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EU: interprofessional European social dialogue role players created a website
The three main actors in European social dialogue at the interprofessional level, employers' organizations BusinessEurope and EACSME as well as the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC,)...
25 July 2007
Poland : softening of formalities to employ citizens from adjacent countries
By virtue of a decree from the Ministry of Labour and Social Policy, passed on June 27, 2007 and effective since July 20, Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian citizens can work on the Polish soil...
25 July 2007
Fesenius: the German group changed into a European Company
The Fresenius group (107.348 employees,) specialized in supplies and medical and pharmaceutical services, changed into a European Company. After the favourable vote from he shareholders' general...
25 July 2007
Spain: analyze of the law on the independent worker’s status
The law on the independent worker's status was published on July 12, 2007 in the official bulletin (see our dispatch n° 070629) and will come into effect on October 12, 2007. Francisco Gomez...
24 July 2007
Slovakia : the new Labour Code comes into effect in September
After a very intense dialogue connected with a strong battle between the coalition and opposition, trade unions and employers' representatives, the major new measure of 2007, the amendment to the...
24 July 2007
Italy: the government and union organizations agreed on the pensions’ reform
After eight hours of tense negotiations, the government and the three unions CISL, UIL and CGIL signed, on Friday July 20, at 5:30 in the morning, the agreement for the pensions' reform, which was...
24 July 2007
WAZ : the German press and media group signed an international framework agreement
The management of the media group WAZ and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) signed, on July 4, 2007, the media sector's first international framework agreement. The parties...
24 July 2007
Netherlands: record compensation for an employee suffering from overwork
A Dutch tribunal ordered, on July 19, 2007, the highest compensation ever paid in the Netherlands for overwork, with a total amount of 237.000 euros net. The beneficiary is a 46-year old employee...
24 July 2007
Poland: Fiat’s management granted exceptional bonuses to employees from the site producing the Fiat 500
Following the strike threat formulated the day after the new Fiat model was launched (see our dispatch n° 070614,) the company's management granted exceptional bonuses to employees from the Tychy...
23 July 2007
Belgium: new measures in favour of professional outplacement for people over 45
The National Labour Council adopted, on July 17, 2007, a new collective convention in terms of professional outplacement. These new dispositions on professional outplacement come within the...
23 July 2007
Finland: a fusion plan for six unions is on the way
Six trade union organizations, affiliated to the Danish confederation SAK, should fusion before 2010 into a single organization, with almost 330.000 members. They just agreed on a timetable to...
23 July 2007
EU: the Commission published the communication on the wage gap between men and women
In accordance with what had been announced (see our dispatch n° 070577) the Commission published, on July 18, its communication entitled "Fight the wage gap between men and women" in which it...
20 July 2007
Italy : the FIOM-CGIL held the first national assembly of staff representatives for security
200 RIS – staff representatives dedicated to security – took part, on July 13, in Rome, in the national assembly organized by the Italian metallurgy union federation (FIOM). The goal is to build a...
20 July 2007
Schneider Electric: interview with Bart Samyn, assistant general secretary for the European Metalworkers’ Federation
In an interview granted to Liaisons sociales Europe (n°182, will appear on July 26,) along with Jean-François Pilliard, strategic resources and organization general manager for the Schneider...
20 July 2007
Schneider Electric: interview with Jean-François Pilliard, strategic resources and organization general manager
In an interview granted to Liaisons sociales Europe (n°182, will appear on July 26,) along with Bart Samyn, assistant general secretary for the European Metalworkers' Federation, Jean-François...
20 July 2007
EU: European social partners commit to a minimum on the conciliation between private and professional life
European social partners addressed a joint response to the second phase of consultation on the conciliation between private and professional life, launched on May 30, 2007, by the European...
19 July 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