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Great Britain: ACAS launches consultation to make improve the representation of workers
In December 2008, the ACAS (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, which notably helps improving industrial relations) published two documents for consultation in an attempt to modernize...
9 January 2009
Italy: Fiat sends its white-collar workers to partial unemployment
As announced in December (see our dispatch No. 081029), Fiat is sending some of its white-collar workers to partial unemployment. The employees concerned are the 1.200 workers of the Orbassano and...
9 January 2009
Italy: government proposes to reduce working time to prevent layoffs
“Fix employment within the company”. According to the Confindustria employers’ association, 600.000 jobs (1 million according to
unions) would be in jeopardy because of the crisis. In
this tense...
9 January 2009
EU: UNI-Europa Finance increases coordination for national bargaining and defines a procedure for transnational agreements
The economic context is driving the European sectoral union federation UNI-Europa Finance to improve its Strategy on Transnational Collective Bargaining at national level. For that purpose, it...
9 January 2009
Netherlands: 164 businesses benefit from compensated working time reduction
At the end of December 2008, the government postponed of two weeks companies' deadline to request the ATV (working time reduction plan, see our dispatch No. 081049). Unions and employers wanted it...
8 January 2009
Spain: interview of Francisco Aranda, leader of the Association of Large Temporary Employment Agencies (AGETT)
are getting ready to bargain for a reform of public employment services and will mention, in this respect, the extension of temporary work agencies’ competences (see our dispatch No...
8 January 2009
France: a “label” awarded to businesses promoting diversity and preventing discrimination
Announced by the President of the Republic on December 17, 2008 during his speech on equal opportunities on the labor market, the “diversity label” is now operational, the commission in charge of...
8 January 2009
BNP Paribas/Fortis: cooperation between the two groups’ EWCs and unions
Whereas the fate of the takeover of the Belgian bank Fortis by the French BNP Paribas banking group is hanging on the court rulings expected in Belgium, the two banks' EWCs keep meeting "so these...
8 January 2009
Unicredit: the bank embarks on vocational training
The EWC and the management of the Unicredit group adopted, in mid-December a joint declaration on "training, learning and professional development". Training is set as a fundamental value for the...
7 January 2009
EU: the European social partners assess the implementation of their agreement on work-related stress
Unlike the autonomous agreement on telework, the first of this kind, the agreement on stress didn’t come in a totally new legislative and regulatory framework at the national level. Thus, its...
7 January 2009
Portugal: MPs to reexamine the new labor code after constitutional court ruling
The new labor code should have come into force on January 1, 2009, but it needs to be reexamined by MPs on January 21. This comes from a ruling by the constitutional court which rejected the...
7 January 2009
Belgium: the social partners adopt the 2009-10 interprofessional agreement
On December 22, 2008, the Belgian social partners adopted the 2009-10 interprofessional agreement, in cooperation with the government, which reconciles unions' major claims concerning the growth...
6 January 2009
EU: the Czech presidency presents its social priorities
The Czech Prime Minister, Mirek Topolanek and the Deputy Prime Minister, Alexandr Vondra presented, on January 6, 2009, at a press conference, the priorities and the program of the Czech EU...
6 January 2009
EU: the Court of Justice to speak on the information and consultation procedure for workers undergoing restructuring
While the number and intensity of restructurings should soar in 2009, the Court of Justice of the European Communities was seized with two cases which should enhance workers' right to be informed...
6 January 2009
Spain: the needed reform of employment services
The Spanish government is trying to reform the labor market to face the rapid unemployment increase - 42.7% in one year. The stakes include the modernization of employment services and the...
6 January 2009
Mexico: 4.6% minimum wage increase after lobbying by companies trying to moderate remunerations to save jobs
Unions are expressing their discontent after this increased deemed limited, below the inflation increase curve. According to the commission in charge of arbitrating negotiations and defining...
6 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