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Portugal: the VW Autoeuropa factory adopts a new company agreement to maintain employment
The management and workers of the Autoeuropa de Palmela automotive assembly plant adopted a new company agreement which will be in force until the end of 2011. Renegotiated during the crisis, the...
9 December 2008
Czech Republic: upcoming amendments to the agency employment
A recent reform, set to come into force on January 1, 2009, introduces a few amendments to temporary work regulations. From now on, the user company can be punished if it doesn't respect agency...
9 December 2008
EU: the fate of the revision of the working time directive is increasingly doubtful
The French presidency of the EU is hog-tied by the compromise adopted by the Council of Ministers on the revision of the 1993 working time directive. It couldn't bring this position closer to that...
9 December 2008
Spain: Michelin’s management and unions sign an agreement avoiding job cuts
The inter-center works council and the management of Michelin Spain signed an "exceptional framework agreement 2009" to cope with the bad economic prospects and adapt production to market needs...
9 December 2008
EU: the directive on temporary work was published in the Official Journal
The directive on temporary work, adopted on November 19, 2008, was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on December 5. In this dispatch, we are explaining the provisions of this...
8 December 2008
China: analysis of the new labor dispute law and its impact after six months of its application
The law on mediation and arbitration of labor disputes, adopted on December 29, 2007, entered into force on May 1, 2008, and brought about major changes to the previous mechanism for settling...
8 December 2008
Spain: the government launches its plan for the revival of employment 2009-10 as a matter of emergency
Employment enhancement measures. This exceptional credit will mostly be allotted – up to €8 billion – to a public local investment fund aimed at immediately developing investments into public...
8 December 2008
Belgium: the labor market will remain closed to Bulgarian and Romanian citizens until 2012
The Council of Ministers of December 5, 2008 adopted a draft royal decree which extends the transitional period for Bulgarian and Romanian workers for three more years, from January 1, 2009 to...
8 December 2008
Belgium: financial empowerment of businesses in terms of continuous training
The Council of Ministers of December 5, 2008 approved a Royal Decree which "increases businesses' responsibilities in terms of continuous training" said the Minister for Employment, Joelle...
8 December 2008
Portugal: the government grants 900 million euro to the automobile sector
The Portuguese government is coming to the rescue of the automotive sector by unfreezing an extraordinary 900 million euro grant. The plan defines four major intervention axes: stimulate...
8 December 2008
Hungary: Labour courts take news approach when considering collective redundancies
Number of employees concerned
8 December 2008
EU: Parliament and Council reach a compromise on the recast of the EWC directive
Representatives from the European Parliament, the Commission and the French presidency reached an agreement on a compromise on the recast of the EWC directive. The text, which notably settles the...
7 December 2008
Denmark: four businesses awarded for improving the workplace
Improving MSDs. In order to resolve the problem of conducting numerous repetitive tasks, the medical devices supplier Coloplast developed a method which can be implemented in factories in Denmark...
7 December 2008
Great Britain: HSE publishes draft strategy on health and safety at work
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has opened a three month consultation period with the publication of a document outlining its draft strategy "The Health and Safety of Great Britain - be part...
5 December 2008
Slovakia: class action against discrimination introduced by Parliament
Legal antidiscrimination protection. Generally speaking Slovak
antidiscrimination law already provided relatively adequate antidiscrimination protection,
once the country had implemented EU...
5 December 2008
Netherlands: CEOs’ bonuses targeted by the new code of good behavior of listed companies
The Frijns Commission, which advises the government on amendments to make to the Tabaksblat code of good behavior for businesses, is going to announce, on December 10, 2008, new recommendations...
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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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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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Italy: artificial Intelligence on the menu of Barilla’s new company agreement
Prior consultation with trade unions on innovations related to artificial intelligence, strengthened training, and progress on parenthood: these are the main new features of the agreement signed...
2 September 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: a high-tension start to the social and political year
The German government must finalize its major reforms (pension funding, corporate competitiveness, and labor law) while the chancellor’s popularity hits an all-time low and three regional...
26 August 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Sweden: IF Metall union forced to end industrial dispute with Tesla
The news. After three years of conflict, the Swedish union IF Metall announced it would suspend its strike actions against Tesla starting Wednesday, August 19, after the American automaker...
26 August 2026