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Germany : BASF publishes the wages of the members of its works council
According to the joint announcement by BASF management and the WC, the 53 members of the latter earned in 2006 on average 60,000 €, ie around 2000 € more than the employees holding a similar...
7 November 2007
Belgium: report on the evolution of wage gaps with neighboring countries
The Central Economic Council – an organization where staff and union representatives sit – published a report on the evolution of wage costs, employment and training efforts. This annual report...
7 November 2007
Great Britain: guide on leading health and safety at work
The Institute of Directors (IoD, an association composed of leaders and board directors) and the Health and Safety Executive recently published a guide on health and safety in order to make...
7 November 2007
Denmark: the union confederation LO’s annual congress elected a new chair to “return to their roots”
LO's 36th congress, which gathered 800 representatives in Copenhagen from October 28 to October 21, marks a "return to the roots" with the election of Harald Børsting, "tradition man", who won by...
7 November 2007
Germany: Berthold Huber replaces Jurgen Peters at the head of the metal sector union IG-Metall
As expected, the largest German union, IG Metall, will now be headed by two "reformists” (see our article No. 070720). Berthold Huber, 57, who was until now the union's second-in-command, was...
7 November 2007
Austria: federal government strengthened existing measures to help disabled people joining a company
Erwin Buchinger, Austrian Secretary of Social Affairs, announced on October 23, 2007 the launching of the "Aktion 500" plan, a series of measures to help companies ready to hire disabled people...
5 November 2007
Spain: dismissal for serious misconduct can be pronounced if safety instructions are not respected
The high court of the Basque Country confirmed the decision of the Win SA Company to fire an employee who refused to respect mandatory security standards on the site where he was working. This...
5 November 2007
Germany: IG-Metall union asks Continental for employment guaranties
As the takeover of the car manufacturer Siemens VDO by its competitor Continental approaches (it should be finalized at the end of the year), the IG Metall union sent a strong signal to...
5 November 2007
Germany: GDL to launch strike on freight lines
Important victory for the train drivers' union GDL : on November 2, 2007, the labour court of the Saxony Land allowed drivers to strike on all lines, including freight and national lines. In a new...
5 November 2007
Italy: metalworkers strongly mobilized for renewal of their national collective convention
The first national mobilization day, organized on October 30 by the metallurgy unions (Fim-Cisl, Fiom-Cgil and Uilm-Uil) for the renewal of the sector's national collective agreement, was marked...
31 October 2007
Austria: the social partners in the iron and steel industry agree on a 3.5% wage increase with variable clauses
It was not until the third summit meeting and after 17 hours of negotiation between Erich Foglar, boss of the Metal-Textile- Food union (GMTN) and Hermann Haslauer, the employers’ representative...
31 October 2007
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31 October 2007
Great Britain: the Equal Commission asked for introduction of representative actions for people subject to discrimination
Trevor Phillips, chair of the Equal and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) created at the beginning of October (see our article No. 070844), asked the government to enable unions and organizations...
31 October 2007
Germany: Volkswagen and Porsche’s EWCs want to settle their conflict
At the request of the future president of the IG Metall union, Berthold Huber, the two leaders of VW and Porsche's European works councils met on October 30, 2007, at the headquarters of IG Metall...
31 October 2007
Belgium: brochure on the prevention of psychosocial risks published
Belgium got a new legislation concerning the prevention of psychosocial risks in June 2007 (see our articles No.070504 and 070521) which encourages employers to prevent violence and harassment...
30 October 2007
EU: Commission to postpone the deadline for introducing directive on workers’ exposure to electromagnetic fields
Following scientific analysis highlighting the negative effects that could have some prescriptions, too strict, of Directive 2004/40/EC regarding the protection against electromagnetic fields and...
30 October 2007
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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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EU: list of new CSRD reporting standards finalised
On 4 December, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) presented the revised list of reporting indicators under the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which...
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EU: co-legislators strike agreement on Omnibus Directive
The European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached an agreement on the night of 8 December on the weakening of the directives on corporate sustainability reporting (CSRD) and corporate...
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EU: Parliament formally adopts omnibus, diluting due diligence rules
On 16 December, the European Parliament formally approved the omnibus package amending the EU corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives. Their application has been pushed...
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Italy: three executives from luxury goods group Tod’s investigated over worker exploitation
Italian authorities are once again turning their attention to working conditions in the luxury goods supply chain. On 20 November, the Milan public prosecutor charged three senior executives of...
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28 November 2025
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Fashion brands accused of violating trade union freedoms in Asia
On 27 November, Amnesty International released a report denouncing widespread violations of trade union freedoms in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka by both governments and suppliers to...
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28 November 2025