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Netherlands: buying power at stake for spring social negotiations
The annual tripartite social meetings which will open on April 23 are going to evaluate the main ongoing reforms and spur new changes. This year, purchasing power is at issue. (Ref. 080282)
9 April 2008
Germany: in North-Rhine Westphalia, the IG-Metall and employers help young people find a training place
The IG-Metall and the employers' federation of the metallurgy and electronic industries in North-Rhine Westphalia (Metall NRW) signed, on April 4, 2008, an unprecedented tariff agreement. For one...
8 April 2008
Freundenberg Group: the EWC wants to become a driving force in social policy with its “health map making” plan
An international family business, the German company Freundenberg employs 33.000 people, 22.000 of them in Europe. In 1996, a European works council was established. Last year, it decided to...
8 April 2008
EU: European social partners join the climate-energy package
In a joint declaration on April 4, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation and of Enterprises of General economic Interest...
8 April 2008
Germany: after the Lidl scandal, Germany mentions a special law on the protection of employees’ personal data
For a few years, the German Parliament, trade unions and federal and regional representatives for the protection of data, asking the federal government a "Law on the protection of data concerning...
7 April 2008
European social agenda from April 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. 080276)
7 April 2008
Norway: wage agreement on early retirement in the private sector
The bargainers of the Norwegian confederation of trade unions (LO) and of the Confederation of Norwegian Enterprises (NHO) signed an agreement on early retirement and wage increases. LO's member...
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7 April 2008
Schaeffler Group: the German equipment manufacturer gets an EWC
In October 2007, Schaeffler Group – 66.000 employees throughout the world – finally reached an agreement with its EU staff representatives to create a European works council. The new body will...
7 April 2008
Mexico: government supports job creations in marginal areas
To fight against poverty, overcome regional unbalance and avoid workers emigrating, the Federal Executive is asking businesses to invest in the country's most blighted areas. In exchange, they get...
7 April 2008
Denmark : increasing implementation of the concept of corporate social responsibility
insurance company Skandia on ten years of CSR shows that social commitments of companies have the collateral effect that employees are proud of their job, find the work environment attractive and...
Mexico: striking miners require more safety
Three large strikes have been disturbing Mexican mines for eight months. In addition to wage claims, miners are pleading for an enhancement of safety conditions, two years after the accident which...
7 April 2008
Great Britain: enforcement of the law on the information and consultation of employees in undertakings with more than 50 employees
The Information and Consultation of Employees Regulations 2004 completely came into force on April 6, 2008. Employees in undertakings with 50 employees or more can now make a request for...
7 April 2008
EU: the European Commission recommends an information system on the posting of workers
Holding the lack of administrative cooperation between national authorities responsible for the inefficiency of Directive 96/71 in terms of protection of posted workers, the European Commission...
4 April 2008
EU: condition a public contract to the minimum wage defined by a national collective agreement is an obstruction to free competition
In a decision rendered on April 3, the Court of Justice of the European Communities ruled that a national legislation which conditions the award and performance of a public contract to comply with...
4 April 2008
Germany: the IG Metall questions the Confederation of German Unions (DGB)
During an internal speech, Bertold Huber, IG Metall chair, launched an unprecedented attack against the stasis of the DGB which, "if it doesn't develop a concept for the future", will be...
4 April 2008
Germany: taking agency workers into account is a new challenge for works councils
Whereas temporary work is becoming a "standard" component in staff policy, a study by the Foundation Hans-Böckler presented in March shows that the management of agency workers is hardly taken...
3 April 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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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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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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Carrefour and UNI Global Union renew global agreement on promoting social dialogue and diversity
On 17 October, Carrefour, one of the world’s largest retailers, with nearly 500,000 employees worldwide, and global union federation UNI Global Union renewed their global agreement on...
3 November 2025