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Netherlands: Manpower is trying anonymous candidacy
The Manpower agency launched, on June 5, a national anonymous candidacies test, to favour the employment of immigrant workers. For six months, Manpower is going to offer to its customers willing...
13 June 2007
Poland: towards a banning of smoking on the workplace.
A bill tending to introduce a general banning of smoking in public places - workplaces included - should soon be transferred to the Parliament's lower house for a first reading. The text, which...
13 June 2007
EU: interview with Maria Helena André, deputy general secretary for the European Trade Union Confederation
Outside the European trade union confederation's 11th Congress, e-europnews questioned Maria Helena André, the trade union's deputy general secretary, about European social partners' projects on...
13 June 2007
Belgium: publication of a comparative statement on the changes the new legislation on harassment and violence at work brought.
The Belgian Labour Ministry published on its website a comment on the new law on harassment and violence at work as well as two comparative documents between the new and the old legislation. (Ref...
12 June 2007
Germany: Volkswagen is more productive, partly thanks to the increase in working time
One year after announcing the return of the 35-hour week (see our dispatch n° 06600) in its factories from western Germany, the car manufacturer Volkswagen announced, on June 11, 2007, that it...
12 June 2007
Italy: employers from the metallurgy sector answer to the union platform for a renewal of the sector’s national convention
Encourage flexicurity and improve productivity before increasing wages. These are the words of the metallurgy sector's employers federation – Federmeccanica – to unions' unitary platform to...
12 June 2007
Nike: the international trade union federation of textile is showing the American company’s CSR report as an example
According to the international trade union federation representing textile, garment and leather workers (ITGLWF), "Nike's CSR report is announcing a new role for social audit". In this report, the...
EU: the European Metalworkers’ Federation renewed its leading team
During the first day of the European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF's) congress, on June 6, 2007, the 400 delegates from 68 affiliated trade union organizations representing 33 countries renewed...
12 June 2007
Germany : thousands of employees from the insurer Allianz have to apply for new jobs
The restructuring of the largest German insurer entered its "hot" phase. About 13,000 employees from Allianz Deutschland AG received, on June 11, 2007, a list of jobs for which they can apply...
12 June 2007
ArcelorMittal : interview with André Leclercq, vice president Employee Relations Europe
Whereas the agreement on the establishment of ArcelorMittal's EWC will officially be signed on July 9, 2007, André Leclercq, vice president Employee Relations Europe of the steel group and...
12 June 2007
Spain: the pensions’ reserve fund will invest on the stock market in socially responsible investments
The government approved, during its Ministers' Council, the reform of the social security's reserve fund to give its management more flexibility. The reform, which received the approval of the...
11 June 2007
EU: the European Parliament’s Committee on Social Affairs is vigorously debating on the modernization of labour law
Debates within the Parliament's Committee on Social Affairs on the draft report of the Polish deputy Jacek Protasiewicz (PPE-DE) about the green paper on the modernization of labour law are...
11 June 2007
ArcelorMittal: the agreement on the European WC is settled.
The steel group ArcelorMittal (360,000 employees) ended the negotiation about its European WC last April (see our dispatch 070365) the agreement is now concluded and the signature ceremony will...
11 June 2007
EU: BusinessEurope’s expectations for the Union’s Portuguese presidency
In a document given on June 8, 2007 to the Portuguese prime minister, José Socrates, whose country will be in charge of the EU's presidency starting next July 1, the managerial organization...
11 June 2007
Nokia Siemens Network : calling for a European day of action on June 12
Following the trade union coordination meeting, organized under the auspices of the European metalworkers' federation (EMF,) on May 25, 2007, after the management announced the European...
11 June 2007
Inditex: the Spanish textile group intervened to guarantee union rights at a Cambodian supplier.
The Spanish textile group Inditex intervened to defend union rights at a Cambodian supplier, notified the Spanish textile federation, Fiteqa-CCOO. The conflict had burst out several months ago...
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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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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...
1 December 2025
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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...
15 December 2025