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Great Britain: a good practices code against age-related discriminations
A good practices guide in order to avoid age-related discriminations has just been published, financed by the Ministry of Trade and Industry, and co-written by the union confederation TUC and the...
28 February 2007
Alcatel-Lucent: the European Works Council obtained to postpone the information and consultation procedure
After voting, during its plenary meeting on Friday, February 23, a motion allowing it to institute legal proceedings against Alcatel-Lucent's management for not respecting the information and...
28 February 2007
EADS: the European federation of metalworkers is adopting a protest platform
During the meeting of the union coordinators of the European federation of metalworkers (EFM) which took place in Brussels on February 27, the participants adopted a protest platform with 17...
28 February 2007
Poland: a union campaign to increase low wages
The Polish unions NSZZ-Solidarnosc announced a large national campaign on the theme: "low wages, barrier for Poland's development" which will start next spring. According to them, low wages have...
28 February 2007
Spain: unions and employers from the textile sector want to promote the CSR together
Unions and employers from the Spanish textile, the Fedecon, constituted a work group with the consumers associations and the NGOs in order to promote social responsibility in the sector. The Setem...
28 February 2007
Germany: unions and employers are pleading in favour of an increase in the number of places in childcare centers
Since Ursula von der Leyen, federal Minister for Families, announced at the beginning of February that she wanted to treble the number of places in childcare centers, a vigorous debate on the best...
28 February 2007
UE : European insurance social dialogue re-launched
After the deadlock reached in 2004, since a joint declaration on qualifications and life-long learning could not be achieved,UNI Finance together with the European insurance employers stress the...
27 February 2007
Spain: Delphi is closing its Andalusian factory at Puerto Real
The equipment manufacturer announced, on February 22, that it is going to close its Puerto Real factory, in Andalusia. Notably specialized in the production of steering, suspension and rolling...
27 February 2007
Germany: DGB’s day of action against the project to retire at 67
On the occasion of a debate in the Bundestag on the bill increasing the legal retirement age from 65 to 67, the German union confederation DGB organized, on February 26, a large demonstration in...
27 February 2007
Great Britain: rebellion against social practices in investment funds
Investment funds are at the heart of a controversy long of several weeks in Great Britain. The deterioration of working conditions and the massive job suppressions that they impose, weighed...
27 February 2007
International: the ITUC report about the respect of the ILO’s fundamental standards in EU member states
In the context of the revision of the EU's commercial policies by the World Trade Organization's (WTO) general council, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) published a report...
26 February 2007
Denmark: more training and flexibility agreed in the industry sector
Social partners reached an agreement in the Danish industry; the agreement includes, in addition to a wage increase, the creation of a fund for permanent training, the payment of a parental leave...
26 February 2007
Germany: Ver.di is threatening to begin a strike at Deutsche Telekom
According to Ver.di, the services union, the telephone company would intend to transfer over 60,000 employees in three new subsidiaries, named T-Service, where they will work more and be paid...
26 February 2007
EU: European social diary of February 26 to April 24th 2007
e-europnews February 26, 2007, n°070173 – www.eeuropnews.com
26 February 2007
Great Britain: the government is launching a consultation on temporary work
The government opened a consultation on the working conditions for temporary workers and other occasional employees, in order to improve their protection against unethical employers. This...
26 February 2007
Netherlands: a controversy on bonuses granted to leaders
The bonuses granted to leaders of large groups are irritating unions. The central union FNV is offended by the amounts of the bonuses perceived, judging them "irresponsible". On the other hand...
26 February 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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EU: Commission launches consultation with social partners on quality jobs
On 4 December, the European Commission launched the first phase of consultation with social partners with a view to a European directive on jobs, which is scheduled for the end of 2026. It could...
4 December 2025
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EDF bans alcohol on all its sites
From 1 January 2026, French energy giant EDF (180,000 employees) will prohibit alcohol consumption at all internal and external corporate events, from social gatherings to seminars. The policy...
26 November 2025
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United Kingdom: government scraps plan to introduce ‘day one’ protection against unfair dismissal
The UK government announced on 27 November, in a statement, that it would not be introducing the right to challenge unfair dismissal (without cause) from the first day of employment in its...
3 December 2025
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Poland: bill adopted to amend definition of psychological harassment
On 27 November, the Polish cabinet adopted a draft amendment to the labour code aimed at simplifying the definition of psychological harassment at work, or “mobbing” (Article 94 3)...
4 December 2025
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EU: MEPs demand directive on algorithmic management
Members of the European Parliament have called for a directive on algorithmic management. Such legislation would introduce obligations for companies to inform employees, assess health and safety...
17 December 2025
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Austria: European rules on wage transparency expected to cause a cultural shock
With the gender pay gap in Austria being the second largest in the European Union (18.3%), the Austrian government has promised to introduce a bill next spring to transpose the European directive...
27 November 2025