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Netherlands: governmental pressure to limit CEOs’ earnings
Wouter Bos, the chancellor of the exchequer, asked, on September 4, 2007, private companies' boards of directors to introduce themselves limits to their CEOs' emoluments and leave bonuses. If...
5 September 2007
Germany: social partners from the postal sector are getting a minimum wage
Started on August 31, negotiations only lasted a few days (see our story 070713). On September 4, 2007, the services union, Ver.di, and the postal services' employers' organization (AGV) announced...
5 September 2007
Denmark : the government is launching a network of ten ambassadors to promote women’s access to management
The Danish government is multiplying initiatives to break the glass ceiling which stops women from reaching management jobs. The last one was the launching of a network with large companies'...
5 September 2007
EU : the Gdansk shipyard’s restructuring is debated at the European level
The Gdansk shipyard, where the Solidarnosc movement was born in the 1980s, should be subject to an important production cut, on the demand of the GD competition of the European Commission. Facing...
5 September 2007
Italy : the Court of Cassation rendered two judgment which specify the definition for moral harassment and the employers’ responsibility
The jurisprudence of the Italian Supreme Court in terms of moral harassment is even more important that there are no specific rules in that matter. Two recent decisions are contributing to this...
4 September 2007
Great Britain: a campaign against bullying at work has been launched.
According to a study made by the Chartered Management Institute and by the association of fight against harassment at work, Andrea Adams Trust, the lack of managerial skills is the main factor...
4 September 2007
Germany: changes at the head of IG Metall trade union
This is a small revolution. Starting from November, the largest German metalworkers union, IG Metall, should be run by two “reformists”. Berthold Huber, 57, currently IG Metall's number 2 and...
3 September 2007
Germany: the Deutsche Post’s competitors created their own employers’ organization
To avoid the minimum wage from 9 to 10 euros wished by the Deutsche Post, the two contender companies, Pin Group AG and TNT AG created a new employers' organization, entitled "community of...
3 September 2007
International: the ILO is guiding the legislator through the elaboration of standards on private employment agencies
The International Confederation of Private Employment Agencies (CIETT) congratulated itself on the ILO's publication of a guide on the regulation and the control of private employment agencies...
3 September 2007
EU: actual retirement age remains well below legal age
In most European union countries, legal retirement age, that is the age when rights to full pension are open, tends to vary between 60 and 65 years old for women and between 62 and 65 for men...
3 September 2007
Netherlands: the dismissal reform is being negotiated again
Since August 30, the plan to soften the law on dismissals (see our story 070669) no longer exists: the compromise found by Piet Hein Donner, the Minister of Social Affairs, did not form a...
3 September 2007
International: are printers dangerous for workers’ health ?
According to a study made by the Queensland University of Technology in Australia, published in August in the Environmental Science and Technology review, companies' laser printers could cause...
3 September 2007
Austria: postal employees are suffering from the war on prices
Whereas the Österreichische Post AG's management is having trouble negotiating the suppression of 1.500 mailmen's jobs, the announcement of one of its largest customers leaving can mean that...
30 August 2007
Italy: a protocol on how to deal with the consequences of UniCredit-Capitalia’s merger on working conditions and employment
On August 3, the future group UniCredit-Capitalia and trade union organizations signed the first "protocol for the management of the integration process" as part of the merger procedure which...
30 August 2007
Porsche EC: a supervisory board without no Volkswagen’s staff representative
Volkswagen's staff representatives are furious : the new European company which now runs the Porsche group's involvement into Porsche AG (100%) and into Volkswagen AG (30.9%), refused to appoint...
30 August 2007
Great Britain: unions are worried about the increase in violence on employees in contact with the public
Facing the developpment of violence on the employees of several sectors who work in direct contact with the public, unions are asking for a better protection of these workers and to make employers...
29 August 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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United Kingdom: government launches consultation on AI and data protection rules
L’info. Le gouvernement britannique a lancé, du 15 juillet au 9 septembre 2026, une consultation afin d’identifier les dispositifs juridiques, techniques et de gouvernance...
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28 August 2026
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EU: social partners set out position on guidelines for the sustainability due diligence directive
The news. Following the final adoption of the omnibus directive in February, the European Commission launched a consultation in June aimed at guiding it in drafting guidelines on the application...
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28 August 2026
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Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying
Under pressure from new US tariffs, many countries have presented texts in recent weeks to ban the import of products made with forced labor. A real breakthrough for workers' rights or a mere...
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Canada: a sustainability due diligence proposal on forced labour submitted for consultation
The facts. On July 27, the Canadian government launched a consultation to introduce mandatory corporate due diligence measures regarding forced labor. It plans to require risk identification, the...
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25 August 2026
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Germany: a “simplification” proposal for the Corporate Governance Code
In early August, the Government Commission presented proposals to reform the Deutscher Corporate Governance Kodex (DCGK), Germany’s Corporate Governance Code. The proposals are primarily aimed at...
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Slovakia: a bill to “clarify” personal data protection measures
The news. The Slovak government approved a bill on personal data protection on August 26, 2026. This text aims to clarify existing regulations regarding employees’ rights and...
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7 September 2026