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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
EU: the common position on the regulation concerning public passenger transport services has just been published
The regulation bill concerning public passenger transport services by rail and by road, with a view to bringing more competition into public transportation, is planning dispositions as to staff's...
28 March 2007
Great Britain : the government launches consultation on the settlement of labour disputes
The consultation will end by June, 20 and will probably lead to a reform proposal by the government.
28 March 2007
Germany: with a 3% raise, metallurgy employers are putting their best offer in years
On the eve of the second round of wage negotiations in the metallurgy and electro technical sectors (3.3 million employees), on March 29, 2007, the sector's leaders calculated their offer for the...
28 March 2007
Spain: unions and Seat’s management are negotiating the cut of 1,500 jobs
Unions and Seat's management started talks about a staff adjustment which should lead to the cut of 1,500 jobs on a three-year period. One year ago, Volkswagen's Spanish subsidiary had already...
28 March 2007
Belgium: union confederations are requiring the extension of the right to information and consultation to companies with less than 20 employees
Whereas Belgium is two years late in the implementation of the directive on workers' information and consultation, the two main union confederations CSC and FGTB established a common front to...
27 March 2007
Alcatel-Lucent: hearing on April 3, 2007 on the EWCs information-consultation
In the middle of the arm wrestling game taking place between the group Alcatel-Lucent's management and union organizations which are contesting the restructuring plan the telecommunications...
27 March 2007
Netherlands: less red tape for European service providers
The Netherlands announced, on March 26, 2007, the suspension of the red tape for the EU and EEA (Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland) service providers. The companies from these...
27 March 2007
General Motors Europe: the European Metalworkers’ Federation is inaugurating a blog for all of the automotive group’s European employees
The European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) inaugurated, on March 26, 2007 - with the support of the foundation close to the German Union Confederation (DGB), the Hans Böckler Stiffung - the...
27 March 2007
Italy: the Prodi government is launching the consultation on welfare
After several weeks dithering, negotiations planned between the Italian government and social partners on welfare pattern and labour market finally opened on March 22. In its inauguration speech...
27 March 2007
EU: the CJEC will speak out on the enforceability of the “transfer of undertaking” Directive when a part of the staff of a temporary work company is tranfered to another agency
In its opinion presented on March 22, 2007, the general attorney Bot offered the Court of Justice of the European Communities (CJEC) to declare that the transfer of a part of the administrative...
26 March 2007
International: a coalition of international union federations is launching a global prevention campaign against occupational cancers
The International Metalworkers Federation (IMF,) supported by the international trade union confederation (ITUC) and 9 other international union federations (*) launched, on March 23, 2007, a...
26 March 2007
Delphi: employees and local authorities are calling upon European institutions
Delphi's employees from the Puerto Real factory, next to Cadix in Andalusia - for which the European management of the American group announced the closure on February 22, 2007 (see our story...
26 March 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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Spain: government seeks to strengthen protection for employee whistleblowers
On 28 July, the Spanish Council of Ministers approved a draft bill aimed at providing legal protection to employees who report corruption or breaches of labour law, shielding them from potential...
27 August 2026
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France: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill
After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...
10 September 2026
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Netherlands: Uber fined over 800 million euros for automated algorithmic decisions
The news. In a decision dated 17 August, the Dutch Data Protection Authority fined ride-hailing company Uber €825 million for automating decisions regarding driver account deactivations. The...
24 August 2026
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Italy: Crédit Agricole introduces a handbook on managerial behaviour
The document adopted in mid-July by Crédit Agricole Italia and the main banking trade unions goes beyond the proper use of meetings and emails. This six-point handbook aims to foster constructive...
3 September 2026
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Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...
8 September 2026
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Germany: introduction of the concept of partial incapacity for work
The news. On 10 July, the German Parliament definitively adopted the “Act to Stabilise Contribution Rates in the Statutory Health Insurance System”...
27 August 2026