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Germany: the reform of the low-wages sector is still stuck on minimum wage
Two summit meetings took place this week in Berlin. Despite pressures from some economic sectors and its "social" wing, the conservative party is still refusing an agreement on the introduction of...
29 March 2007
EU: European social partners are going to sign the agreement on harassment and violence at work
Cross-industry European social partners (the ETUC on the union side, BusinessEurope, the UEAPME - European association of craft small and medium sized entreprise - and the CEEP on the managerial...
29 March 2007
Sweden: the first arm-wrestling round between social partners is happening in the trade sector
Whereas polls are confirming a new a decrease in the center-right government's popularity, and on the eve of the three-year renewal of collective conventions (fall 2007,) the Swedish trade...
29 March 2007
Poland: non-competition clauses better supervised
Following the Supreme Court's successive rulings, Poland revised the bases of the 'non competition clause", notably when it follows the cessation of business relations. The main changes are...
29 March 2007
Ireland: companies with at least 100 employees are subject to the obligation of the workers’ representatives’ information and consultation
Little by little, Ireland which, just like Great Britain enjoyed a transitional period to apply the 2002.14 EU Directive on workers' information and consultation, has to extend the range of...
28 March 2007
EU: the common position on the regulation concerning public passenger transport services has just been published
The regulation bill concerning public passenger transport services by rail and by road, with a view to bringing more competition into public transportation, is planning dispositions as to staff's...
28 March 2007
Great Britain : the government launches consultation on the settlement of labour disputes
The consultation will end by June, 20 and will probably lead to a reform proposal by the government.
28 March 2007
Germany: with a 3% raise, metallurgy employers are putting their best offer in years
On the eve of the second round of wage negotiations in the metallurgy and electro technical sectors (3.3 million employees), on March 29, 2007, the sector's leaders calculated their offer for the...
28 March 2007
Spain: unions and Seat’s management are negotiating the cut of 1,500 jobs
Unions and Seat's management started talks about a staff adjustment which should lead to the cut of 1,500 jobs on a three-year period. One year ago, Volkswagen's Spanish subsidiary had already...
28 March 2007
Belgium: union confederations are requiring the extension of the right to information and consultation to companies with less than 20 employees
Whereas Belgium is two years late in the implementation of the directive on workers' information and consultation, the two main union confederations CSC and FGTB established a common front to...
27 March 2007
Alcatel-Lucent: hearing on April 3, 2007 on the EWCs information-consultation
In the middle of the arm wrestling game taking place between the group Alcatel-Lucent's management and union organizations which are contesting the restructuring plan the telecommunications...
27 March 2007
Netherlands: less red tape for European service providers
The Netherlands announced, on March 26, 2007, the suspension of the red tape for the EU and EEA (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) service providers. The companies from these...
27 March 2007
General Motors Europe: the European Metalworkers’ Federation is inaugurating a blog for all of the automotive group’s European employees
The European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) inaugurated, on March 26, 2007 - with the support of the foundation close to the German Union Confederation (DGB), the Hans Böckler Stiffung - the...
27 March 2007
Italy: the Prodi government is launching the consultation on welfare
After several weeks dithering, negotiations planned between the Italian government and social partners on welfare pattern and labour market finally opened on March 22. In its inauguration speech...
27 March 2007
EU: the CJEC will speak out on the enforceability of the “transfer of undertaking” Directive when a part of the staff of a temporary work company is tranfered to another agency
In its opinion presented on March 22, 2007, the general attorney Bot offered the Court of Justice of the European Communities (CJEC) to declare that the transfer of a part of the administrative...
26 March 2007
International: a coalition of international union federations is launching a global prevention campaign against occupational cancers
The International Metalworkers Federation (IMF,) supported by the international trade union confederation (ITUC) and 9 other international union federations (*) launched, on March 23, 2007, a...
26 March 2007
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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...
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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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France: austerity measures proposed in social security financing bill for 2026
Limits on sick leave, the end of social security exemptions for apprentices, and the introduction of additional birth leave: the 2026 social security financing bill, presented to parliament on 14...
16 October 2025
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Germany: legal battle at Tesla ahead of works council election
The Frankfurt/Oder labour court has postponed a mid-November hearing in the case between the IG Metall union and Michaela Schmitz, employee representative and head of the works council at the...
28 October 2025
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Carrefour and UNI Global Union renew global agreement on promoting social dialogue and diversity
On 17 October, Carrefour, one of the world’s largest retailers, with nearly 500,000 employees worldwide, and global union federation UNI Global Union renewed their global agreement on...
3 November 2025
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France: generative AI and older workers central to BPCE’s skills management strategy
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