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Arcelor-Mittal: the steel group is organizing an internal seminar with the ILO on the international framework agreements’ legal aspects
On April 3 and 4, the Arcelor-Mittal group's management and experts from the International Labor Organization (ILO) will meet in Torino for a seminar dedicated to juridical aspects and dealing...
2 April 2007
Poland: companies are hardly disposed to respect union rights
In several companies, the anti-union strategy is developing under different forms : employees' intimidation, discriminations against those who try to unionize in the private sector, dismissal of...
2 April 2007
Germany: railroaders from the Deutsche Bahn want a wage increase between 7% and 40%
The common Commission for wage negotiations of Transnet/GDBA, the two main railroad unions, published, on March 30, 2007, its wage requirements, that is a 7% increase for the next "tariff...
2 April 2007
Denmark: proliferation of fake Polish building and construction companies
The growing number of individual companies founded by Polish people in Denmark is getting unions worried. They accuse Danish employers of appealing to such fictitious "companies" to avoid some of...
2 April 2007
Belgium: the Court of Justice is sanctioning the Belgian state because it did not transpose the information-consultation directive
The Court of justice of the European Communities condemned, on March 29, 2007, the Belgian government, because it did not transpose into internal law the March 2002 European directive which plans...
2 April 2007
Airbus: union militants heard by the European Parliament’s left unitary political group
The European left unitary group/European Parliament green north left (GUE/NGL, 41 deputies out of 787, mainly representing the communist parties) organized an audition on Airbus and the Power 8...
30 March 2007
France: the Labour Ministry presented a second case to the European Globalization Fund (EGF) for the automotive sector
After asking for almost 500,000 euros -a request made for one of PSA's subcontracting firm - the French Labour Ministry transmitted a new case to the European Commission, in order to help a...
30 March 2007
Germany: the Labour Ministry is denouncing abuses carried out in terms of internships
The Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Franz Müntefering, criticized on March 28, 2007, abuses certain companies carry out in terms of internship. The Ministry created a website for the...
29 March 2007
Strabag: the European Works Council is opening to Serbian employee representatives
The Austrian construction and public works group -Strabag SE - extended the perimeter of its EWC to workers from companies it has purchased in Serbia. As for the EWC's chair, he visited the three...
29 March 2007
Total: a European-wide agreement on the development of small and medium-sized companies was signed
The management of the oil and gas group Total and the European union federations EMCEF, EMFCAI, and EFEER signed, on March 28, 2007, a European agreement concerning the support the French group...
29 March 2007
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
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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...
15 October 2025
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Pascale Rauline (Axa EWC): “European charter formalises ongoing and accelerated social dialogue on AI”
On 27 November, Axa and its European works council (EWC) signed a charter setting out principles governing the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) and guaranteeing social dialogue on the...
3 December 2025
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Germany: crisis-hit industries cast shadow over 2026 bargaining cycle
In 2026, collective wage agreements for nearly 10 million employees in Germany are set to expire. With upcoming negotiations in crisis-hit 'pilot' sectors such as chemicals and metalworking, the...
2 December 2025
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Bulgaria: government approves bill to encourage sector-level collective bargaining
On 26 November, the Bulgarian government approved amendments to the labour code designed to reinforce the legal framework for sector-level collective bargaining. The reform aims to stimulate...
2 December 2025
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EU: social partners in telecoms sign joint statement on AI
On 16 December, the social partners in Europe's telecommunications sector unveiled a joint statement on artificial intelligence. They propose an action plan for skills and commit to raising...
18 December 2025
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Germany: Erwin Hymer Group’s innovative and award-winning AI agreement
Fed up with negotiating separate agreements for each new artificial intelligence (AI) tool, the social partners at Erwin Hymer Group (8,900 employees) have instead secured a broad, overarching...
12 December 2025
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Italy: new collective agreement for mechanical engineering and metalworking sectors focuses on defending purchasing power
The deal struck on 22 November between Italy’s social partners in the mechanical engineering and metalworking sector brings an end to a long and contentious bargaining process. The agreement –...
25 November 2025