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Austria: 3.4% wage increase with options in the electro-technical and electronics industries
Although rekindled inflation and indicators of a slowdown in economic activity throughout the EU clearly exerted an influence on negotiations, the social partners reached, on May 14, an agreement...
20 May 2008
European social agenda from May 22 to December 31, 2008
We offer an agenda of the main events concerning social Europe and institutional meetings. You can send your scheduled events to the following address: planetlabor@planetlabor.com (Ref. 080415)
20 May 2008
Italy: basic unions offer an alternative to the CGIL, CISL and UIL confederations
Get out of the minority and go past division. These are the goals of the first national unitary assembly of the basic unions (CUB, Cobas and SDL), gathered in Milan on May 17. Offering an...
20 May 2008
Poland: the Labor Inspectorate evaluates the prevention of risks linked to asbestos
The national Labor Inspectorate presented to the National Assembly, at the end of April, an evaluation on the prevention of risks concerning asbestos at work. This evaluation sheds light on the...
20 May 2008
Great Britain: database to register dishonest employees
Action Against Business Crime is about to launch a database where employers can register information about dishonest workers. This initiative is kicking up a stir. (Ref. 080427)
20 May 2008
Great Britain: bill to toughen fines for health and safety at work offenses
Introduced by labor MP Keith Hill, the bill on the toughening of sanctions in terms of offenses to the law on occupational health and safety of 1974 is going on a third reading at the House of...
20 May 2008
EU: France welcomes the first visit of the European “Mission for Flexicurity”
On Monday, May 19, the European mission for flexicurity started, in France, a Euro trip which should lead, at the end of 2008, to the publication of a report for the establishment of flexicurity...
20 May 2008
Gaz de France: agreement on social responsibility
Whereas the merger of the French groups Gaz de France and Suez should be final in June, Gaz de France's management and union organizations are currently bargaining for an agreement on social...
20 May 2008
Germany: the leader of the first rail union becomes staff manager at the Deutsche Bahn AG
At the beginning of May, Norbert Hansen, president of Transnet, the DB's main union, resigned from his position to become staff manager at the DB AG. This unexpected "transfer" was criticized from...
20 May 2008
Spain : new Court’s decision on the two-salary-scale clause
Facts. The Supreme Court disallowed Repsol’s two-scale-salary scheme and ordered the company to pay the 6.000 employees harmed by wage differentials, i.e. a total cost of about €24 million. The...
19 May 2008
France: the anti-discrimination law permanently adopted
The Parliament permanently adopted, on May 15, 2008, a law fully transposing five anti-discrimination directives. The Commission blamed French law for several deficiencies, which are now solved...
19 May 2008
Italy: the Fiom rejects the draft reform of the conventional system
With 75.5% of the votes, the Cgil's federation of metalworkers, the Fiom, rejected the draft reform of the conventional system adopted by the three union confederations Cgil, Cisl and Uil (see our...
19 May 2008
International: trade union guide on GRI guidelines to prepare sustainability reports
During a conference in Amsterdam on May 7 and 8, organized by Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Guy Rider, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) presented a...
Great Britain: Gordon Brown presents his legislative program 2008/09
Fight against all form of discrimination, enhanced flexible working for parents, equal treatment for agency workers: a series of measures with an impact on the labor world was presented, on May...
19 May 2008
Czech Republic: President Vaclav Klaus vetoes the anti-discrimination law
While the Parliament adopted, in April, a law transposing, a little late, the European laws concerning anti-discrimination, the president of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus, announced on May 16...
19 May 2008
BP: agreement with the EWC on information and consultation within the framework of relocation
The management of the BP group announced the consolidation of its European Customer Service and Finance Center into a single structure, Business Service Center, which will be located in a...
16 May 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