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Chile/Argentina: new agreement granting social security advantages to cross-border workers
Chile and Argentina signed an agreement which enables their citizens who contributed in both countries to receive their pension in the country of their choice. This project, qualified of...
13 October 2008
Germany: chemistry social partners launch the establishment of an agreement on demography in undertakings
Faithful to their reputation as pioneer social partners, the IG BCE chemistry union and the BAVC chemistry employers' federation presented, during a joint congress held on October 9-10 in Berlin...
13 October 2008
Italy: the two union confederations Cisl and Uil reach an agreement with employers on the reform of the conventional system
On October 10, the Confindustria employers' organization and the two unions, Cisl and Uil, agreed on guidelines on the reform of the conventional system. For the moment, there are no talks about a...
13 October 2008
France: circular on the status of posted workers
After the law of August 2, 2005 reforming the status of posted workers in France, two decrees passed on November 21, 2006 (especially for airlines, see our dispatch No. 061245) and on December 11...
13 October 2008
Spain: Unilever closes its Frigo ice cream factory in Barcelona
The food processing group Unilever announced that the production of the factory making Frigo ice cream in Barcelona would be transferred to its German factory. Unions announced action to protest...
13 October 2008
EU: the European Social Partners open two new bargaining sessions
At the end of the year, the European Social Partners will open two major bargaining sessions. The first one concerns the revision of the directive on parental leave, and the other the integration...
13 October 2008
Wabco: establishment of a European works council
The management of the brake system manufacturer Wabco (7.700 employees) - former subsidiary of the American group Standards -signed, on October 1, 2008, an agreement on the establishment of a EWC...
13 October 2008
Germany: unions approve the deferment of the privatization of Deutsche Bahn
Referring to the "extreme anxiety" which took over the financial markets, the German Minister of Finance and the railway company Deutsche Bahn announced, on October 9, the postponement of the...
10 October 2008
Germany: IG Metall and Dansk Metal organize cross-border placement services for their members
The IG Metall Küste (Küste = sea coast) signed, on October 7, 2008, a cooperation agreement with its Danish counterpart, Dansk Metal. The objective is to place workers - both active and unemployed...
10 October 2008
Spain: bank unions criticize the pressure and threats employees are faced with because of the financial crisis
Employees in the banking sector refuse to pick up the pieces of the financial crisis. Discontent is rising and unions are mobilizing. The representatives of the Comfia-CCOO de la Caixa and of...
10 October 2008
Netherlands: a ruling in favor of a jobless who refused a reasonable job offer
A ruling was rendered, on October 8, 2008 in Arnhem, which goes against the government's logic that the jobless should accept "reasonable jobs." (Ref. 080785)
10 October 2008
Germany: metal sector employers propose extending wage negotiations to 2009 on account of the financial crisis
Even before the onslaught of the financial storm, Gesamtmetall, the employers’ federation in the metal sector, was already shocked by the level of IG Metall wage claims. “They are out of their...
9 October 2008
Denmark: non-hiring clauses are legal if the employer gets the employees’ consent
Danish companies must now get the written consent of the employees concerned for non-hiring clauses (jobklausuler) to be valid, says a new law enforced on July 1, 2008. Unions wanted these clause...
9 October 2008
Argentina: the pay gap between employees and executives is reducing
The maximum pay difference between employees at the bottom of the scale and the senior executive of the same company was almost divided by half since the 1990s. In some businesses, this reduction...
9 October 2008
Italy: the referendum organized by the Fiom denouncing an agreement on the restructuring of Alenia Aeronavali failed
On September 9-11, 2008, the Fiom organized, on all the sites of Alenia Aeronavali (a company with a workforce of 1.300 belonging to the group Finmeccanica), a referendum to rescind the separate...
9 October 2008
EU: the ETUC wants a social progress clause in the EU Treaty
On the eve of the "Forum on workers' rights and economic freedoms" organized by the European Commission today, October 9, the European trade union confederation (ETUC) repeated its request for a...
9 October 2008
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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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Netherlands: new government seeks to “control” social costs
In his government policy statement to Parliament on 25 February, Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten announced several measures designed to "control" social costs. Notably, he proposed raising the...
5 March 2026
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Spain: a bill to regulate internships
On 3 March, the Council of Ministers approved the bill on the “Status for persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies”. The text limits the number of interns a company can...
13 March 2026
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EU: co-legislators aim to pivot European Globalisation Adjustment Fund towards restructuring anticipation
On 25 February, the Council of the EU and the Parliament reached an agreement on the Commission’s proposed regulation to expand the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). Under the...
2 March 2026
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Germany: launch of the “WE-Fair” alliance for binational training of skilled foreign workers
Germany continues to expand and diversify its initiatives to attract skilled foreign labour from outside the EU. In mid-March 2026, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development...
26 March 2026
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Block to slash workforce by nearly half
The news. In his latest shareholder letter, Jack Dorsey, CEO of payment service provider Block (formerly Square), announced plans to slash the company’s workforce “by nearly half, from...
6 March 2026