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Germany: controversy on the introduction of minimum wage for temporary work
A few days after the Bundestag adopted, on December 14, 2007, a particularly disputed minimum wage in the postal sector (see our articles No. 071031 and 071004), a new conflict burst out among the...
19 December 2007
Italy : a serious accident at ThyssenKrupp Turin reactivates mobilization on safety at work
The fire which caused the lives of 5 workers in the night of December 6 could have been avoided, according to the unions, who accused the multinational of having progressively neglected safety...
19 December 2007
EU: new CJEC restrictions on collective action
In a decision rendered on December 18, the CJEC ruled that, as part of the posting of workers, unions' actions to impose on foreign service providers the respect of social standards that are more...
19 December 2007
CPI: agreement on the creation of a EWC
The French printing group CPI (4.000 employees) signed an agreement establishing a European Works' Council, on December 13, 2007, followed by the council's first meeting. The goal is to introduce...
19 December 2007
Great Britain: legislation on workers’ protection in the event of a company transfer applies to the transferee located outside of the EU
In a judgment handed down on 12 December 2007, in which, for the first time, the Employment Appeal Tribunal - EAT, speaks out on the interpretation of the TUPE regulations implementing the...
18 December 2007
Italy: report on the evolution of industrial relations in 2007
According to the last report from the research institute Censis on the country's social situation, industrial relations in 2006 were marked by a considerable decrease in the number of collective...
17 December 2007
Denmark: DSB signed an agreement to compensate asbestos victims
Employees from the DSB, the Danish national railroad company, who have developed or will develop a pathology after being exposed to asbestos for work, will get from their employer one and a half...
17 December 2007
Hungary: 2008 tripartite wage negotiations blocked
During the last tripartite negotiations (employers,unions,government), social partners could not reach an agreement concerning wage increases for 2008. Unions stand their ground, refusing to go...
17 December 2007
France: regulation on transnational posting
A decree, taken in application of the law of August 2, 2005, which introduced into the labour code a chapter on transnational posting, was recently published in the Official Journal. It notably...
17 December 2007
Italy: partial but not definite agreement to renew metalworkers’ national collective agreement
Whereas strikes keep going throughout Italy, to support negotiations on the renewal of metalworkers' national collective agreement (see our articles No. 070946, 070906 and 070820), which expired...
17 December 2007
EU: the 27 leaders signed the Lisbon Treaty
Leaders of the European Union's 27 member states signed, on December 13, the Lisbon Treaty. Even if it contains a few steps forward, the new "simplified" treaty in not a revolution in social...
14 December 2007
Germany: longer unemployment benefits for seniors
It is now official. The federal government gave the green light, on December 11, 2007, to the extension of the duration of unemployment benefits (Arbeitslosengeld I) for seniors. However, after a...
14 December 2007
EU: Charter of Fundamental Rights published at the OJEU
The Charter of fundamental rights, proclaimed on December 12, 2007, within the European Parliament, in Strasbourg, was published at the OJEU on December 14, 2007. When the Lisbon Treaty, adopted...
14 December 2007
Luxembourg : adoption of the reform of labour and mines inspectorate
Presented by the government in November 2003, the bill adopted by the deputies ends a long legislative concertation procedure, particularly with the International Labour Office. The ambition of...
14 December 2007
Germany: the jobs of Pin Group’s 9.000 employees threatened
A few days after the Bundestag gave the green lights, on December 14, 2007, to the introduction, on January 1, 2008 of a minimum wage in the postal service, negotiated by the Verdi union and an...
14 December 2007
Germany: IBM introduces a new “global” pay system in exchange for a disputed wage agreement
At the end of September 2007, the Verdi union got a 4% wage increase for IBM Germany's employees. In exchange, the services sector union stopped opposing the introduction of a new pay system based...
14 December 2007
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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
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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Germany: pensioners in work already common practice, study shows
As the German government steps up measures to encourage people to stay in work beyond the legal retirement age, a new study by the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) – an independent...
6 November 2025
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Spain: government approves creation of ‘intern status’
The Spanish government has paved the way for the creation of a new status for "persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies, institutions or public or private organisations...
7 November 2025
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France: social conference on labour and pensions to proceed without main employers’ group
The preparatory meeting ahead of the social conference on labour and pensions, which is set to decide on the pension system model and the funding thereof, was held on 4 November at France's labour...
5 November 2025
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Luxembourg: two pension reform bills submitted to parliament
After lengthy negotiations with the social partners, in mid-October the Luxembourg government submitted two bills to parliament aimed at reforming the pension system to ensure its long-term...
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Candice Guillot (Talan): “Our recruiters save just over 80 hours per year on administrative tasks thanks to AI”
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...
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