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Luxembourg: opening of the labour market to workers from eight new EU eastern member States
The government decided, on September 20, 2007, to open all the sectors of Luxembourg's labour market to workers coming from eight new eastern European countries which entered the EU in 2004. The...
24 September 2007
Volkswagen-Porsche EC: Volkswagen’s central WC is trying to block the creation of the Porsche Holding EC through a summary proceeding
War broke out between VW's central WC and the Porsche group's management. On September 17, 2007, the WC lodged a complaint to the Stuttgart labour court against the agreement on staff...
24 September 2007
EU: the CJEC to rule on the possibility to subordinate the performance of a public works contract to the respect of the minimum wage remuneration prescribed by the workplace collective agreement
In its conclusions rendered on September 20, the Advocate General Bot offered the Court to retain that a national legislation which subordinates the award and the performance of a public works...
23 September 2007
EU: the European Commission is looking into the automotive sector
The European Commission's DG "Employment and Social Affairs" is organizing, on October 17 and 18, 2007, a "restructuring forum" dedicated to the automotive industry. This first forum, dedicated to...
21 September 2007
Portugal: temporary work agencies are in the labour inspectorate’s bad books
After many control operations, the General Labour Inspectorate (IGT) suspended the activity of 195 temporary work companies and caused 60 others to shut down. Since the enforcement, in May 2007...
21 September 2007
Spain: government and representatives from the judicial system signed an action protocol to support the fight against industrial accidents
The Labour minister and the minister of the Interior signed, with the chairman of the general council of the judiciary and the State public prosecutor, a framework protocol which aims at setting...
21 September 2007
France: tight schedule for President Sarkozy’s vast social reforms program
On September 18, the French President Nicolas Sarkozy made the inventory of the social reforms the government will start working on with social partners. The reform of special pension schemes...
21 September 2007
Netherlands: ABN Amro employees are worried about their future
Gathered in an extraordinary general meeting on September 20 in Rotterdam, shareholders from the ABN Amro bank have been informed of the two buy-out offers upon the group and of the opinion of the...
21 September 2007
EU: European trade unions criticize the “energy package”
The European Public Services Union (EPSU) and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) strongly criticized the measures contained in the "third energy package" presented by the European...
20 September 2007
Germany: 238.000 temporary workers got a 7.6% wage increase
The Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB) and the "grouping for temporary companies' collective interest" (IGZ) signed, on September 19, 2007, a wage agreement planning a 7.6% wage increase...
20 September 2007
Germany: painful birth of the universal minimum wage in postal services
After long discussions, the German Council of Ministers (Bundeskabinett) finally decided to extend the law on "posted workers" to postal services. Gradually, this amendment should make mandatory...
20 September 2007
Arcelor-Mittal: extension of the world framework agreement, creation of an international works council and adoption of a joint health-security program
Trade union representatives of the Arcelor-Mittal group, brought together by the International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) during a world conference organized in Montréal (Canada) on September...
20 September 2007
Spain: Catalan rail workers gave a strike notice to protest against the transfer of the suburban train networks management towards the region
Catalan railway workers' trade unions issued a six-day strike notice to protest against the way the transfer of the suburban train networks management from the State to the region is negotiated...
20 September 2007
Germany: the Ministers’ Council partially opened the labour market to eastern European engineers
The German Ministers' Council (Bundeskabinett) adopted, on September 19, 2007, a directive making it easier to hire engineers and specialists coming from the European Union's new member States...
19 September 2007
Netherlands: a series of social measures for a rigourous budget
On September 18, 2007, the Dutch government announced, as part of the Finance Act for 2008, a series of social measures. The goal is to increase the employment rate in order to preserve public...
19 September 2007
Great Britain: the government launched an action plan to reduce the growing number of deadly accidents on construction sites
Trade unions and representatives from the building industry approved the course of action proposed by the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in order to reduce the number of deaths and...
19 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
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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