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Italy: steel company Ilva signed a protocol on health and safety at work
The main Italian iron and steel company – Ilva – and representatives from the Labour Department, union organizations and local authorities signed, on October 2, 2007, a historical protocol on the...
15 October 2007
Germany: train drivers on strike even though negotiations started up again
Until the last minute, the Deutsche Bahn's (DB) management had hoped that the small train drivers' union GDL would give up its plans… in vain ! On October 12, at 2 am, the union launched a one-day...
12 October 2007
Great Britain: creation of the Equality and Human Rights Commission
In order to fight more efficiently against discrimination, the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC), the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) and the Disability Rights Commission (DRC) merged into...
11 October 2007
EU: CJEC rules that an employer shall not take any steps to dismiss a pregnant employee during the protection period
In a decision rendered on October 11, the CJEC judged that an employer cannot prepare, during the period of protection of pregnant women, the dismissal they intended on notifying the employee as...
11 October 2007
Poland: the provisions on telework come into effect soon
The research carried out back in 2005 in Poland showed that flexible forms or work organization are applied very rarely and telework is performed mainly by persons employed on a different basis...
11 October 2007
Spain: Santander bank signs gender equality plan
The agreement sets the following objectives: 1) to promote the respect and effective application of the principle of equality guaranteeing the recruitment and career opportunities to male and...
10 October 2007
Germany: Angela Merkel plans to eliminate Deutsche Post’s tax advantage
New step in the introduction of a universal minimum wage in postal services (see our articles No. 070770 and 070730), the German government wants to extend to the Deutsche Post's private...
10 October 2007
France: the Commission investigates into how La Poste and RATP’s pensions are financed
The DG Competition of the European Commission has authorised the aid planned for financing the retirement pensions of civil servants working for La Poste and is getting ready to examine whether...
10 October 2007
EU: a new sectorial social dialogue committee in the contract catering sector
On October 9, 2007, the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism (EFFAT) and the European Federation for Contract Catering Organizations (FERCO), supported by the European Commission...
10 October 2007
France : the schedule of the social partners
Tripartite conferences. The reform programme of the government features also the organisation of seven tripartite debates in order to achieve not only a shared diagnosis but as well concrete...
10 October 2007
EU: the European Commission adopted the new draft directive on supplementary pensions
The Commission adopted, on October 9, the amended version of the directive bill "based on enhancing worker mobility by improving the vesting and preservation of supplementary pension rights". This...
10 October 2007
Italy : renewal of the national collective agreement in the insurance sector
partners of the insurance sector ( the FISAC/CGIL, FIBA/CISL, FNA, SNFIA, UILCA unions and the employers organisation ANIA) signed an agreement renewing their national collective agreement...
10 October 2007
Finland: several strike notices in the private sector
Negotiations on the renewal of collective conventions in Finland entered a tough phase, mostly in the private sector, while strike notices follow one after the other in a context pushing to more...
9 October 2007
Luxembourg: the Labour Secretary clarified the labour system for May 1, 2008
Answering to a parliamentary question, the Luxembourg Labour and Employment secretary, François Biltgen, specified how to deal with May 1, 2008. Indeed, next year, this holiday is the same day as...
9 October 2007
Alcan-Rio Tinto: Alcan’s EWC disappointed in Rio Tinto’s leaders hearing
Members of the Alcan group's European works council denounced, in a press release, the lack of answers to the questions asked to Rio Tinto’' leaders during their hearing before the council as part...
9 October 2007
Poland: unions from the phone operator TP SA threaten to launch a social conflict
The company's unions addressed managers of Telekomunikacja Polska SA (TP SA) - a company owned by France Telecom - a series of claims, notably concerning wage increases, reduction of working time...
8 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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Spain: new terms and conditions for in-company training contracts
On 25 November, Spain's Council of Ministers approved a regulation on training contracts. This text defines the terms and conditions for hosting work-study students and interns doing professional...
1 December 2025
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France: sectors feel economic slowdown to differing degrees
The latest data on France’s occupational sectors (branches professionnelles), covering the year 2023, show how employment trends are shaping workplace dynamics. After a more favourable period for...
19 December 2025
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Germany: apprenticeship openings fall sharply in manufacturing and chemicals
From 1 January 2026, Dutch collective agreements for temporary employment agencies will alter the employment conditions of temp workers. Agencies will be required to pay these workers at least the...
15 December 2025