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Germany: open-end strike started in the building sector in Lower Saxony and Schleswig Holstein
Agreement too high. Arguing the difficulties of the small and medium-size firms in their regions, the two regional associations (members of the ZDB federation) esteem that the federal wage rate...
18 June 2007
EU : no-fault liability is not the only way, according to ECJ, to ensure the effective character of the employer’s responsibility for health and safety
The directive defines the scope of responsibility and not the nature of the responsibility. For the CJEC the directive defines the scope of responsibility but does not define the nature or the...
18 June 2007
Nokia Siemens Network: management agrees to negotiate the creation of a European Works Council (EWC)
e-europnews June 19, 2007, n°070535 – www.eeuropnews.com
18 June 2007
EADS: interview with Frédéric Agenet, industrial relations’ manager
The EADS group signed, last April, with its European work's council, an intention letter with a view to extending the council's to representatives of employees working in countries located outside...
18 June 2007
Atos Origin: the negotiation of the agreement on the European works council (EWC) completed
Meetings. The EWC, composed of at most 35 members, will meet twice a year. Meetings are programmed for at least one day with a preparatory meeting the day before the plenary meeting. The latter is...
18 June 2007
Bulgaria: signing of a national cooperation agreement in the chemistry sector
e-europnews June 19, 2007, n°070537 – www.eeuropnews.com
15 June 2007
Germany: government-financed wage packet for long-term unemployed
Aid of up to 75% of the basic wage. Starting October, the government will finance up to 75% of the basic wage if employers (firms, humanitarian associations, etc) recruit full time a long-term...
15 June 2007
Italy: unions are worried about the future of the Italian shipbuilding industry after Fincantieri’s capital opens to the private sector
There is a lot of concern within the Italian shipbuilding sector after Fincantieri, the last large public industry in Italy, decided to open its capital: strikes follow strikes in the group's...
15 June 2007
Belgium: according to employers, workforce shortages are threatening growth
The conjectural study presented by the federation of Belgian companies (FEB), is planning a slight slowing down of the growth to 2.5% in 2007 as opposed to 3% in 2006. However, workforce...
14 June 2007
EU: the Commission is going to sue States which impose excessive administrative charges to companies posting their staff
The European Commission presented, on June 13, its evaluation of the national measures to enforce the 96/71 directive on the posting of workers. Fourteen months after publishing its communication...
14 June 2007
EU: the Commission is blaming Germany for its restriction to the activity of posted workers from new member States
Observing an extremely finicky attitude - and even almost a breach to the directive on workers' posting - Vladimir Spidla, European Commissioner for employment, social affairs and equal...
14 June 2007
Germany: wage moderation is not reducing pay differentials between eastern and western Germany
According to the federal statistics agency, working cost in Germany only increased of 1.1% in 2006 (CSV data). In parallel, a study made by the Hans-Böckler foundation (trade unions) shows that...
14 June 2007
Germany: the government is launching a program in favour of continuing training
The large coalition government voted, on June 13, 2007, during the Minister's Council, a series of measures aiming at financially helping workers with low income to appeal to continuing training...
14 June 2007
Great Britain: 4 extra days annual holidays for 6 million workers
Starting in October, six million people will be entitled to 4 extra days annual paid holidays, with a new 4-day extension planned for April 2009. the government carried out its promise to raise...
14 June 2007
Slovenia: the Labour Ministry is presenting a pensions’ reform bill
The Labour Ministry presented, on June 1, 2007, a bill reforming the pensions' system. The text notably plans measures inciting employees to work beyond the legal retirement age. (Ref. 070524)
13 June 2007
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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...
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EU: Commission issues first recommendation on human capital as part of European Semester
In parallel with the European Semester adopted on 25 November, which proposes guidelines to member states on economic policies for the coming year, the European Commission has adopted an...
25 November 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...
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