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Linde AG: negociation of a new European works council
Following the fusion, realized on September 6, 2006, between the German company Linde and the British company The BOC Group, the new company, The Linde AG (50.000 employees), specialized in gas...
30 July 2007
Fresenius SE : analyze of the agreement on workers’ involvement in the European company
The Fresenius group (107.348 employees,) specialized in medical and pharmaceutical supplies and services, transformed into a European company (Societas Europaea-SE) on July 13, 2007 (see our...
30 July 2007
Suspension of e-europnews’ information service
The e-europnews agency will suspend its information service from July 30 to August 17, 2007. As a consequence, you will not receive our information in your mailbox during this period. However, the...
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27 July 2007
Alcan: the EWC was consulted on the friendly takeover plan of the Rio Tinto group
The Canadian group Alcan's European work's council met in an extraordinary session on July 25, 2007 in Zurich before the group's CEO, Dick Evans, in order to be informed and consulted on the...
26 July 2007
Ireland: planned supervision of temporary work agencies’ activities could be contrary to European law
According to "the Irish Times", the European Commission would have drawn the Irish government's attention at the fact that certain dispositions of the bill on temporary work, which is currently...
26 July 2007
EU : towards a liberalization of labour markets in several member States
Suffering from an important workforce shortage, Germany and Austria could soon raise the restrictions imposed on central and eastern European workers on their labour markets. As for Poland and the...
26 July 2007
Belgium : a law about the different dispositions concerning labour law was published
A law passed on June 3, 2007, including several dispositions concerning labour law, was published in the Moniteur Belge of July 23, 2007. This text introduces changes to the legislation on the...
26 July 2007
Great Britain: first judicial condemnation for the violation of dispositions on workers’ information and consultation
After the Amicus union filed a petition, the Employment Appeal Tribunal (*) condemned for the first time an employer who did not respect his duties resulting from the dispositions concerning...
25 July 2007
Italy : social partners agreed to the social pact presented by the government
Union organizations and employers guaranteed the "Protocol concerning foreseeing, labour and competitiveness for tenable equity and growth", presented last Monday by the Romano Prodi government...
25 July 2007
EU: interprofessional European social dialogue role players created a website
The three main actors in European social dialogue at the interprofessional level, employers' organizations BusinessEurope and EACSME as well as the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC,)...
25 July 2007
Poland : softening of formalities to employ citizens from adjacent countries
By virtue of a decree from the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, passed on June 27, 2007 and effective since July 20, Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian citizens can work on the Polish soil...
25 July 2007
Fesenius: the German group changed into a European Company
The Fresenius group (107.348 employees,) specialized in supplies and medical and pharmaceutical services, changed into a European Company. After the favourable vote from he shareholders' general...
25 July 2007
Spain: analyze of the law on the independent worker’s status
The law on the independent worker's status was published on July 12, 2007 in the official bulletin (see our dispatch n° 070629) and will come into effect on October 12, 2007. Francisco Gomez...
24 July 2007
Slovakia : the new Labour Code comes into effect in September
After a very intense dialogue connected with a strong battle between the coalition and opposition, trade unions and employers' representatives, the major new measure of 2007, the amendment to the...
24 July 2007
Italy: the government and union organizations agreed on the pensions’ reform
After eight hours of tense negotiations, the government and the three unions CISL, UIL and CGIL signed, on Friday July 20, at 5:30 in the morning, the agreement for the pensions' reform, which was...
24 July 2007
WAZ : the German press and media group signed an international framework agreement
The management of the media group WAZ and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) signed, on July 4, 2007, the media sector's first international framework agreement. The parties...
24 July 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
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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