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Austria: companies’ good results and the fall of unemployment made labour costs and wage levels rise again.
According to the Austrian statistics office (Statistik Austria), labour cost in Austria increased faster than expected in the first trimester of 2007, in a context of important unemployment...
25 June 2007
Great Britain: government and employers signed a pact to train the less qualified employees
The British Ministry of Labour and Pensions launched a pact in favour of training towards companies. Recommended in December 2006 by Lord Leitch (see our story 061233) in a report which had...
25 June 2007
Italy: strong railroaders’ mobilization for the renewal of the collective contract and against a privatization “the Italian way” of railroads
8 railroaders out of 10 took part in the national strike on June 22 in favour of a collective contract enforceable to all of the sector's companies, in order to fight against social dumping, and...
25 June 2007
Spain: banking managers and unions signed a new sectorial agreement.
The Spanish banking association (AEB), the sector's employers' representation body, negotiated with majority unions Comfia-CCOO (49.52%) FES-UGT (31.06%) and FESBIAC-CGT (12.23%), the 21st...
25 June 2007
EU: the Commission wants to fight the wage gap between men and women
The European Commission should soon publish its communication about the wage gap between men and women. While taking into account this gap's reasons, the communication should propose reflection...
25 June 2007
Great Britain: towards the first strike in eleven years at Royal Mail
After several weeks' negotiations, postal workers announced that they intended to go on a 24-hour strike this week, which is a first at Royal Mail for eleven years. The conflict is about wage...
25 June 2007
Germany: the corporate governance code limited to two years the period to calculate the benefits paid to managers
Gathered on June 14, 2007, the governmental commission on good governance adopted several measures, including the limitation of executives' retirement benefits, the appointment modalities for the...
Germany: Allianz’s management agreed with the works council on the modalities of a restructuring plan which is advancing faster than expected
Engaged in a large operation to reinstate its staff (see our article 070515), Allianz finally agreed with its European works council to restart the operation of job exchange as early as July. On...
22 June 2007
Germany: the federal Labour Court confirmed that “solidarity strikes” are legal
In a ruling published on June 19, 2007, the Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht - BAG) confirmed that solidarity strikes led in a sector indirectly concerned by collective conventions...
22 June 2007
Thomson: free share handing out to the group’s employees
The French group Thomson decided, on June 21, 2007, to carry out a free distribution of shares in favour of all of Thomson's employees on June 1, 2007, as well as employees from its involved...
22 June 2007
EU: European social partners are drawing the balance on the enforcement of the voluntary agreement on stress
During the social dialogue committee's meeting, on June 20, European social partners adopted a second balance on the enforcement of the voluntary agreement on stress signed in October 2004 (on...
22 June 2007
Netherlands: the government wants to propound the suppling up of the law on layoffs
Unions are threatening to boycott this year's main social meeting, a summit on involvement in the labour market planned for June 27. This reaction follows the government's announcement, on June...
22 June 2007
EU: the European parliament adopted in a first reading its report on supplementary pension rights’ portability
The European parliament adopted on June 20 in a first reading its report on the portability of rights to complementary pension. Eurodeputies are in harmony with the governments negotiating within...
21 June 2007
Italy: unions and managers are negotiating the pension reform
A global agreement before June 28, day planned for the presentation of the economic and financial programming document: this is the government's goal. However, numerous topics are dividing social...
21 June 2007
Luxembourg: a group of companies reaching the 1.000-employee threshold are in the scope of the law on joint management
In a decision passed on May 15, 2007, the administrative Court specified that the law on joint management, which is applied to companies with over 1.000 employees with their headquarters in...
21 June 2007
EU: European social partners’ common analysis of labour markets
European social partners are elaborating a joint analysis of the labour market and identifying its challenges. This initiative has several goals : give recommendations to EU and national public...
21 June 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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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
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Candice Guillot (Talan): “Our recruiters save just over 80 hours per year on administrative tasks thanks to AI”
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