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Italcementi: international framework agreement
The fifth largest cement producer in the world, the Italian group Italcementi (23.000 employees), signed an international framework agreement with the Building and Wood Workers International...
24 June 2008
Czech Republic: mobilization against government reforms
In the Czech Republic, there has been increased strike activity these days. On June 9, teachers held a strike, claiming for higher salaries to compensate for inflation. For tomorrow, June 24, the...
23 June 2008
Chile: historical 10.4% minimum wage increase
Chilean minimum wage will be one of the highest in Latin America after the agreement signed between the government and trade unions to raise income to $324. Economists say this increase, although...
23 June 2008
Mexico : an agreement for sending skilled workers to Spain
The agreement, which came into force on June 12, was signed in the presence of the Prime Minister, José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, and of the Mexican President, Felipe Calderon, on a visit to Spain...
23 June 2008
Great Britain: reform of the building sector
Shriti Vadera, Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, launched, on June 12, 2008, the "Government Strategy for Sustainable Building", a series of measures to improve...
23 June 2008
EU: the Court of Justice condemns Luxembourg for incorrect transposition of the directive on the posting of workers
In a recent judgment, the Court of Justice of the European Communities condemns Luxembourg for failure to correctly transpose the directive on the posting of workers, and especially for imposing...
22 June 2008
Belgium: the participation of employees in the capital of firms extended to agency workers
On June 17, 2008, the Parliament adopted an amendment to the law "including different provisions" which extend the mechanism of employee profit sharing ("one-off profits related to the results")...
22 June 2008
Germany: the conflict between the management and SAP staff representatives is growing acrimonious
Brought before industrial courts (see our dispatch No. 080448), the conflict on SAP's staff representation structures should go on. On June 12, 2008, the Dusseldorf court gave satisfaction to the...
20 June 2008
Croatia: several social bills presented to Parliament in preparation for EU membership
On May 29, the Croatian government sent to parliament several bills to adjust national laws to EU standards and get Croatia ready to join the European Union. The bills are on employment agency...
19 June 2008
France: bill to reform the 35-hour work week
The bill on social democracy (see our article No. 080512) adopted on June 18 by the Council of Ministers also contains provisions making regulations on working time more flexible by granting more...
19 June 2008
Suez: agreement on social guarantees for Suez Group employees
Since all the prior requirements to the vote by Gaz de France and Suez's general assemblies on the merger were met, Suez's management and the social partners signed, on June 17, 2008, an agreement...
19 June 2008
France: a bill to reform union representativeness
The Council of Ministers adopted, on June 18, the bill for the reorganization of social democracy and for the reform of working time. This bill amends unions' representativeness regulations, which...
18 June 2008
Italy: mobilization against the changes to the law on health and safety at work
After six people died in Sicilia on June 11, the three metalworkers' union federations organized, on June 17, 2008, a national one-hour strike, which didn't get much support. The government...
18 June 2008
Cegelec: EWC and management agree on a meeting agenda
The management of the French group Cegelec (25.000 employees), integrating solutions and technological services, and members from the European works council adopted, on June 17, 2008, at the...
18 June 2008
Italy: Eni “takes his tie off” at work to reduce energy consumption
After the success of last year's test, Eni's employees will be allowed to adopt a "more casual wear" at work this summer as well. This initiative, which will start in a few weeks, is part of the...
Spain: first union report of the equality plans negotiated in firms
The Equality Act, in force since March 23, 2007, has hardly paid off. Yet, one of the main strengths of the text was the obligation for companies with 250 or more employees to bargain for a plan...
17 June 2008
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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
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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Germany: pensioners in work already common practice, study shows
As the German government steps up measures to encourage people to stay in work beyond the legal retirement age, a new study by the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) – an independent...
6 November 2025
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Spain: government approves creation of ‘intern status’
The Spanish government has paved the way for the creation of a new status for "persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies, institutions or public or private organisations...
7 November 2025
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France: social conference on labour and pensions to proceed without main employers’ group
The preparatory meeting ahead of the social conference on labour and pensions, which is set to decide on the pension system model and the funding thereof, was held on 4 November at France's labour...
5 November 2025
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Luxembourg: two pension reform bills submitted to parliament
After lengthy negotiations with the social partners, in mid-October the Luxembourg government submitted two bills to parliament aimed at reforming the pension system to ensure its long-term...
6 November 2025
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Candice Guillot (Talan): “Our recruiters save just over 80 hours per year on administrative tasks thanks to AI”
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025