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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
BNP-Paribas: meeting of extraordinary European WC devoted to the repurchase of Italian bank BNL
The European work's council of the French banking group BNP Paribas is convened, on February 20th 2007, to an extraordinary meeting devoted to the reorganisation of banking activities in Italy...
2 February 2007
Great Britain: trade unions launch a parliamentary campaign in favour of a law for temporary workers
One month before the examination in second reading of a law in favour of temporary workers, trade unions are pressing the members of Parliament to gather the 100 signatures necessary to the...
1 February 2007
France: adoption of a law on the modernisation of social dialogue
A law modifies the rules relating to social dialogue by providing for a dialogue, even a negotiation, of the social partners before any reform relating to labour law. But without however settling...
1 February 2007
EU: restructurings and “capacity building” on social partners’ agenda in the textile/clothing sector
Next February 20th, the social dialogue committee of the textile/clothing sector, gathering Euratex for employers and the ETUF-TCL for the trade-union side, will meet for their first meeting of...
1 February 2007
Belgium: legal action of far-right party Vlaams Belang against the FGTB
Second Belgian trade-union confederation, the FGTB, is attacked by Vlaams Belang, the far-right Flemish party, for having excluded the trade unionists who were candidates at the last communal...
1 February 2007
Germany: new companies of the postal sector are ready to negotiate social minimum wages and conditions
After seven years of confrontation, Ver.di (trade union of services) and the Pin Group AG announced, on January 29th 2007, their intention to negotiate company agreements on wages and working...
31 January 2007
National Australia Group: signature of a international framework agreement
The banking group National Australia Group, which is established in Australia, New Zealand and Europe, has concluded an international framework agreement (IFA) with the world trade-union...
31 January 2007
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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
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...
8 December 2025
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...
31 October 2025
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France: Yves Rocher convicted of breach of duty of vigilance for infringement of freedom of association
The specialised chamber of the Paris Judicial Court convicted Yves Rocher on 12 March for breaching its duty of vigilance. The group was sued by Turkish employees dismissed in 2018 by a subsidiary...
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12 March 2026
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2026 TRENDS – CSR: A strategic asset for European companies?
mind HR is looking ahead at the trends set to shape 2026. Sustainability policy remains in flux after a year of CSR rollbacks across Europe. Companies are calling for greater predictability and...
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EU: Council approves omnibus directive on sustainability
On 24 February, two months after the European Parliament, the Council of the EU adopted the omnibus package amending the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD) and Corporate...
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24 February 2026
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Germany: a corporate group supports local political engagement via its “Democracy Charter”
Large corporations in the Hesse region, surrounding Frankfurt, are defending local democracy by enabling employees to volunteer in local public life through an initiative dubbed the "Democracy...
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EU: Council adopts position on simplifying AI rules
The Council of the EU approved its position on 13 March regarding the “omnibus regulation” proposal, published last November by the Commission to simplify the AI Act. Confirming the...
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20 March 2026
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United States: Coca-Cola subsidiary sued by the administration over women-only event
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced on 18 February that it is launching federal proceedings against Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast for “sex-based...
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6 March 2026