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Italy: the law containing new measures on the protection of health and security at work was published
The 123 law passed on August 3, published in the August 10 Gazetta Ufficiale No. 185, sets the foundations of the large reform of the health at work system which the government has to enforce in...
27 August 2007
Germany: the government wants to make access to the labour market easier for some skilled workers from eastern and central Europe
There was talk of doing this for a few months (see our story 070331). Facing a workforce shortage threatening economic growth, the large coalition accepted, this Friday, August 24, to make access...
27 August 2007
Great Britain: companies will be legally responsible in the event of negligence causing an employee’s death
After a long public debate and a few amendments in Parliament, Great Britain acquired a law which strengthens the criminal responsibility of companies of which the negligence or failings in...
23 August 2007
Italy: social partners from the tourism sector agreed to the new national collective agreement
Concerning some 900.000 employees and about 300.000 companies (bars, hotels, restaurants, canteens, traveling agencies and campsites,) the new collective standards introduce more flexible working...
23 August 2007
Sweden: towards a supervision of sick leaves for “burnout” and depression
The guidelines from national health authorities and social insurances, which should come into effect this coming October, advocate a considerable decrease in the appeal to sick leaves for...
23 August 2007
Luxembourg: the bill on the private sector’s workers’ single status will be discussed in September
On August 3, the government submitted to the deputies' chamber the bill introducing a single status for the private sector's workers. This text, which puts an and to the difference between...
23 August 2007
Poland: the Labour Inspectorate collared supermarkets because of their bad working conditions
The labour Inspectorate published the results of the controls carried out in supermarket chains since the beginning of the year. Supermarkets are far from being models in terms of respect of the...
23 August 2007
Italy: the INAIL wants to promote the equal opportunities culture in the workplace and to better target its prevention policy function of the gender
The Italian social security organization, which managed the industrial accident and occupational diseases scheme, committed, with the government's services in charge of equal opportunities, to...
23 August 2007
Finland: the government wants to favour the employment of handicapped people and immigrant workers to remediate to the workforce shortage
Facing the growing lack in workforce, the government is looking for solutions to rescue tense professions, notably by appealing to disabled and immigrant workers. (Ref. 070679)
22 August 2007
Italy: social partners from the food industry renewed the national branch collective agreement
After three months' negotiations, employers' organizations affiliated with the national food federation, Federalimentare, and the trade union organizations Flai-Cgil, Flai-Cisl and Uila-Uil...
22 August 2007
Ireland: the Labour Court published its annual report
The supreme labour jurisdiction in Ireland (the Labour Court) published its annual report 2006. It outlines the general trends of the labour litigation and takes a stock of other Court's...
22 August 2007
International: China adopted new labour regulations
A new labour regulation, which protects workers more, will come into effect on January 1, 2008. Written contract of employment, respect of minimum wage, setting layoff compensation, collective...
21 August 2007
Unilever: the EWC is opposed to the cut of 20.000 jobs
The day after the Anglo-Dutch group's CEO, Patrick Cescau, told the press about the suppression of 20.000 jobs mainly located in Europe in five years, the EWC published a declaration in which it...
21 August 2007
Italy: first results of the TFR’s allocations
Italian employees had up to June 30 to decide to maintain the TFR "trattamento di fine rapporto" - that is to say the part of the salary deferred and paid-in, along with the interests, at the time...
21 August 2007
Great Britain: investment funds representatives started talks with trade unions
Anxious to start dialogue with the booming private equity sector, trade unions and the association which defends the sector's interest finally sat around the same discussion table. (Ref. 070673)
21 August 2007
Spain: two awaited texts on road transport published
The royal decree which transposes the 2002/15 directive on the organization of working time of people performing mobile activities in road transport activities was published in the July 18...
21 August 2007
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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
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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France: austerity measures proposed in social security financing bill for 2026
Limits on sick leave, the end of social security exemptions for apprentices, and the introduction of additional birth leave: the 2026 social security financing bill, presented to parliament on 14...
16 October 2025
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Romania: collective agreement extended to entire insurance sector
On 3 November, Romania’s National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue approved the extension of the collective labour agreement signed on 23 May by the Confederation of Employers in the...
10 November 2025
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Germany: legal battle at Tesla ahead of works council election
The Frankfurt/Oder labour court has postponed a mid-November hearing in the case between the IG Metall union and Michaela Schmitz, employee representative and head of the works council at the...
28 October 2025
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France: generative AI and older workers central to BPCE’s skills management strategy
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