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Spain: the economic and social council is offering to encourage technical education
The Spanish social and economic council is drawing attention to the fact that numerous positions are covered by over-qualified employees, and is pleading for a reinforcement of technical and...
9 November 2006
Luxembourg: towards the suppression of dismissal transactional compensations’ fiscal exemption
Luxembourg's government has introduced a bill on employment retention to the deputies' chamber. This bill contains, in particular, measures aiming at limiting the fiscal exemption that was until...
8 November 2006
Netherlands: the restrictions to hiring Romanian and Bulgarian workers are maintained
Henk van Hoof, secretary of state to social affairs and work, is planning to maintain for two years the current restrictions concerning the employment of Bulgarian and Romanian citizens, after...
8 November 2006
Great Britain: decline in illnesses and accidents at work
The Health and Safety Executive has just published statistics concerning industrial accidents and sick leaves, which declined in 2005-2006. These results, coming in the middle of a 10-year plan...
8 November 2006
Netherlands : strike in the public transportation system of the four biggest cities
Buses, subways and trolley cars of the four biggest cities of the country, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Utrecht and The Hague, did not run between 9 and 16 o'clock, on November 15th, 2006. Trade unions...
8 November 2006
EU: once again, the twenty-five fail on the subject of the revision of the working time directive
The efforts the Finnish Presidency, made to reach a political agreement on the revision of the working hours' directive during the November 7th EU's Ministers' Council, have not been rewarded. A...
8 November 2006
Slovenia : law to ease Sundays shop openings passed
Changes of the law impose that, when setting the working hours, trader needs to consider the number of employees in the store and their rights, obligations and responsibilities from the labour...
7 November 2006
Belgium: social partners are divided on the adaptation of the preliminary procedure to mass lay-offs
The solidarity pact between generations, an ambitious social pact that the Verhofstadt government has been strongly defending for over a year, is planning notably to shorten the preliminary...
7 November 2006
Finland: a bill to improve the employees’ information and consultation, as well as social dialogue within the company
The Finnish government has just handed over to the Parliament a proposition to amend the law on cooperation (between employers and unions) within companies, as well as a new law including...
7 November 2006
Spain: the employee has to announce that she is pregnant to be protected against dismissal
For the dismissal of a pregnant woman to be invalid, the employer has to be aware that the woman is pregnant when he makes his mind, states a Supreme Court, ending a long controversy. (Ref...
7 November 2006
Great Britain: recruitment professionals have been on guards since the bill about age discriminations came into force
There is a collateral effect to the bill against age-related discrimination that came into force on October 1, 2006: there is censorship in classified ads. Robert Walters, one of the biggest...
7 November 2006
The European social Diary of November 13 to December 4, 2006
We provide you with a weekly diary on the main events involving social Europe and institutional appointments. You can forward us your schedules of events to the following address...
6 November 2006
Belgium: social partners agreed on the prevention against theft and control of employees
Belgian social partners, gathered within the National Work Council (CNT,) adopted a decision, on October 18, 2006, on the prevention against theft and controls outside the firm or workplace. This...
6 November 2006
Stora Enso: unions condemn the unworthy reorganization of an European socially responsible firm
In October 2005, the Finnish paper producer group Stora Enso, as part of a European reorganization, decided to stop several machines on the French site of Corbehem, in the Pas-de-Calais. The...
EU: young workers face many health problems and work injuries due to job insecurity
Throughout Europe, a high number of 15-24 year-olds have trouble to enter the labor market. When they do enter, they often get a deskilled and contingent job, and are confronted to more hazards...
6 November 2006
Poland: a “Polish Workers” union in Great Britain
Polish workers immigrated in Great Britain now have their own union embedded in this country. It was co-created by "Solidarnosc" and the GMB, the third big British union, affiliated to the TUC...
6 November 2006
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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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Germany: pensioners in work already common practice, study shows
As the German government steps up measures to encourage people to stay in work beyond the legal retirement age, a new study by the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) – an independent...
6 November 2025
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Spain: government approves creation of ‘intern status’
The Spanish government has paved the way for the creation of a new status for "persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies, institutions or public or private organisations...
7 November 2025
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France: social conference on labour and pensions to proceed without main employers’ group
The preparatory meeting ahead of the social conference on labour and pensions, which is set to decide on the pension system model and the funding thereof, was held on 4 November at France's labour...
5 November 2025
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Luxembourg: two pension reform bills submitted to parliament
After lengthy negotiations with the social partners, in mid-October the Luxembourg government submitted two bills to parliament aimed at reforming the pension system to ensure its long-term...
6 November 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