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Germany: the large coalition adopted a compromise on the creation of branch minimum wages
After a new summit meeting in the night between June 18 and June 19 in Berlin, the two large parties in power - the social-democrats (SPD) and the Christian Unions (CDU/CSU) - could not agree on...
Italy: employees from the private sector hesitate between leaving the TFR in the company and investing it in a pension fund
The June 30 deadline date is approaching but a majority of the 11 million Italian employees concerned has not yet decided what to do with their TFR ("trattamento di fine rapporto", elaborated in...
Ireland: the Labour Minister announced a reform of procedures before employment jurisdictions
The Labour Minister, Tony Killeen, announced on June 14, a reform of the procedures before the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT*). This reform's goal is to speed up the procedures before...
Netherlands: the Supreme Court limits the maximum load borne by employees
The federation of Dutch unions (FNV) is congratulating itself on a "historical" verdict, rendered on June 18, 2007 by the Supreme Court. A 23-kilogram limit was indeed set by the country's highest...
EU: minimum wage differences remain between member States
In January 2007, 20 of the 27 EU member states had a national legislation establishing a legal minimum wage. It could strongly vary, from 92 euros a month in Bulgaria to 1.570 euros a month in...
Germany: open-end strike started in the building sector in Lower Saxony and Schleswig Holstein
Agreement too high. Arguing the difficulties of the small and medium-size firms in their regions, the two regional associations (members of the ZDB federation) esteem that the federal wage rate...
EU : no-fault liability is not the only way, according to ECJ, to ensure the effective character of the employer’s responsibility for health and safety
The directive defines the scope of responsibility and not the nature of the responsibility.  For the CJEC the directive defines the scope of responsibility but does not define the nature or the...
EADS: interview with Frédéric Agenet, industrial relations’ manager
The EADS group signed, last April, with its European work's council, an intention letter with a view to extending the council's to representatives of employees working in countries located outside...
Atos Origin: the negotiation of the agreement on the European works council (EWC) completed
Meetings. The EWC, composed of at most 35 members, will meet twice a year. Meetings are programmed for at least one day with a preparatory meeting the day before the plenary meeting. The latter is...
Germany: government-financed wage packet for long-term unemployed
Aid of up to 75% of the basic wage. Starting October, the government will finance up to 75% of the basic wage if employers (firms, humanitarian associations, etc) recruit full time a long-term...
Italy: unions are worried about the future of the Italian shipbuilding industry after Fincantieri’s capital opens to the private sector
There is a lot of concern within the Italian shipbuilding sector after Fincantieri, the last large public industry in Italy, decided to open its capital: strikes follow strikes in the group's...
Belgium: according to employers, workforce shortages are threatening growth
The conjectural study presented by the federation of Belgian companies (FEB), is planning a slight slowing down of the growth to 2.5% in 2007 as opposed to 3% in 2006. However, workforce...
EU: the Commission is going to sue States which impose excessive administrative charges to companies posting their staff
The European Commission presented, on June 13, its evaluation of the national measures to enforce the 96/71 directive on the posting of workers. Fourteen months after publishing its communication...
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United Kingdom: government launches consultation on AI and data protection rules
L’info. Le gouvernement britannique a lancé, du 15 juillet au 9 septembre 2026, une consultation afin d’identifier les dispositifs juridiques, techniques et de gouvernance...
28 August 2026
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EU: social partners set out position on guidelines for the sustainability due diligence directive
The news. Following the final adoption of the omnibus directive in February, the European Commission launched a consultation in June aimed at guiding it in drafting guidelines on the application...
28 August 2026
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Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying
Under pressure from new US tariffs, many countries have presented texts in recent weeks to ban the import of products made with forced labor. A real breakthrough for workers' rights or a mere...
9 September 2026
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Canada: a sustainability due diligence proposal on forced labour submitted for consultation
The facts. On July 27, the Canadian government launched a consultation to introduce mandatory corporate due diligence measures regarding forced labor. It plans to require risk identification, the...
25 August 2026
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Germany: a “simplification” proposal for the Corporate Governance Code
In early August, the Government Commission presented proposals to reform the Deutscher Corporate Governance Kodex (DCGK), Germany’s Corporate Governance Code. The proposals are primarily aimed at...
31 August 2026
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Slovakia: a bill to “clarify” personal data protection measures
The news. The Slovak government approved a bill on personal data protection on August 26, 2026. This text aims to clarify existing regulations regarding employees’ rights and...
7 September 2026