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Germany: chemistry and metal unions present their claims for 2008 tariff negotiations
Putting forward the German chemistry's good health, the IG BCE union said, on December 12, 2007, in Hanover, that it would ask between a 6.5 and 7% wage increase for the approximately 550.000...
12 December 2007
EU: the EMF published a comparative note on national legislations about setting up special negotiating bodies
The European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) developed a comparative note with 30 national legislations transposing the directive 94/45 on European works' councils regarding the introduction of the...
12 December 2007
Italy: renewal of the economic part of the national collective agreement in chemicals sector
By anticipating the end of the collective agreement in effect, planned for the end of December 2009, social partners from the chemicals and pharmacy sectors renewed, on December 6, 2007, the...
12 December 2007
Luxembourg: implementation of the directive on working time in road transport
The Parliament adopted, on December 6, 2007, a law to implement the Directive n° 2002/15 of 11 March 2002 on the organisation of the working time of persons performing mobile road transport...
12 December 2007
EU: the CJEC rules on unions’ right to act against social dumping
In the Viking case concerning unions' right to act to force an employer to apply a collective agreement, the Court recognized that a union's right to take a collective action is a fundamental...
11 December 2007
Italy: directives from the Labour Ministry to clarify some provisions of the “123 law” on safety
After the interpretation difficulties of the "123 law" of August 3, 2007 (see our article n° 070690) on safety in the workplace pointed out by the INAIL (National Institute of insurance against...
11 December 2007
EU: the CJEC compared equal pay for equal working hours to reveal gender discrimination
In a case concerning a national pay system which leads part-time workers – notably women – to be less paid than their colleagues working full-time whereas they work, with extra hours, the same...
10 December 2007
Netherlands: bonus to work from home
Deputies from the Christian Democrat Call (CDA), in power, proposed on December 7, 2007, the introduction of a tax-exempt bonus to encourage employees work at home. The goal is to reduce traffic...
10 December 2007
Great Britain: more and more people work over 48 hours a week
A study by the trade union confederation TUC reveals a significant increase in the number of people working more than 48 hours a week whereas figures had been decreasing for ten years. For the TUC...
10 December 2007
EU: the Commission wants to adapt the legislation on the coordination of social security schemes with new forms of mobility
In a communication published on December 10, 2007, about a new action plan to promote employment mobility in Europe, the European Commission announced its work plan to tackle the issues raised by...
7 December 2007
Germany : Angela Merkel’s government sticks to minimum wage in postal services
Threats of dismissals. On December 4, Pin, owned by the editor Axel Springer, had announced the need to lay off at least 1000 out of 9000 workers as a consequence of the expected introduction of a...
7 December 2007
Netherlands: liberalization of the postal market postponed after the introduction of a minimum wage in the German post
The liberalization of the postal market, planned for January 1, is postponed. Mentioning the introduction of a minimum wage in the German post (see our article No. 070983), the State Secretary of...
7 December 2007
Germany: IG Metall and BMW sign an agreement establishing wage equality between temp and permanent workers
The Bavarian section of the IG Metall union and the car manufacturer BMW signed, on December 3, 2007, an agreement which grants temp workers the pay negotiated for the branch, and that from the...
6 December 2007
EU: European social partners evaluate the enforcement of their framework of actions on gender equality
European Social Partners (BusinessEurope and CEEP for employers, ETUC for unions) published their second report on the establishment of the framework of actions on gender equality. This report...
6 December 2007
Italy: Thales Alenia Space’s unions worried about the future of R&D sites after alliance with Thales
Thales Alenia Space's Italian unions Fim-Cisl, Uilm-Uil declared two hours of strike and asked to meet with the government and the Italian aviation and defence group Finmeccanica to talk about the...
6 December 2007
Germany: in preparation for coming conflicts, Verdi wants to impose a code of conduct to Deutsche Telekom’s management
The services' union Verdi wants to impose a code of conduct (Sozialkodex) within Deutsche Telekom to protect employees from permanent lay-offs, low wages and the worsening in working conditions...
6 December 2007
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
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
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Catherine Chavanier (CDC Habitat): “Social dialogue on AI facilitates its deployment”
In February, CDC Habitat (10,500 employees) signed a two-year framework agreement governing social dialogue on AI. Catherine Chavanier, HR Director of the subsidiary of CDC (Caisse des dépôts et...
20 March 2026
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
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France: Club Med includes “multiculturalism” in its professional equality agreement
In December 2025, Club Med and the CFTC, Unsa, and FO trade unions signed an agreement on professional equality and working conditions. It introduces measures addressing AI, pay transparency, and...
23 March 2026
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France: bioMérieux’s new disability agreement pivots towards mental health
The news. On 6 January 2026, bioMérieux—an in vitro diagnostics specialist employing 4,400 people in France—signed a new four-year agreement “relating to the employment...
4 March 2026
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United Kingdom: launch of consultation on protection against detriment for industrial action
The British government launched a public consultation on 26 February regarding new protections for workers against "detriment" related to industrial action, scheduled to take effect in October...
12 March 2026
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Germany: controversial collective bargaining compliance act adopted
On 26 February, the Bundestag approved the Tariftreuegesetz (collective bargaining compliance act), aimed at strengthening collective agreements and tackling social dumping by tying certain public...
26 February 2026