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Danone: world agreement on diversity
The French agribusiness Danone signed, on June 8, 2007, with the International Union of Food workers (IUF) an international agreement to promote diversity. This text both includes principles and...
3 December 2007
EU: 3rd rail package published on the OJUE
The third rail package - which plans to liberalize the international passengers transport, regulates passengers' rights and obligations, and establishes a system of certification for drivers (see...
3 December 2007
Germany: the large coalition finally accepted minimum wage in the postal sector
After months of controversy, on November 29, 2007, the two large ruling parties, the CDU/CSU and the SPD, put an end to their disagreement on the establishment of a minimum wage in the postal...
2 December 2007
Italy: Fit CISL wins appeal against Ryanair’s violation of union rights
The Fit Cisl union is happy about its victory in the conflict which opposed it to Ryanair (see our article No. 070074) : the Velletri Court ordered the low cost airline to "open at once a...
30 November 2007
Great Britain: discouraging sanctions for employers hiring illegal workforce
The government presented new measures belonging to its programme of stiffened fight against illegal immigration. Now, employers using illegal workforce are exposed to a monetary penalty which can...
30 November 2007
France: protecting employees who denounce bribery
A law passed on November 13, 2007 creates a system to protect employees who denounce bribery and corruption they found out while performing their job. This text goes hand in hand with the...
30 November 2007
Alcan-Rio Tinto: the EWC wants a fund to support employees from sold entities and announces actions
During its extraordinary meeting on November 27, 2007, Alcan-Rio Tinto's EWC was informed of the management's decision to sell the new entity's "machine-finished products" sector. Elected members...
30 November 2007
Italy: social partners satisfied after the first meeting to reform the collective bargaining system
On November 27, 2007, leaders from the employers' organisation Confindustria and general secretaries from the Cgil, Cisl and Uil unions met in Rome for a first discussions about the reform of the...
29 November 2007
Germany: skilled workforce shortage slowing down outsourcing at Nokia Siemens Network
In Germany, the lack of skilled workforce associated to a job cut program which is working much better than expected is slowing down Nokia Siemens Network - a common company to Nokia and Siemens...
29 November 2007
France: sanctions for companies which do not establish a plan for equal pay between men and women
A law planned for mid-2008 is going to set up financial sanctions against companies which do not establish a plan to reduce the pay gap between genders by the end of 2009. (Ref. 070979)
29 November 2007
EU: CJEC to rule whether a woman waiting for an artificial insemination enjoys protection against dismissal
In his conclusions rendered on November 27, 2007, the advocate general Ruiz-Jarabo Colomer proposed to the Court that a woman dismissed while she was waiting for an artificial insemination cannot...
29 November 2007
Great Britain: proposals to toughen sanctions of companies involved in deadly industrial accidents
The government's advisory council presented two measures concerning companies responsible for causing a worker's death: a fine, which can reach 10% of the annual turnover and the duty to inform...
29 November 2007
Denmark: unions mobilised to face problems caused by the increase of East European workers
Increase in industrial accidents, risk of social dumping and of deregulation of the labour market: the problems caused by the important immigration of workers from countries east to Denmark worry...
29 November 2007
EU: European Commission dedicated a “restructuring” forum on adaptation of SMEs to change
The European Commission has set in place a "Restructuring" Forum dedicated to the adaptation of SMEs to change on November 26 and 27, 2007, in Brussels. Highlighting SME's economic importance and...
28 November 2007
Belgium: employers must offer reclassification to employees of 45 and more
The labour collective agreement No. 82 bis of July 11, 2007 concerning reclassification is going to be effective from December 1, after a royal decree published in the Moniteur Belge on November...
28 November 2007
Germany: German people’s real wages keep increasing slower than their neighbours’
In spite of a good economic situation and wage agreement that are more generous than the previous years, Germany keeps recording a lower wage increase than most European countries. Forecasts show...
28 November 2007
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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
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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France: austerity measures proposed in social security financing bill for 2026
Limits on sick leave, the end of social security exemptions for apprentices, and the introduction of additional birth leave: the 2026 social security financing bill, presented to parliament on 14...
16 October 2025
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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Romania: collective agreement extended to entire insurance sector
On 3 November, Romania’s National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue approved the extension of the collective labour agreement signed on 23 May by the Confederation of Employers in the...
10 November 2025
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Germany: legal battle at Tesla ahead of works council election
The Frankfurt/Oder labour court has postponed a mid-November hearing in the case between the IG Metall union and Michaela Schmitz, employee representative and head of the works council at the...
28 October 2025
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France: generative AI and older workers central to BPCE’s skills management strategy
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