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Great Britain: cash awarded to workers who agree to leave firm pension scheme
More and more companies with big deficits in their pension funds are offering their employees cash to leave final salary schemes and put money into a private pension instead. (Ref. 070110)
7 February 2007
EADS: the information and consultation procedure from Airbus’ reorganization plan
The way the European group EADS is going to deal with the employees' information and consultation procedure as part of the presentation of the measures – which will affect the personnel – of the...
6 February 2007
EADS : a first step towards a worldwide works council
The management of the EADS group and its EWC agreed on a progressive opening of the European employees' representation body to other countries located outside of the European Union. An intention...
6 February 2007
Belgium: cooperation between a Belgian and an Indian union
A cooperation agreement between the Belgian union Setca (FGTB) and the Indian union ITPF, specialized in the computing sector, has been renewed for a five-year period. The goal is to improve...
6 February 2007
Netherlands: social reforms of the new government
A new agreement of governmental coalition, submitted on February 6 to the Parliament, includes two major social reforms. The document, which does not soften the legislation on dismissals, devotes...
6 February 2007
Estonia: strike avoided in health-care sector, tensions to come in the other sectors
The agreement concluded in Estonia on an important wage increase in the health-care sector, which enabled to avoid a strike which threatened to extend at the national level. A precedent which...
6 February 2007
Hungary: trade unions and employers agree on wage increases for 2007
The trade unions and employers found, last 30 January, an agreement on the rises of the wages at the national level for 2007 and which should range between 5.5 and 8 %. the agreement was reached...
5 February 2007
Ireland: the government is evaluating the situation on the implementation of the social partnership agreement
The Labour Minister, Michael Martin, reported the advancement of the measures taken to implement the agreement concluded with the social partners, "Towards 2016" in September 2006 (see our story...
5 February 2007
Spain: adoption of a bill which recognizes workers’ basic right to information and consultation
The government approved, on February 2nd, a bill which amends the statute of workers. The innovations are designed to transpose two Community directives. One on workers' information and...
5 February 2007
EU: the draft statute of European company for SMEs will also have to guarantee workers’ right to representation
Since the adoption of the European company, modelled for the trans-national corporations of a certain size, the European Commission has wanted to develop a European social form for SMEs. To help...
5 February 2007
International: trade union FNV inspects working conditions in the Chinese factories of Dutch multinationals
The Dutch trade union FNV Bondgenoten (industry, private services, transport and agro-alimentary) published a report on the working conditions in the Chinese factories of three multinational...
5 February 2007
Great Britain: sickness leaves for workers with sick dogs
It is no longer necessary for a worker to pretend to be sick if he/she wants to take care of the dog which is not feeling well. A certain number of British companies have started to introduce...
5 February 2007
Poland: RH practices grow rich under the effect of labour market tensions
lation of the collective labour law, trade unions’ role, recruitment process, these topics are more and more important to Polish and French HR managers in Poland, and also to trade unionists...
5 February 2007
Areva: agreement on equal opportunities, discussion with Marianne Naud
It was easier to negotiate at the European level than sometimes at the French level. But negotiating on equal opportunities is a consensual topic. All the parties wanted to build something...
2 February 2007
Thomson: European work’s council complains about absence of information-consultation during the closing of two Technicolor sites
Whereas the French group Thomson announced, on January 17th 2007, the closing of the sites of manufacturing DVDs in Luxembourg and England, in order to transfer the production in Poland, in the...
2 February 2007
EADS: day of action organised by IG Metall to save jobs at Airbus
"More than 10000 Airbus employees will participate today in Hamburg, Bremen, Varel and Laubheim to the day of action for the safeguard of their jobs and the maintenance of Airbus sites', announces...
2 February 2007
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In 2025, for the first time, the universal registration documents of major European companies contain the sustainability reporting required by the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive...
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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
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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France: austerity measures proposed in social security financing bill for 2026
Limits on sick leave, the end of social security exemptions for apprentices, and the introduction of additional birth leave: the 2026 social security financing bill, presented to parliament on 14...
16 October 2025
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Germany: legal battle at Tesla ahead of works council election
The Frankfurt/Oder labour court has postponed a mid-November hearing in the case between the IG Metall union and Michaela Schmitz, employee representative and head of the works council at the...
28 October 2025
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France: generative AI and older workers central to BPCE’s skills management strategy
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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Candice Guillot (Talan): “Our recruiters save just over 80 hours per year on administrative tasks thanks to AI”
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