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Denmark: more and more companies fight stress
According to a survey by the employers' association Danske Erhverv, one in three Danish companies has now adopted a policy to prevent and manage stress. One of them is the Danfoss Company, with a...
15 April 2008
Great Britain: employers are not prone to accept flexible work
A study from the Working Families association shows that many employers turn down or daunt employees' requests for flexible work. They are protesting together with human resources managers. (Ref...
15 April 2008
Portugal: the government wants to strengthen the Labor Code to combat precarious work
Employment statistics in Portugal for 2007 confirm the trend of precarious employment and appeal to fixed-term work. In the context of the debate about the amendment of the Labor Code, the...
15 April 2008
Italy: the labor world’s reaction to Silvio Berlusconi’s historic victory
For the first time in Italian history, there will be no-one from a left-wing party in Parliament. For the third time, Silvio Berlusconi won a majority in Parliament. Confindustria's outgoing...
15 April 2008
Credit Agricole: interview with Marie-Christine Dumonal, group HR Director and Bernard Philippe, DDG in charge of HR at the FNCA
The management of the group Credit Agricole and the special negotiating body signed, on January 30, 2008, an agreement for the establishment of a European works council (see our article No...
15 April 2008
Italy: health and safety at the heart of second-level negotiations in the metal sector
On the eve of the beginning of second-level negotiations (see our article No. 080256), the Cgil's metallurgy section, the Fiom, wants to include in the negotiations with medium and big sized...
14 April 2008
Great Britain: e-learning on the up, but its efficiency is being questioned
According to a survey by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development, one third of managers in charge of training employees predict that e-learning could account for 50% of a company's...
14 April 2008
Spain: the metal and textile-chemistry federations of CCOO start the last lap before the merger
The federal councils of the two federations announced that the congress which will definitely create the Comisiones obreras industry federation (FI-CCOO) will be held on February 19 and 20, 2009...
14 April 2008
Germany: temp agencies sue the IG Metall for “blackmail”
Since the IG Metall launched, on April 9, 2008, a national campaign in favor of equal treatment between agency and permanent workers, the conflict in the temporary work sector has intensified (see...
14 April 2008
EU: gas social partners want to guarantee the social dimension of the energy Community
A few months after that of European social partners in the electric sector, the trade union organizations EPSU and EMCEF and the employers' federation Eurogas signed a joint declaration calling...
14 April 2008
EU: the European Trade Union Confederation refuses to bargain for the revision of the EWC Directive
In a letter to Vladimir Spidla, European Commissioner in charge of Employment and Social Affairs, the general secretary of the European Trade Union Confederation, John Monks, announced that he...
11 April 2008
Romania: the EMF points to the conflict which ended at Renault-Dacia
The European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) set an example of the Renault's Dacia's strike in Romania, to ask for decent pay for all. This support comes whereas the collective conflict, which put...
11 April 2008
Rio Tinto-Alcan: European unions announce a day of action on April 23
European trade union organizations of Rio Tinto-Alcan call employees for a large day of action which will take place on April 23 on every site of the group and before the European Parliament to...
11 April 2008
Italy: the government wants to help Alitalia’s unions find an agreement with Air France-KLM
Enrico Leta’s optimism could be dampened by the outcome of Sunday’s general election. In the event of Silvio Berlusconi’s victory, as predicted by most of the polls, the merger with Air France-KLM...
11 April 2008
Crédit Agricole : interview with Pascal Fesquet (CFDT), spokesman of the special negotiations body
At the outset, the positions were fairly far apart and the employees’ representatives were eager to move forward. We started by signing an agreement on the setting up of an ad hoc negotiating...
11 April 2008
Nokia: Finnish unions call for an international framework agreement
Supported by the International Metalworkers' Federation and its European counterpart, several Finnish unions represented in the Nokia group called, on April 9, 2008, the Finnish firm to be the...
10 April 2008
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The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
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
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Spain: new terms and conditions for in-company training contracts
On 25 November, Spain's Council of Ministers approved a regulation on training contracts. This text defines the terms and conditions for hosting work-study students and interns doing professional...
1 December 2025
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France: sectors feel economic slowdown to differing degrees
The latest data on France’s occupational sectors (branches professionnelles), covering the year 2023, show how employment trends are shaping workplace dynamics. After a more favourable period for...
19 December 2025
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Germany: apprenticeship openings fall sharply in manufacturing and chemicals
From 1 January 2026, Dutch collective agreements for temporary employment agencies will alter the employment conditions of temp workers. Agencies will be required to pay these workers at least the...
15 December 2025