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Estonia: the new government wants to enhance flexibility on the labour market
The new coalition government in power in Estonia announced that it wanted to increase flexibility on the labour market. In the meantime, public authorities are concentrating on the reasons of the...
2 April 2007
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
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5 March 2026
Crédit Agricole is to adopt stricter rules on remote work from mid-March onwards. The rules will be tightened for employees, but the maximum number of days working remotely will remain unchanged.
29 January 2026
The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
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31 October 2025
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Catherine Chavanier (CDC Habitat): “Social dialogue on AI facilitates its deployment”
In February, CDC Habitat (10,500 employees) signed a two-year framework agreement governing social dialogue on AI. Catherine Chavanier, HR Director of the subsidiary of CDC (Caisse des dépôts et...
20 March 2026
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France: La Poste to launch negotiations for an AI agreement
Following the lead of firms such as Axa, Syensqo globally, and more recently CDC Habitat, La Poste group management will open negotiations on an AI regulation agreement during the first half of...
5 March 2026
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France: bioMérieux’s new disability agreement pivots towards mental health
The news. On 6 January 2026, bioMérieux—an in vitro diagnostics specialist employing 4,400 people in France—signed a new four-year agreement “relating to the employment...
4 March 2026
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United Kingdom: launch of consultation on protection against detriment for industrial action
The British government launched a public consultation on 26 February regarding new protections for workers against "detriment" related to industrial action, scheduled to take effect in October...
12 March 2026
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Germany: controversial collective bargaining compliance act adopted
On 26 February, the Bundestag approved the Tariftreuegesetz (collective bargaining compliance act), aimed at strengthening collective agreements and tackling social dumping by tying certain public...
26 February 2026
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Germany: a wave of redundancy plans in the automotive sector
The latest financial results presented in early 2026 by major German car manufacturers show sharp declines. This collapse in profits has triggered the announcement or confirmation of massive job...
16 March 2026