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Great Britain: consultation to allow risk sharing pension schemes
Employees and employers sharing investment risks for more balanced pension schemes : this is the topic of the consultation launched by the government on June 5. This reform could make the burden...
11 June 2008
Corporate practices : the Finnish firm Itela Oy and the employment of immigrant workers
Itela Oy records sales of 1.688 billion €, mainly in postal services (51% of sales), logistics (36%) and the information sector, particularly the electronic processing of documents and invoices...
11 June 2008
Italy: national cross-industry agreement on stress at work
With this national cross-industry agreement, the Italian social partners implement the voluntary agreement signed in 2004 by the European social partners to combat stress at work. (Ref. 080494)
11 June 2008
France Telecom: the EWC holds a plenary meeting in Cairo
For the first time - to our knowledge - the EWC members of a European multinational company, in this case the French telecommunications' group France Telecom, met for a plenary session in a city...
11 June 2008
Club Med: the EWC secretary’s reaction to the transfers of two units
The management of the French tourism group Club Méditerranée announced, on June 9, 2008, the transfer of its tour operator subsidiary, Jet Tour, to Thomas Cook Group, and the takeover by an...
11 June 2008
Portugal: trade unions want to charge agency fees to non-members
As part of the ongoing negotiations on the reform of the Labor Code, one of the major Portuguese trade unions - UGT - wants to charge fees to non-members who take advantage of the provisions of an...
11 June 2008
France : adoption of the law on the modernization of the labor market
The law on the modernization of the labor market transposes into labor legislation the provisions of the identically named agreement signed on January 21, 2008 by the employers’organizations and...
11 June 2008
Spain: the Competition Commission threatens to sanction unions and employers
The Spanish National Competition Commission has decided to institute sanctioning proceedings against the trade unions and employers' associations that made the national collective agreement for...
11 June 2008
Great Britain: new study on management competencies for preventing and reducing stress at work
This study, paid by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) and Investors in People (IIP), is part of a three-year project. It identifies...
11 June 2008
EU: political agreement on the working time and temporary work directives, but the gap around social Europe is widening
During the EU Labor Ministers' Council on June 9 (see our article No. 080475), the followers of a stronger social Europe got a tighter supervision of the possibility to avoid the 48-hour maximum...
11 June 2008
France: reforming prescription in terms of discrimination
Whereas France has just completed the transposition of the EU anti-discrimination directives (see our article No. 080405), the Parliament adopted, on June 5, 2008, a bill reforming civil...
11 June 2008
Slovakia: amendment to the Labor Code which forbids working on some bank holidays in retail sales
The Parliament adopted an amendment to the Labor Code which prevents employers from having their employees work in retail sales, including assimilated tasks, on January 1, Easter Sunday, December...
11 June 2008
Spain : three female executives out of four claim to haven’t noticed any change in their firms despite the legislation on gender equality
The survey, carried out among a sample of female executives in all types of firms (small and medium-size, large firms, multinationals) sought to gather their impressions on the direct impact of...
11 June 2008
Mexico: record foreign investments foreshadow an employment boom
Foreign investors feel confident in Mexico, as demonstrated by the recent announcements made, within a few days, by the German Q-Cells and the American Ford, who will invest billions of dollars in...
10 June 2008
Germany: the IG-Metall threatens to launch warning strikes at the national level to maintain gradual early retirement
Three months to the opening of the wage negotiations for the 3.6 million employees in the metallurgy and electronics sector, the conflict around part-time work at the end of the career...
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10 June 2008
Sweden: union confederation LO’s attacks against the government remain moderate
The 26th annual congress of the LO confederation (LandsOrganisationen in Sverige), in Stockholm from May 31 to June 4, was the opportunity to close ranks to face the tough situation of the Swedish...
10 June 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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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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Italy: artificial Intelligence on the menu of Barilla’s new company agreement
Prior consultation with trade unions on innovations related to artificial intelligence, strengthened training, and progress on parenthood: these are the main new features of the agreement signed...
2 September 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: a high-tension start to the social and political year
The German government must finalize its major reforms (pension funding, corporate competitiveness, and labor law) while the chancellor’s popularity hits an all-time low and three regional...
26 August 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Sweden: IF Metall union forced to end industrial dispute with Tesla
The news. After three years of conflict, the Swedish union IF Metall announced it would suspend its strike actions against Tesla starting Wednesday, August 19, after the American automaker...
26 August 2026