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EU: the EMF communicates its expectations to the European Commission as to the support to bring the automotive industry
On November 24, 2008, during their meeting with the vice-president of the European Commission responsible for enterprise and industry, Gunter Verheugen, representatives from the European...
25 November 2008
Enel: agreement on the establishment of a European works council
The management of the Enel group - Italy's largest and Europe's second power company (73.500 employees) - and the special negotiating body reached an agreement on November 6, 2008, on the...
24 November 2008
Ireland: the social partners approve the national wage agreement
On November 17, 2008, the trade unions and employers approved the transitional agreement 2008-09 on wages (see our dispatch No. 080717) which is part of the second phase of the "Towards 2016...
24 November 2008
Czech Republic: pro-Family package proposed
The center-right Czech government has approved the long-discussed "Pro-Family Package" of new regulations designed to make life easier for working families with children. The package encompasses...
24 November 2008
Switzerland: UBS Outlines Variable Compensation Reform
In a move designed to bring about a "cultural shift" in the company, Switzerland's largest bank UBS has outlined a sweeping variable compensation plan reform. Notably, executive bonuses and...
24 November 2008
United States: the impossible health care reform, a major issue for the Obama administration
Barack Obama set the introduction of universal health care as one of his priorities. His program plans the creation of a new public program, the National Health Care Exchange which will aim at...
24 November 2008
Austria: the round table with the Ministers in charge only partially defuses the postal conflict
After a summit meeting and demonstrations of employees of the Austrian post, the management of the company accepted to lower the 9.000 job cuts and 1.000 office closings planned by 2015. In spite...
21 November 2008
Brazil: almost three in four workers are stressed out
According to a study carried out by the UGT union, 73% of Brazilian workers are excessively stressed out at work, because of burnout, emergencies and hierarchal pressure. For three cases in four...
21 November 2008
GDF-Suez: EWC in favor of the wage increase
After the claim made by the European trade unions present within EDF's EWC in favor of wage increases, it is now GDF-Suez's turn to request a "more ambitious social policy enable a fairer share of...
21 November 2008
EU: European framework for the management of psychosocial risks at work
Establishing a European framework to promote a policy, at national and company level, taking better account of psychosocial risks at work is the objective of the European Prima-EF project which...
21 November 2008
EU: analysis of the report adopted by the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment and Social Affairs on the recast of the EWC directive
Here is a dispatch with the report adopted by MEPs from the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs on the recast of the directive on EWCs (see our dispatch No. 080902) with a full analysis of...
20 November 2008
Great Britain: HR managers evaluate the government’s action to improve employees’ skills
Almost two years after the Leitch review which pointed to British employees' lack of qualifications, the Chartered Institute for Personnel and Development (CIPD) evaluates measures taken by the...
20 November 2008
Germany: train drivers at the Deutsche Bahn want a 10% wage increase
Whereas the "5 sages" (famous economists for the Federal government) predicted that Germany would enter recession in 2009, the joint committee for wage negotiations of the two major rail unions...
20 November 2008
EU: MEPs demand the recast of the law on equal pay for men and women
In a report adopted on Tuesday, November 18 by a large majority, the European Parliament calls on the Commission to take initiatives to recast the law on equal pay and presents a series of...
19 November 2008
Italy: six ThyssenKrupp managers sent to criminal court for the death of seven workers
The six managers of ThyssenKrupp Acciai Speciali are being sued for the death of seven workers in the fire of the Thyssen site next Turin in December (see our dispatch No. 071035). It is the first...
19 November 2008
Repsol: agreement on the establishment of a union network for Spain, Latin America and the Caribbean
If the creation of transnational "union coordination" is becoming a common practice, the recognition of such coordination by a company is much less so. But it is the case of the Spanish group...
19 November 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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United Kingdom: government launches consultation on AI and data protection rules
L’info. Le gouvernement britannique a lancé, du 15 juillet au 9 septembre 2026, une consultation afin d’identifier les dispositifs juridiques, techniques et de gouvernance...
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28 August 2026
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EU: social partners set out position on guidelines for the sustainability due diligence directive
The news. Following the final adoption of the omnibus directive in February, the European Commission launched a consultation in June aimed at guiding it in drafting guidelines on the application...
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28 August 2026
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Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying
Under pressure from new US tariffs, many countries have presented texts in recent weeks to ban the import of products made with forced labor. A real breakthrough for workers' rights or a mere...
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Canada: a sustainability due diligence proposal on forced labour submitted for consultation
The facts. On July 27, the Canadian government launched a consultation to introduce mandatory corporate due diligence measures regarding forced labor. It plans to require risk identification, the...
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25 August 2026
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Germany: a “simplification” proposal for the Corporate Governance Code
In early August, the Government Commission presented proposals to reform the Deutscher Corporate Governance Kodex (DCGK), Germany’s Corporate Governance Code. The proposals are primarily aimed at...
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Slovakia: a bill to “clarify” personal data protection measures
The news. The Slovak government approved a bill on personal data protection on August 26, 2026. This text aims to clarify existing regulations regarding employees’ rights and...
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7 September 2026