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Great Britain: amendment to the law on Discrimination on the ground of pregnancy or maternity leave
Several amendments concerning sexual harassment and the prohibition of discrimination on the grounds of pregnancy or maternity have come into effect on April 6, 2008. The High Court indeed found...
3 April 2008
Italy: Air France leaves the negotiations’ table with Alitalia’s unions
Air France-KLM's CEO rejected the unitary proposition presented by Alitalia's eight trade unions and left, on April 2, the negotiations' table. At a press conference yesterday afternoon, the eight...
3 April 2008
Germany: apprenticeship contracts crossed the symbolic 600.000 threshold in 2007
Annette Schavan, Federal Minister for Education and Research, presented, on April 2, 2008, the annual report for 2008 on apprenticeship which reflects the good health of the German economy, while...
3 April 2008
Italy: the Council of Ministers approved the Testo Unico on occupational safety
Om April 1, the Council of Ministers approved the legislative decree for the Testo Unico on occupational safety which ends the government's mandate granted by the law 123 of August 3, 2007 (see...
3 April 2008
Chile: new industrial courts after the Pinochet era
The labor law reform is creating a new network of specialized courts. More than 7 million Chileans will potentially enjoy these courts which aim at taking decisions in case of industrial...
3 April 2008
EU: European social partners to negotiate the revision of the EWC directive
On April 2, in a letter sent to Vladimir Spidla, European Commissioner in charge of Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities, the three European employers' organizations –...
3 April 2008
Thomas Cook: agreement for the establishment of a EWC
The management of the Thomas Cook Company (33.000 employees) and the special negotiating body created to negotiate for a European works council came to an agreement on March 6. The negotiation...
2 April 2008
EU: different treatment between same-sex partners and spouses can be regarded as discrimination based on sexual orientation
In a decision of April 1, the Court of Justice recognized the existence of indirect discrimination in reserving the widower's pension paid as part of an occupational pension scheme to the...
2 April 2008
Bouygues: creation of a new EWC
After the dispute which led to canceling the anticipation agreement of the European dialogue body of the French group Bouygues, the management and the special negotiating body adopted, on February...
2 April 2008
Czech Republic: Amendments to the Pension Insurance Act
Amendments to the Pension Insurance Act are being discussed at the Czech Parliament's Lower House. For the government, this is the first step towards long-term stability for the old age pension...
2 April 2008
Belgium: the House of Representatives adopts the bill on information-consultation
After the agreement signed by social partners on November 23, 2007, about the modalities of information and consultation of workers in companies with less than 100 employees (see our article No...
2 April 2008
Spain: CCOO criticizes management of immigrant workers influx
The Workers' Commission union (CCOO) qualified of "incongruous" the catalogue of trades with labor shortages (Catalogue de occupaciones de dificil cobertura), the Spanish government's main tool to...
2 April 2008
Denmark: SAS airline sanctioned for employing Asian cabin crew with no work permit
SAS pay a fine amounting to €120.691,32 for employing Asian stewardesses without a work permit outside of the Danish collective agreements (see our article No. 070316). Although unions rejoice...
2 April 2008
Italy: the Cgil analyzes characteristics and trends of second-level collective bargaining
During the national congress dedicated to the "evaluation and prospects of second-level bargaining", which took place on March 18 at the Cgil's headquarters in Rome, the Cgil's Observatory for...
2 April 2008
France: law to fight discrimination adopted
The Parliament voted, on March 25, 2008, the law concerning "several dispositions for the adaptation to Community law in the fight against discrimination". This law adapts French law with EU law...
1 April 2008
Slovakia: law for the extension of collective agreements adopted
The draft amendment for the law concerning collective bargaining was adopted by the Slovakian National Assembly. It meets the needs to extend collective agreements according to fairer criteria...
1 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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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