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Spain: arm wrestling between the government and wine-growers about employing illegal workforce from eastern European countries
Grape harvest in the Castilla-la Mancha region are starting this week in a heavy atmosphere, marked by the controversy between employers, administration and trade unions about the employment of...
19 September 2007
Belgium: a judgement on internet surfing for private matters
In a judgment from August 29, 2007, the Hasselt labour court rendered an interesting judgment about how to use emails and the internet at work. It approved the dismissal because of serious...
18 September 2007
Italy: the national collective agreement for managers in the transport sector is renewed
CONFETRA (general Italian Confederation for Transportation and Logistics) and MANAGERITALIA (national federation of managers, executives and trade, transportation, tourism, services and the...
18 September 2007
Germany: electricians acquired minimum wage
The IG Metall trade union, the central union of electric industries and of communication skills (ZVEH) and the federal Minister of Employment signed an agreement on the creation of a minimum wage...
18 September 2007
Great Britain: arm wrestling between unions and employers about national and European legislation on temp work
The annual TUC congress gave rise to an discussion between employers and trade unions about the legislation on equal treatment between temporary and permanent workers. The European draft directive...
18 September 2007
Luxembourg: the bill implementing the directive on workers’ information and consultation was adopted
The Council of government adopted, on September 14, 2007, a new bill implementing the directive 2002/14 on workers' information and consultation, which replaces the bill brought in at the Chamber...
17 September 2007
Hager Group EC: 27 countries will be represented in the European Company’s future works council
Since June 15, the German group Hager, specialized in electric installation equipment, is recorded in the Saarbrück trade register with the status EC. On September 18, 2007, staff representatives...
17 September 2007
EU: the CJEC must examine again the compliance with European law of a national legislation concerning the posting of workers
In her opinion rendered on September 13, the general advocate Verica Trstenjak asked the Court to note that Luxembourg legislation, which imposes on foreign service providers to apply all public...
17 September 2007
EU: the European Parliament took up the arms against the soft-law
In a resolution adopted on September 4, 2007, Euro deputies denounced using the soft-law instruments, "an ambiguous and pernicious" notion which "should not be used in any documents of the...
17 September 2007
EU: the CJEC clarifies requirements for the enforcement of “transfer directive” between two temp work agencies
According the CJEC, a "stable economic entity", required for the enforcement of the directive on maintaining contracts of employment in the event of a transfer of undertaking (2001/23), should be...
17 September 2007
Belgium: social partners reached an agreement on the 2008 social elections
After long months of secret negotiation, social partners reached an agreement on September 14, 2007, enabling the 2008 social elections to be successful. In addition, they committed to find a...
17 September 2007
Denmark: a judicial ruling makes social dumping harder
The Copenhagen Court of Appeal cancelled the contract between a Danish builder and a Polish company because the first one was the true employer of the posted workers and that he was thus subject...
17 September 2007
Italy: NOKIA-SIEMENS proceeds with its restructuring plan despite opposition from the Ministry of Economic development and unions
The last meeting between trade union organizations and the company's management has not changed a thing. Without regards to the opposition from the Minister of Economic Development, from trade...
17 September 2007
Sweden: the government presented a draft reform for health insurance
The center-right government presented the guidelines of the health insurance reform, which is supposed to be the most important reform since 1992. It should come into effect on January 1, 2008, it...
17 September 2007
France: a law about the prevention of social conflicts and on service organization in the event of a strike in public transportation
Very criticized by trade unions, a law about the prevention of conflicts and the organization of the service in the event of a strike in the public service of daily ground transportation of people...
14 September 2007
EU: the CJEC judged that the principle of equal treatment between comparable permanent workers and fixed-term workers applies to constituent parts of the pay
Ruling on a litigation concerning the principle of equal treatment between fixed-term workers and comparable permanent workers, set out in the directive 99/70/EC concerning fixed-term work, the...
14 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: Commission launches consultation with social partners on quality jobs
On 4 December, the European Commission launched the first phase of consultation with social partners with a view to a European directive on jobs, which is scheduled for the end of 2026. It could...
4 December 2025
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EDF bans alcohol on all its sites
From 1 January 2026, French energy giant EDF (180,000 employees) will prohibit alcohol consumption at all internal and external corporate events, from social gatherings to seminars. The policy...
26 November 2025
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United Kingdom: government scraps plan to introduce ‘day one’ protection against unfair dismissal
The UK government announced on 27 November, in a statement, that it would not be introducing the right to challenge unfair dismissal (without cause) from the first day of employment in its...
3 December 2025
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Poland: bill adopted to amend definition of psychological harassment
On 27 November, the Polish cabinet adopted a draft amendment to the labour code aimed at simplifying the definition of psychological harassment at work, or “mobbing” (Article 94 3)...
4 December 2025
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EU: MEPs demand directive on algorithmic management
Members of the European Parliament have called for a directive on algorithmic management. Such legislation would introduce obligations for companies to inform employees, assess health and safety...
17 December 2025
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Austria: European rules on wage transparency expected to cause a cultural shock
With the gender pay gap in Austria being the second largest in the European Union (18.3%), the Austrian government has promised to introduce a bill next spring to transpose the European directive...
27 November 2025