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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
EU: unions form the Visegrad group adopted a joint declaration on the strengthening of social dialogue
During a conference entitled "social dialogue in central and western Europe: Experience and prospects", organized on April 24, 2007 in Poland, unions from the Višegrad (*) group adopted a joint...
30 April 2007
Alcatel-lucent : the Paris’ first instance court is not opposed to the continuation of the information-consultation procedure
In a summary order pronounced on April 27, 2007, the court of first instance in Paris admittedly sentenced the Alcatel-Lucent group to provide its European work's council with further information...
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27 April 2007
Alcatel-Lucent: the European WC is asking the EU for a more efficient R&D policy
During a meeting with a group of Eurodeputies on April 24, 2007, members from Alcatel-Lucent's EWC asked for a European industrial policy which would preserve more skilled jobs. (Ref. 070385)
27 April 2007
Netherlands: eastern borders will be open on May 1st
After much equivocation, the Dutch Parliament finally voted, on April 25, the opening, on May 1st, of borders to workers from Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Slovenia, Estonia, Latvia...
27 April 2007
General Motors: the EMF and the European work’s council are threatening to block negotiations in the entire group as long as the Anvers factory question has not been settled
The future of General Motors' Anvers factory is not yet assured but unions and the car manufacturer's European management are working on it. The plan would be to build 80,000 Chevrolets in 2010...
27 April 2007
Germany: the building union (IG-Bau) wants to become an “participative union” to face the crisis undermining it
On the occasion of an extraordinary congress which took place last Sunday (April 22, 2007,) the IG BAU's 300 delegates voted in favor of an internal reform which is supposed to strengthen original...
27 April 2007
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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
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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EU: Commission launches consultation with social partners on quality jobs
On 4 December, the European Commission launched the first phase of consultation with social partners with a view to a European directive on jobs, which is scheduled for the end of 2026. It could...
4 December 2025
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EDF bans alcohol on all its sites
From 1 January 2026, French energy giant EDF (180,000 employees) will prohibit alcohol consumption at all internal and external corporate events, from social gatherings to seminars. The policy...
26 November 2025
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United Kingdom: government scraps plan to introduce ‘day one’ protection against unfair dismissal
The UK government announced on 27 November, in a statement, that it would not be introducing the right to challenge unfair dismissal (without cause) from the first day of employment in its...
3 December 2025
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Poland: bill adopted to amend definition of psychological harassment
On 27 November, the Polish cabinet adopted a draft amendment to the labour code aimed at simplifying the definition of psychological harassment at work, or “mobbing” (Article 94 3)...
4 December 2025
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EU: MEPs demand directive on algorithmic management
Members of the European Parliament have called for a directive on algorithmic management. Such legislation would introduce obligations for companies to inform employees, assess health and safety...
17 December 2025
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Austria: European rules on wage transparency expected to cause a cultural shock
With the gender pay gap in Austria being the second largest in the European Union (18.3%), the Austrian government has promised to introduce a bill next spring to transpose the European directive...
27 November 2025