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EVN: the Austrian group set up a EWC
The management of EVN, an Austrian company in the energy and water supply sector, set up a European works council on September 12, 2007. The company accounts for about 10.000 employees working...
2 October 2007
Umicore: an international framework agreement on sustainable development signed
The Belgian steel and chemistry group Umicore signed an international framework agreement on September 28, 2007, with the International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) and the International...
2 October 2007
Belgium: information site on the 2008 social elections
The website of the federal public service employment, Labour and social dialogue put online information to make sure that the social elections for the introduction and the renewal of works...
2 October 2007
EU: Uni-Europa denounced “the law of the jungle” which will run over the postal sector after its liberalization
The European union federation of the postal sector, Uni-Europa Post, condemned the political agreement which was reached during the Council of Ministers on October 1 on the liberalization of the...
2 October 2007
Belgium: easing of the regulation concerning entry and residence for international researchers and executives
A Royal Decree passed on September 12, 2007 specifies the entry and residence conditions for foreign workers, especially researchers and executives. The purpose of this text, which transposes the...
2 October 2007
Denmark: the government wants to supervise non-hiring clauses
The Labour Secretary, Claus Hjort Frederiksen, announced the presentation of a new bill which would supervise the "secret clauses" commonly concluded between companies and through which they...
1 October 2007
International: trade unions are satisfied with the results of the first e-strike at IBM
For the first time, trade unions organized a virtual demonstration on the virtual game website Second Life (see our story 070695) and, by doing so, launched a new innovative type of global union...
1 October 2007
Great Britain: postmen are sticking to their claims and announced a new strike
The conflict between Royal Mail and the sector's union CWU which burst last June, worsened last week with the announcement of a strike in October. They denounced wage increases which are too low...
1 October 2007
Germany: the locomotive drivers’ union (GDL) will launch a national strike
After one week of "missed" appointments between the management and the Deutsche Bahn (DB) and the GDL, and whereas the official "social truce" ended Sunday night, the drivers' unions decided to...
1 October 2007
AXA: European funds for training of the EWC’s members
The European Works Council of the French insurance group AXA will organize a training session, in May 2008 in Warsaw, to ease the integration of the council's new members, following AXA's...
28 September 2007
Denmark: employers’ proposal to face workforce shortage
On September 25, the employers' organization Dansk Industri (DI) presented its "Plan B" which would enable to hire 200.000 new workers in eight years, and this to solve the important workforce...
28 September 2007
Italy : a law forbidding “blank resignation” adopted
The bill, which prevents the practice of "blank resignations", was adopted on September 25, 2007. This practice consisted in having the employee sign a blank resignation letter when they were...
28 September 2007
Hungary: the government continues its efforts to develop telework as an insertion tool
Along the same lines as the policies initiated in 1997 to broadcast teleworking as part of employment policies enabling to keep mothers active or to reinstate people far from the labour market...
28 September 2007
Germany: the federal labour court confirmed that all employees are equal before the Christmas bonus
In a ruling rendered on September 26, 2007, the federal labour court gave satisfaction to 50 employees to whom the employer had refused to pay the Christmas bonus, pretending that they had not –...
27 September 2007
EU: European support for the creation of EWCs in four Austrian financial businesses
The internationalization of Austrian banks and insurance companies experienced important quickening with the EU's enlargement to the east. However, linguistic barriers and the differences in union...
27 September 2007
EU: the Globalisation Adjustment Fund is going to help 4.000 workers in the mobile phone sector
The European Commission approved two new applications for assistance to the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF), those introduced by Germany and Finland to help respectively cell phone...
27 September 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