, to...
12 January 2009
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
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
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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Spain: government seeks to strengthen protection for employee whistleblowers
On 28 July, the Spanish Council of Ministers approved a draft bill aimed at providing legal protection to employees who report corruption or breaches of labour law, shielding them from potential...
27 August 2026
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France: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill
After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...
10 September 2026
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Netherlands: Uber fined over 800 million euros for automated algorithmic decisions
The news. In a decision dated 17 August, the Dutch Data Protection Authority fined ride-hailing company Uber €825 million for automating decisions regarding driver account deactivations. The...
24 August 2026
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Italy: Crédit Agricole introduces a handbook on managerial behaviour
The document adopted in mid-July by Crédit Agricole Italia and the main banking trade unions goes beyond the proper use of meetings and emails. This six-point handbook aims to foster constructive...
3 September 2026
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Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...
8 September 2026
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Slovakia: 6% increase in the minimum wage from 1 January 2027
The news. As Slovakia’s social partners failed to reach an agreement during tripartite negotiations, Labour Minister Erik Tomas has decided to increase the minimum wage by 6% from 1 January...
1 September 2026