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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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
EU: the CJEC spoke out again on certain administrative formalities concerning the posting of workers
According to the court of justice, the obligation, imposed by the German regulation to foreign service providers, to translate certain social documents and keep them, is certainly a violation of...
France: the state council validates the decree on the posting of workers in airline companies
In a decree passed on July 11, 2007, the State Council – the highest French administrative jurisdiction – validates a decree of application passed on November 21, 2006 as part of the August 2...
Netherlands: a contested bonus leave for Numico’s chair after the takeover by Danone
Dutch unions are protesting against an 80-million euros bonus leave, qualified of "strange and absurd", Danone is going to pay Jan Bennink, CEO of Numico, a company of child food bought over by...
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British bank Barclays cuts 5,000 jobs to invest in AI
Banking group Barclays has announced the cutting of 5% of its global workforce by the end of the year. Beyond disappointing quarterly results, Barclays primarily intends to free up the funds...
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Germany: non-EU recruitment remains marginal despite skilled immigration reform
The news. Nearly a year and a half after the entry into force of the “Skilled Immigration Development Act”, only 4% of businesses have recruited at least one employee directly from a...
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EU: several social texts promised for 2027
The news. On 4 November, the European Commission presented its work programme for 2027. While the focus is once again on simplification, several social texts have been announced. The European...