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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
Spain: an important ruling on courts’ competence in matters related to employer’s liability in case of industrial accident
Last January 29, the Civil Chamber of the Supreme Court ruled that only social courts are competent for matters related to the employer's liability in case of work-related accident. This ruling...
6 March 2008
France: agreement on using French at General Electric Medical System
After a litigation which started in 2005 with all of the staff representatives of the French subsidiary of the North American company General Electric Medical System, the management and the CFDT...
6 March 2008
Great Britain: justice confirms offshore workers’ right to paid holidays
On February 21, an Aberdeen Employment Tribunal ruled that, by virtue of the working time regulation, offshore oil workers were entitled to 14 days of annual paid leave. This decision, welcomed by...
6 March 2008
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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