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Poland: the government’s action plan in favor of seniors’ employment
The government launched a consultation with the social partners on its program entitled "Inter-generation solidarity – action plan to increase the professional activity of people over 50." This...
5 May 2008
EU: the Commission adopts the guidelines concerning State aid for railway undertakings
The European Commission adopted, on April 30, 2008, the Guidelines on State Aid for railway undertakings. These guidelines clarify the rules applicable to State Aid granted to railway undertakings...
5 May 2008
Germany: Deutsche Post AG and Ver.di end their conflict
After weeks of conflict punctuated with warning strikes (see our dispatch No. 80326), the management of the Deutsche Post AG and the services union Ver.di signed in extremis, on April 30, 2008 in...
5 May 2008
Luxembourg: the law transposing the Directive on the information and consultation of workers was adopted
The law on the information and consultation of workers was permanently voted on April 29, 2008 by the House of Representatives. It transposes into national law Directive 2002/14 of March 11, 2002...
5 May 2008
Finland: the government is thinking about a bill allowing employers to check their employees’ emails
The government sparked off a vivid debate with a draft amendment for the law on the protection of electronic data, which would allow employers to check the addresses of the emails received by and...
5 May 2008
Denmark: twice as many pleural cancers in one year
According to recent figures from the National Board of Industrial Injuries (Arbejdsskadestyrelsen), the number of registered pleural cancers has doubled since the law on the protection of...
30 April 2008
Portugal : employers’ contribution amendment to fight job insecurity
One of the greatest sources of income for the Social Security consists in the single social tax (taxa social única), to be supported by the employers. Each employer is obliged to pay a tax of...
30 April 2008
Brazil : national campaign for the reduction of working time
At mid-April, the two major unions in the metal sector (CNM/CUT and CNTM) launched a national campaign for the reduction of the workweek with stoppages and demonstrations throughout the country...
30 April 2008
Belgium: the government announced a plan in favor of health and safety at work
Joelle Miquet, Minister for Employment, presented, on April 28, 2008, on the occasion of the world day for health and safety at work, a five-year program to improve the health, safety and...
30 April 2008
EU : creation of a legal assistance fund for EWCs
The executive committee of the European Federation of Public Services Union (EPSU) adopted, on April 22, 2008, the rules to appeal to a legal assistance fund created for EWCs. It will helps the...
29 April 2008
Corporate Practices : R8 “Silver Line” project and “Demographic concept” at Audi
In 2006, 54.44% of Audi's staff was older than 39 and 16.98% over 50. In 2012, 1/3 of employees in the production division will be older than 50. At the same time, retirement age was brought up to...
29 April 2008
Germany: clarifications on the “demographic fund” introduced in the chemistry sector at company-level
This fund, managed by the company, planned in the agreement signed by the chemistry social partners (see our dispatch No. 080311), aims at setting up an internal fund dedicated to the tools...
29 April 2008
Corporate practices: seniors’ employment in the Swedish company Scania
2007 was a record year in terms of sales for the group Scania, one of the jewels of the Swedish industry (84.5 million Swedish crowns, i.e. almost 9 million euro in sales). After Neste Oil (see...
29 April 2008
France: foreign service bonuses can be held for workers from other countries
International companies located in France sometimes provide for specific wage conditions of advantages, such as an expatriation bonus, for employees from the parent company or, in more drastic...
28 April 2008
Volkswagen: union representatives want to strengthen international cooperation
This is a first. From April 28 to May 1, almost 120 union representatives from all the sites of the German car manufacturer in the world, are going to take part in an "international union...
28 April 2008
Spain: employers accept the minimum wage increase if postponed to 2010
The leader of the employers' confederation CEOE accepted the principle of the gradual increase of the minimum interprofessional wage (SMI) promised by José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, but doesn't...
28 April 2008
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
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
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Netherlands: new government seeks to “control” social costs
In his government policy statement to Parliament on 25 February, Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten announced several measures designed to "control" social costs. Notably, he proposed raising the...
5 March 2026
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Spain: a bill to regulate internships
On 3 March, the Council of Ministers approved the bill on the “Status for persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies”. The text limits the number of interns a company can...
13 March 2026
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EU: co-legislators aim to pivot European Globalisation Adjustment Fund towards restructuring anticipation
On 25 February, the Council of the EU and the Parliament reached an agreement on the Commission’s proposed regulation to expand the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). Under the...
2 March 2026
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Block to slash workforce by nearly half
The news. In his latest shareholder letter, Jack Dorsey, CEO of payment service provider Block (formerly Square), announced plans to slash the company’s workforce “by nearly half, from...
6 March 2026
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Germany: launch of the “WE-Fair” alliance for binational training of skilled foreign workers
Germany continues to expand and diversify its initiatives to attract skilled foreign labour from outside the EU. In mid-March 2026, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development...
26 March 2026