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Delphi: employees and local authorities are calling upon European institutions
Delphi's employees from the Puerto Real factory, next to Cadix in Andalusia - for which the European management of the American group announced the closure on February 22, 2007 (see our story...
26 March 2007
Belgium : ten companies received the first labels “Equality-Diversity”
The federal ministers of Employment and Equality of Chances, Peter Vanvelthoven and Christian Dupont, gave, on March 23, 2007, the first "Equality-Diversity" labels to ten companies which set up a...
26 March 2007
Belgium: amendment of the legislation on the protection of workers against chemical agents
The January 20, 2007 Royal Decree strengthened the protection of workers exposed to chemical agents. This text is confirming the obligation the employer has to carry out an analysis of the risks...
24 March 2007
General Motors: European unions are bringing their support to Opel and Delphi’s employees
During the group meeting of the union coordination General Motors Europe (GME), organized by the European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF), on March 22, 2007, in Frankfurt, employees'...
23 March 2007
Bouygues : towards the creation of a new European Works Council
Following a decision from the Paris court of appeals canceling the anticipation agreement on the European dialogue committee set up in 1995, the French company Bouygues sent a letter to the...
23 March 2007
France: the re-codification of the Labour Code’s legislative part has been published
The March 12, 2007 ordinance is carrying out the re-codification "in constant law" of the Labour Code's legislative part, with a view to legibility. The new code will nonetheless not come into...
23 March 2007
Germany: companies are turning to “lifelong time off banks” to avoid retirement at 67
Whereas retirement age has recently moved to 67 years old and subventions for part time retirement should disappear by the end of 2009, the metallurgy and electro technical employers federation...
23 March 2007
Germany: the Deutsche Post is aligning with union positions and is asking for the report on the early liberalization planned for 2008
Supported by Peer Steinbrück, Federal chancellor of the Exchequer, Klaus Zumwinkel, leader of the Deutsche Post AG (DPAG,) finally said at loud that he considered asking for the report on the...
23 March 2007
Great Britain : a gesture for swindled pensioners
People who lost their private pension in the collapse of 660 companies between 1997 and 2005 are going to benefit from an unexpected assistance, divulged on March 20, 2007, by the minister of the...
23 March 2007
Arcelor-Mittal : the negotiation on the upcoming European WC is going on
On March 19 and 20, negotiators from the management and union organizations met, in Brussels, for a third negotiation session, in order to adapt the constitutive agreement of Arcelor's EWC to the...
22 March 2007
Denmark: the LO confederation offers to take part in the reform of the public service
The union confederation LO offered the center-right government to actively take part in the planned reform of the Danish public service supposed to modernize it. Reactions are positive within the...
22 March 2007
EU: European social diary of April 18 to June 27, 2007
We provide you with a diary on the main events concerning social Europe and the institutional appointments. You can forward to us your scheduled events to the following address...
21 March 2007
EU: the Czech legislation in terms of stand-by duty time is contrary to common law
In an ordinance delivered on January 11, 2007, the Court of Justice of the European Communities (CJEC) ruled that the Czech legislation, which only considers the time when physicians in hospitals...
21 March 2007
EU: an infringement procedure against France for not transposing the directive on professional qualifications
After the court of Justice condemned France for the incomplete transposition of the 2001/19 directive on the mutual recognition of professional qualifications, the European Commission is carrying...
21 March 2007
Great Britain: establishment of a transition between help and work
The new Employment Support Alliance, which will, in 2008, replace inability and disability allowances, enable the two million beneficiaries to practice a cut-back activity, up to 16 hours a week...
21 March 2007
EU: the Commission is launching infringement proceedings against Austria for failure to implement the CJEC judgment on workers’ posting
The European Commission sent the Austrian government a letter of formal notice in which it requires that it complies with the judgment issued by the court of Justice of the European Communities...
21 March 2007
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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
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