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United Kingdom: annual report on the unionization rate
The unionization rate for British employees went from 29% to 28.4% between 2005 and 2006, a 0.6 point decrease which constitutes the strongest decrease since 1998, according to the Minister of...
23 April 2007
Poland : wages are soaring
According to the latest statistics, wages reached a record level last March : + 9.1%. If this news item satisfies employees and unions, employers and economists remain skeptical. (Ref. 070367)
23 April 2007
Czech Republic : Skoda Auto has reached wage agreement with its unions
One day after a warning strike (see our article n°070349), Skoda Auto management and the carmaker's unions reached a wage agreement. Skoda Auto, originally a Czech car manufacturer, is a member of...
23 April 2007
Great Britain: Royal Mail is closing 73 post offices, transferred to a bookstore-news stand chain
The Royal Mail public post office is going to close 70 main post offices and transfer them to the WH Smith chain, specialized in the sale of books and newspapers. The CWU, the communication...
23 April 2007
Poland: the privatization of the state-owned firm will change their workers’ involvement rules
In accordance with a 2006 law, all Polish public companies have to be privatized by June 30, 2007. Privatization operations lead to changes in regulations concerning employees' representation at...
20 April 2007
Spain: the law on subcontracting on building sites came into effect
The law on the supervision of subcontracting in the building sector, published in the official journal on October 19, 2006 (see our story n°061155) came into effect on April 19, 2007. It limits to...
20 April 2007
Netherlands: managers’ pay is being debated
Chief executive officers' excessive incomes are at the heart of a debate within Parliament, and an association of small shareholders has just published the list of what it considers as the most...
19 April 2007
Porsche: the car manufacturer will adopt the European Company (EC) status in June 2007
Following its takeover of Volkswagen, the luxury car manufacturer announced that it wanted to try to transform into an EC, through the creation of a holding company. Even though the measure will...
19 April 2007
Great Britain : two British unions are uniting with an American one to try to establish joint negotiations with multinationals
Two of the largest British unions, Amicus and the Transport and General Workers Union (TGWU) signed an agreement on Wednesday April 18 with their American counterpart - United Steel Workers (USW)...
19 April 2007
Spain : a new regulation on vocational training
The Spanish government adopted a royal decree, last March 23th 2007, which deeply amended the vocational training system. Francisco Gomez Abelleira, labour law profesor in the Carlos III...
18 April 2007
Royal BAM : an international framework agreement on workers’ rights signed
The Dutch construction group, the building and wood workers' international (BWWI) and the Dutch unions FNV and CNV signed, on April 11, 2007, an open ended international framework agreement (IFA)...
18 April 2007
International: the ETUC and the ITUC published a joint guide on union participation in the negotiation of economic agreements
The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) published, on April 17, 2007, a union guide entitled "union guide and file for the...
18 April 2007
Belgium: what the union confederation FGTB is expecting from the future government
The federal management of the FGTB (the General Belgian Labour Federation, with a socialist tendency) presented, on April 17, 2007, within the Federal Parliament, before the eight democratic...
18 April 2007
Czech Republic: Skoda’s unions are calling on a strike to support wage claims
Unions from the Czech car manufacturer Skoda (group VW) called on a day of strike on April 17 in order to back up their wage claims. After over eight negotiation sessions, unions had already...
18 April 2007
General Motors Europe : agreement between the management and the EWC on the new Astra assembly
The European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) announced, last April 17, that the GME management and its European workers' representatives agreed on the future product allocation of the new Opel...
18 April 2007
Delphi: the European WC is adopting a resolution on the fate of the Puerto Real Spanish site
The American car equipment manufacturer Delphi's European works council adopted a declaration, on April 16, 2007, to support Delphi's workers on the Spanish site of Puerto Real, close to Cadix...
18 April 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: following the post-Covid boom, large companies scale back on remote working
In the post-pandemic context, large French groups multiplied generous remote working agreements before reversing the trend from 2024 onwards. What is the extent of this phenomenon? mind RH...
29 October 2026
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Germany: Employers’ representatives seek to limit the rights of works councils
The Employers' Federation of German Employers' Associations (Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände - BDA) published a report at the end of September in which it proposes a...
8 October 2026
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France: Iliad structures its skills management around AI
The news. On 9 April, Iliad (11,600 employees in France), the parent company of telecoms operator Free, concluded an agreement on jobs and career path management with its representative trade...
21 October 2026
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France: National Assembly votes for mandatory bargaining on sexual and gender-based violence
The news. On 8 October, French MPs voted to extend the scope of mandatory annual negotiations to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). In practice, in addition to pay, working hours and...
9 October 2026
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France: how CDC Habitat aims to better promote the expertise of its employees
The housing division of the French public group Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, CDC Habitat (10,800 employees), established new measures on skills in July. They are set out in two agreements...
15 October 2026
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France: La Poste strengthens regional management of jobs and skills
La Poste’s 2026-2028 agreement on the management of jobs, professional pathways and gender diversity in occupations puts the emphasis on supporting mobility and career changes, relying on a...
22 October 2026