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Sweden: a bill on prohibition of age discrimination is to be discussed
The Swedish government will present in Spring 2008, a bill forbidding discrimination of workers because of their age, in order to fully comply with the European directive on equal treatment, for...
11 September 2007
France: the reform of extra hours’ tax and social system
A law "in favour of work, employment and purchasing power" is reforming extra hours' social and fiscal system in order to make them more attractive both to employees and employers. It also...
11 September 2007
Italy: focus on the case-law over lay offs for personal use of the cell phone lent by the company
From the North to the South, Italian courts pronounced rulings on litigations about dismissals motivated by the abuse of the company's cell phone. The last in date is a ruling by the Court of...
11 September 2007
Spain: workshop-schools to train African immigrants in their country of origin
The Spanish Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Jésus Caldera, finished, on September 7, a series of visits to western Africa. The goal of these trips was to convince local governments to...
11 September 2007
Denmark: prevention in terms of security at work is suffering
The goal for 2010 to reduce by 20% the number of sick leaves due to work accidents, pursued by the government with the 2005 reform, is suffering from a shock. From 2005 to 2006, deadly work...
11 September 2007
Atos Origin: interview with Jean-Pierre Fieux, the group’s former human resources manager
The French company Atos Origin signed an agreement on the establishment of its European Works Council (see our article n° 070750). Jean-Pierre Fieux, who was then the vice-president in charge of...
10 September 2007
France: a bill on the status of the European Cooperative Society and protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer
The Minister of Labour, Social Relations and Solidarity presented at Council of Ministers on September 7, 2007, a bill aiming at implementing disposals of community law on the status of European...
10 September 2007
Czech Republic: a bill on discriminations to comply with the Community law
The Czech legislation on equal treatment and protection against discrimination is heterogeneous and fragmented. Indeed, the Labour Code generally prohibits any form of discrimination in labour...
10 September 2007
EU: interview with Jean-François Lebrun, the head of the unit “working conditions, adjustment to change” at the DG Employment and Social affairs
At the head of the unit "working conditions, adjustment to change" of the European Commission's DG Employment and Social Affaires, Jean-François Lebrun explained e-europnews about the outlines of...
10 September 2007
Netherlands: as expected, the 36-hour week is going to end
The government should announce, on September 18, 2007, at the same time as its 2008 budget, the end of the 36-hour week, and a return to the 40-hour week. Maria van Hoeven, Minister of Economic...
10 September 2007
Germany: vivid polemic around minimum wage in the postal sector
The branch minimum wage, set up on September 4, 2007 by the Ver.di union and the employers' organization AGV – which is controlled by the Deutsche Post (see our story 070722), was vividly...
10 September 2007
Germany: the Hesse Land wants to forbid social dumping
Starting from 2008, the Hesse Land, led by conservatives, will only place public orders to companies which respect the wages set by secoral collective agreements in the building, industrial...
10 September 2007
Great Britain: unions are asking employers who prevent their employees from surfing the net to be more tolerant
"Let your employees surf on Facebook or MySpace during their breaks”, is asking the trade union confederation TUC. Whereas 50% of employers prevent their staff from using social networking...
6 September 2007
Luxembourg: details of the single status bill for blue-collar and white-collar workers
After long negotiations between social partners, the government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg presented to the Parliament, on August 3, the bill concerning the single status for blue-collar and...
6 September 2007
Luxembourg : results of the enforcement of the smoking ban act
Smoking ban act came into effect on September 5, 2006 (see our dispatch n° 02826). The Luxembourg's Health Minister is drawing a positive assessment of its enforcement. Most companies chose to...
6 September 2007
Suez: the European Consultative Committee wants to give its opinion on the plan to merge with GDF
The Steering Committee of the European Consultative Committee (ECC) of Suez met on Wednesday September 4 for the first time since the group's merger with GDF was announced. Staff representatives...
6 September 2007
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
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
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Italy: artificial Intelligence on the menu of Barilla’s new company agreement
Prior consultation with trade unions on innovations related to artificial intelligence, strengthened training, and progress on parenthood: these are the main new features of the agreement signed...
2 September 2026
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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: a high-tension start to the social and political year
The German government must finalize its major reforms (pension funding, corporate competitiveness, and labor law) while the chancellor’s popularity hits an all-time low and three regional...
26 August 2026
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Sweden: IF Metall union forced to end industrial dispute with Tesla
The news. After three years of conflict, the Swedish union IF Metall announced it would suspend its strike actions against Tesla starting Wednesday, August 19, after the American automaker...
26 August 2026
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United Kingdom: trade unions can now use electronic and workplace voting
The news. The provisions of the UK Employment Rights Act 2025 authorising electronic and workplace voting for trade union ballots came into force on Tuesday, 25 August. They apply to trade union...
25 August 2026