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British Airways: Brussels’ Labour court decision (in english) on a case between the EWC and the company
Brussels' labor court asked British airways (BA) on December 6, 2006, to stop transferring its customer service department from the Vienna airport to the Fraport company and to organize...
7 May 2007
Great Britain: Michelin wants to close totally its company retirement scheme based on final salary
Michelin had already closed its retirement scheme based on final salary and seniority to newcomers as soon as September 2004, acting ahead of many British companies. Now the French company wants...
7 May 2007
Germany: a pilot agreement was concluded in the Bade-Wurtemberg in the metallurgy sector
Avoiding the specter of a general strike in the metallurgy and electronics sectors, the union IG-Metall and the managerial organization Südwestmetall reached, on May 4, 2007, a wage agreement for...
7 May 2007
Deutsche Telekom: the Ver.di union called upon the telephone company’s employees to vote for a strike
The German telephone company, Deutsche Telekom, is about to experience its first hard strike since it became private in 1995. After months of conflict on the transfer of 50,000 employees into a...
4 May 2007
Austria : social partners agreed on the 60-hour week
The federal economic chamber (WK,) the Austrian trade union confederation, the federal workers' chamber and the agriculture chamber presented, on Thursday May 3, 2007, an important agreement on...
4 May 2007
Slovakia: new labour code draft approved
Slovak government has unanimously approved draft amendment to the Labour Code. The amendment was drafed by the Ministry of Labour, Social Affairs and Family and was now passed to the Parliament...
4 May 2007
Great Britain: debate on the extension of the right to employment flexibility
Until now reserved for parents of children under six years old, the right to ask for the flexibility of their job was extended on April 6 to employees who are responsible for dependent person...
4 May 2007
Belgium: towards a change in employees’ representation thresholds
The federal government launched, during the Ministers council last April 27, an ultimatum to employers and unions : they have to find, by May 31, 2007, a compromise on union representation in...
4 May 2007
Oracle: negotiations on the establishment of a European WC failed
In an open letter to Oracle's management, the expert of the special negotiations body, Hellmut Gohde, took note of the end of negotiations, which started three years ago, indicating that the...
4 May 2007
Great Britain: the Unite trade union is born
The Unite union was born on May 1st from the fusion between Amicus and the TGWU. The new organization, counting 2 million members, represents the first union power in the United Kingdom...
3 May 2007
Italy: the government is forcing social partners to choose between pensions’ reform or the social protection of the young and unemployed
Atmosphere is getting tense within the tripartite negotiations' table union-state-management, negotiating the improvement of social protection, since the Minister of the Economy declared that he...
3 May 2007
Denmark: employees from the private sector accepted the collective agreements
The collective agreements negotiated in the past few months by Danish social partners in the private sector were adopted by almost 56% of the employees who took part in the vote. The participation...
3 May 2007
Great Britain: employers are asking for the recognition of internal trainings
The English workforce is less unskilled than it looks : what goes unnoticed is the trainings, in particular trainings within companies, because they are not recognized by national organizations...
2 May 2007
Germany: warning strikes in the metallurgy sector doubled in intensity
On the eve of new wage negotiations qualified of "decisive" by the Bade-Wurtemberg, the German union IG-Metall extended, on May 2, its warning strikes to the entire country. 61,000 metalworkers...
2 May 2007
EU: social dialogue in the textile sector is going to be strengthened in the new member States
Next May 30 and 31, in Brussels, European social partners from the textile sector will meet to present their initiatives with a view to present sectorial social dialogue in the new EU member...
30 April 2007
EU: social partners from the textile sector are talking about recommendations in terms of reorganizations
European social partners from the textile sector decided, on April 25, 2007, to present before the recommendations committee of sectorial social dialogue, established by an independent work group...
30 April 2007
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Italy: decree-law adopted to increase workplace safety
On 28 October, the Italian cabinet adopted a decree-law on health and safety at work, aimed at preventing and reducing accidents. The text addresses both the powers and actions of supervisory...
4 November 2025
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Spain: already well on the way to pay transparency?
Spain is preparing for the implementation of its national law transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, which will take effect on 7 June 2026. The legislation marks another step forward in...
5 November 2025
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Romania: parents of children with disabilities granted up to eight days of remote work per month
On 9 October, the Romanian parliament adopted a bill aiming to bolster support for parents of children with disabilities up to the age of 18. The legislation, which came into force on 12 October...
4 November 2025
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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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Italy: European pay transparency directive, a major step forward for businesses
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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Germany: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
24 October 2025