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Denmark: Government and social-democrats comparing jobplans to face the workforce shortage
Pensioners and students will earn more, active seniors will get tax abatements and compensation allowances for part-time workers will be reduced; these are the main elements in the government's...
11 February 2008
Spain: dismissal for temporary disability is not discrimination
In a decision rendered in November 2007, the social chamber of the Spanish Supreme Court rejected the request for avoidance of a dismissal lodged by an employee on a sick leave after an infarct...
11 February 2008
Slovakia: social partners can’t agree for the renewal of the collective agreement in the mechanical engineering industry
Social partners from the mechanical engineering industries' sector have not yet signed the collective agreement for 2008-2009. Unions are asking for a 7% increase, which they justify by the...
11 February 2008
Austria: negotiations on flexible working time started
Since January 1, 2008, Austrian social partners can negotiate, at both branch and company level, an extension of usual daily and/or weekly working time, respectively to 12 hours a day and 60 hours...
11 February 2008
Germany: the conflict between Porsche SE and Volkswagen’s EWC on staff representation still on
After failing to reach an out-of-court settlement with Porsche Automobil Holding AE, VW's EWC just obtained the deferment to April 29, 2008 of the appeal originally planned for February 13...
7 February 2008
Portugal: increased appeal to fixed-term and part-time work
The annual report of the Portuguese National Statistics Institute for 2006 shows an increase in fixed-term contracts and a casualization of employment in the past three years, in a context where...
7 February 2008
Great Britain: Employment Retention Bill
Despite the government's active policy to integrate disabled people, employees with a handicap are not enough protected by law. John Robertson, labour MP, proposed a bill to keep this category of...
7 February 2008
Bulgaria: workers from Kremikovci’s metallurgy factory still on strike
The 3.000 workers of the biggest metallurgy industry in Bulgaria - national pride from the communist era - have been on strike for two weeks. They are asking for better working conditions and...
7 February 2008
Sweden: Ericsson to fire 1.000 and maybe more throughout the world
The Swedish telecom carrier Ericsson announced, on February 1, 2008, that, after a disappointing third trimester and a 16% decrease in profits in 2007, the company needs to save 4 billion crowns...
7 February 2008
Portugal: social partners’ reaction to the White Paper on labour relations
The White Paper on labour relations (see our article No. 080025) which announces an important reform of the labour code - already deeply reviewed in 2003 - was presented on December 27, 2007 to...
7 February 2008
Italy: renewal of the economic part of the national collective agreement for chemistry’s SMEs
On January 28, Union chimica-Confapi for employers and the Filcem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uilcem-Uil unions signed the renewal of the economic part of the national collective agreement of small and...
6 February 2008
International: the IUF published a guide to help unions negotiate with investment funds when their company is bought off
The International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Association (IUF) published a guide to help its members negotiate with the investment funds...
6 February 2008
EU: union mobilization against the flavoring ingredient “diacetyl”
The International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Association (IUF), as well as its European federation (EFFAT), launched a campaign to...
6 February 2008
Gaz de France: the EWC supports the revision of the 1994 directive
As many other European works councils (see our article No. 080017), Gaz de France's sent a letter, at the end of January, to the European Commissioner in charge of Employment, Social Affairs and...
6 February 2008
Spain: commentary of the law on information and consultation and wages guarantee in the event of transnational insolvency
Two years after the end of their transposition and after two infringement procedures (case CJEC C-317/06 and C-6/07), the Law 38/2007 completes the transposition into Spanish law of the European...
5 February 2008
Netherlands: employers want more flexible working time
The general association of Dutch employers (AWVN), affiliated to the main employers' organization, the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (VNO-NCW,) asks for an extension of usual...
5 February 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