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EU: EPSU to set up fund to pay for EWCs’ legal actions
The principle is acted but the intervention modalities yet have to be discussed. European Federation of Public Services Unions (EPSU) is currently creating a fund to finance the legal actions of...
14 November 2007
EU: bill on temp work resurfacing
Relaunched by the Portuguese presidency (see our article No. 070880), the discussions about the draft directive on temp work were subject to a turn of events during the negotiation session on...
14 November 2007
Great Britain: bill on temp work failed in Parliament
The labour MP Paul Farrelly could not get his bill to legislate on temp workers' rights through after the government refused to support it. Unions and labour MPs expressed their concern. (Ref...
14 November 2007
Germany: Franz Müntefering resigned from VP and Employment Secretary positions
Political clap of thunder in Berlin : the social-democrat Franz Müntefering, 67, announced, on November 13, 2007, that he would quit, as early as November, his double position of vice-president of...
14 November 2007
Italy: IBM Italia and unions around the negotiations’ table after the virtual strike
Union organisations are satisfied with the results of the virtual strike on Second Life (see our article No. 070805). On November 9, employees ratified the agreement bill concluded on October 26...
13 November 2007
Club Méditerranée: EWC wants better information-consultation
In a letter sent to Club Méditerranée's CEO - Henri Giscard d'Estaing - delegates from the group's European works council asked for better information-consultation when "villages" close for...
13 November 2007
EU : a report on the control of working time legislation for lorry drivers
This sixth report on the application of regulation n° 3820/85 measures the effectiveness of its implementation by member states in respect of maximum driving times, the minimum pauses for rest and...
12 November 2007
Italy: Cisl to reform collective bargaining system by strengthening company level
Changing social and union relation system, extending staff representation, redefining union democracy rules but mostly reforming the collective bargaining system by strengthening company agreement...
12 November 2007
Belgium: implementation bill for the directive on workers’ involvement in the European cooperative
During the November 9, 2007 Ministers' Council, the Employment Secretary presented the texts to implement the directive on workers' involvement in the European cooperative society. (Ref. 070930)
12 November 2007
Great Britain: disappointing statistics on health and safety at work
Last year, 2.2 million people would have suffered from work-related diseases and 241 employees were the victims of deadly accidents. The HSE - Health and Safety Executive - recently published the...
12 November 2007
Italy: successful mobilisation of autonomous unions against Prodi government’s policy
Over two million employees (union source) mobilized for the "general and generalized strike" which took place on November 9. It was organized by autonomous unions against the July 23 protocol (see...
12 November 2007
Spain: employers’ organizations opposed to the schedule for the increase of the minimum wage agreed by government and unions
The Labour Department received, on Thursday, November 8, unions' proposition to increase the interprofessional minimum wage (SMI) to 81 Euros in 2012. This measure should be forwarded to the...
12 November 2007
Germany : Siemens has already sanctioned 470 workers implicated in a corruption affair and encourages whistle-blowing among other employees
dal has assumed unexpected proportions. The biggest German technology group acknowledged on November 8, 2007 having discovered in its accounts suspicious transactions amounting to 1.3 billion...
Austria : 3.1% wage agreement in trade, special agreement for UEFA Euro 2008
Starting on January 1, 2008, the 500.000 employee in Austrian retailing will get a 3.1% wage increase. Social partners also signed a special agreement which enables, among other things, to work on...
12 November 2007
Poland : a amendment to quicken procedures before labour courts
The projected amendments are more than necessary, since the cases before the Labour Court last no less than 6 months and in some larger cities even up to two years. Meanwhile workers often become...
9 November 2007
Germany: Berlin gets minimum wage
Berlin's Senate amended, on November 6, 2007, its law on public tender offers (Vergabegesetz). From now on, any company wishing to work for the Land will have to guarantee a 7.50 Euros gross...
8 November 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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Netherlands: new government seeks to “control” social costs
In his government policy statement to Parliament on 25 February, Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten announced several measures designed to "control" social costs. Notably, he proposed raising the...
5 March 2026
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Spain: a bill to regulate internships
On 3 March, the Council of Ministers approved the bill on the “Status for persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies”. The text limits the number of interns a company can...
13 March 2026
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EU: co-legislators aim to pivot European Globalisation Adjustment Fund towards restructuring anticipation
On 25 February, the Council of the EU and the Parliament reached an agreement on the Commission’s proposed regulation to expand the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). Under the...
2 March 2026
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Block to slash workforce by nearly half
The news. In his latest shareholder letter, Jack Dorsey, CEO of payment service provider Block (formerly Square), announced plans to slash the company’s workforce “by nearly half, from...
6 March 2026