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Germany: Lufthansa faced with an imbroglio of claims from different trades
Lufthansa is facing two major wage conflicts. Ver.di, the services' union, claims for a 9.8% wage increase for the approximately 60.000 ground and cabin staff and threatened to start a strike if...
11 June 2008
EU: the working time and temporary work draft directives as adopted by the Council of Ministers
After a commentary in article N° 080843, we are now publishing the texts, in English, of the consolidated compromises for which EU Labor Ministers signed a political agreement at the EU Council of...
11 June 2008
Great Britain: consultation to allow risk sharing pension schemes
Employees and employers sharing investment risks for more balanced pension schemes : this is the topic of the consultation launched by the government on June 5. This reform could make the burden...
11 June 2008
Corporate practices : the Finnish firm Itela Oy and the employment of immigrant workers
Itela Oy records sales of 1.688 billion €, mainly in postal services (51% of sales), logistics (36%) and the information sector, particularly the electronic processing of documents and invoices...
11 June 2008
Italy: national cross-industry agreement on stress at work
With this national cross-industry agreement, the Italian social partners implement the voluntary agreement signed in 2004 by the European social partners to combat stress at work. (Ref. 080494)
11 June 2008
France Telecom: the EWC holds a plenary meeting in Cairo
For the first time - to our knowledge - the EWC members of a European multinational company, in this case the French telecommunications' group France Telecom, met for a plenary session in a city...
11 June 2008
Club Med: the EWC secretary’s reaction to the transfers of two units
The management of the French tourism group Club Méditerranée announced, on June 9, 2008, the transfer of its tour operator subsidiary, Jet Tour, to Thomas Cook Group, and the takeover by an...
11 June 2008
Portugal: trade unions want to charge agency fees to non-members
As part of the ongoing negotiations on the reform of the Labor Code, one of the major Portuguese trade unions - UGT - wants to charge fees to non-members who take advantage of the provisions of an...
11 June 2008
France : adoption of the law on the modernization of the labor market
The law on the modernization of the labor market transposes into labor legislation the provisions of the identically named agreement signed on January 21, 2008 by the employers’organizations and...
11 June 2008
Spain: the Competition Commission threatens to sanction unions and employers
The Spanish National Competition Commission has decided to institute sanctioning proceedings against the trade unions and employers' associations that made the national collective agreement for...
11 June 2008
Great Britain: new study on management competencies for preventing and reducing stress at work
This study, paid by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Investors in People (IIP), is part of a three-year project. It identifies...
11 June 2008
EU: political agreement on the working time and temporary work directives, but the gap around social Europe is widening
During the EU Labor Ministers' Council on June 9 (see our article No. 080475), the followers of a stronger social Europe got a tighter supervision of the possibility to avoid the 48-hour maximum...
11 June 2008
France: reforming prescription in terms of discrimination
Whereas France has just completed the transposition of the EU anti-discrimination directives (see our article No. 080405), the Parliament adopted, on June 5, 2008, a bill reforming civil...
11 June 2008
Slovakia: amendment to the Labor Code which forbids working on some bank holidays in retail sales
The Parliament adopted an amendment to the Labor Code which prevents employers from having their employees work in retail sales, including assimilated tasks, on January 1, Easter Sunday, December...
11 June 2008
Spain : three female executives out of four claim to haven’t noticed any change in their firms despite the legislation on gender equality
The survey, carried out among a sample of female executives in all types of firms (small and medium-size, large firms, multinationals) sought to gather their impressions on the direct impact of...
11 June 2008
Mexico: record foreign investments foreshadow an employment boom
Foreign investors feel confident in Mexico, as demonstrated by the recent announcements made, within a few days, by the German Q-Cells and the American Ford, who will invest billions of dollars in...
10 June 2008
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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...
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France: austerity measures proposed in social security financing bill for 2026
Limits on sick leave, the end of social security exemptions for apprentices, and the introduction of additional birth leave: the 2026 social security financing bill, presented to parliament on 14...
16 October 2025
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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Romania: collective agreement extended to entire insurance sector
On 3 November, Romania’s National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue approved the extension of the collective labour agreement signed on 23 May by the Confederation of Employers in the...
10 November 2025
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Germany: legal battle at Tesla ahead of works council election
The Frankfurt/Oder labour court has postponed a mid-November hearing in the case between the IG Metall union and Michaela Schmitz, employee representative and head of the works council at the...
28 October 2025
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France: generative AI and older workers central to BPCE’s skills management strategy
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