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Germany: wage agreement in the textile and clothing industry
After sixteen hours of negotiation, the metalworkers union IG Metall and the employers' organization of western Germany's textile and clothing industry signed, on March 11, 2008, a wage agreement...
12 March 2008
EU: Commission validates training aid to Volvo Cars Gent’s employees
The European Commission approved, on March 11, 2008, the €3.54 million aid the Flemish Region intends to grant to support training at Volvo Cars Gent in Ghent, Belgium. The Commission, after an...
12 March 2008
EU: sectoral social dialogue committee for professional football
The list of sectoral social dialogue committees is extended with the launching, on March 17, of the European social dialogue committee for the professional football sector. One of the social...
11 March 2008
Italy: the Council of Ministers approved the legislative decree on occupational health and safety
On March 6, the Council of Ministers approved the legislative decree which ends the Testo Unico, the global reform on health and safety (see our dispatch No. 080137). The act's main reforms...
11 March 2008
Netherlands: employers want pension funds reformed
The Federation of Dutch Industry and Employers (VNO-NCW) listed on March 10 in the daily Het Financieele Dagblad its claims in terms of pension funds reforms. Employers' goal is to reduce company...
11 March 2008
Germany: Deutsche Bahn and train drivers’ union GDL put a final stop to their conflict
We thought it would never happen. After eleven months of tough negotiations, punctuated with a series of strikes, the Deutsche Bahn and the train drivers' union GDL announced, on March 9, 2008...
10 March 2008
Portugal: first employment forum for Portuguese-speaking African countries
The first recruitment forum for Portuguese-speaking Africa took place on March 7 and 8, 2008 in Lisbon. Created by Global Career Company, an international recruitment and consulting agency, this...
10 March 2008
Great Britain: private equity bill fails in Parliament
At its second reading in Parliament on March 7, the bill presented by the Labor MP John Heppell which aims at extending to investment funds the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment)...
EU: two reports on gender equality
The European Commission published, on March 8, two studies on gender equality. The first one, entitled "Equality between women and men – 2008", analyzes women's situation on the Labor Market and...
10 March 2008
France: new Labor Code to come into effect on May 1, 2008
Whereas the regulatory part of the new Labor Code will soon be published, the whole new Code will come into effect on May 1, 2008. As for the legislative part, it was determined by Ordinance No...
10 March 2008
Great Britain: more work-related suicides
According to Hazards Magazine, an occupational health and safety review, 250 kill each other because of work every year. This announcement comes as the House of Lords recognized the employer's...
7 March 2008
Poland: social pact between unions and Gdansk’s shipyard buyer
The Ukrainian Industrial Union of Donbass (ISD), which bought out Gdansk's shipyards, signed a social pact, on March 6, 2008, together with the company's unions. The agreement notably plans wage...
7 March 2008
Italy: a study on Italian metalworkers’ working conditions
Almost 100.000 workers and employees from the metallurgy sector took part in the national study ordered by the Fiom. The results, recently published, show a "deep malaise" among Italian...
6 March 2008
EU: EMF demands “secure planning” for steel and aluminum industries concerning the reduction of CO2 emissions
The European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) supports the demand made by the EU Industry Commissioner, Günter Verheugen, to come to a quick decision regarding which energy-intensive industries are...
6 March 2008
Belgium: social partners talking to fight discriminations better
Belgian social partners started, in compliance with their interprofessional agreement for 2007-2008 (see our article No. 061296), talks to revise the labor collective agreement (CCT) concerning...
6 March 2008
Belgium: towards more supple entry conditions for foreign posted workers
The Council of Ministers approved, on March 7, 2008, a draft royal decree which clarifies under which conditions workers from a foreign State employed by a company established in the European...
6 March 2008
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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