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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
Telefonica: the follow-up meeting of the international framework agreement focuses on outsourcing and job precariousness
The trade-union alliance within the Spanish telecommunications group Telefonica, affiliated to the world trade-union confederation UNI, met, on January 18th and 19th 2007, in Santiago de Chile, to...
31 January 2007
EU: the granting of tax advantages just for retirement contributions paid to institutions established in Denmark is against the Community legislation
According to the CJEC, the Danish regulation granting tax advantages only for retirement contributions paid to Danish institutions is an obstacle to the freedom of movement of services and...
30 January 2007
Great Britain: beginning of a consultation to reform the pension system for occupational diseases and work accidents
The Minister for Employment and Social Reform announced the launching of a preliminary consultation on the revision of pensions granted following an occupational disease or a work accident...
30 January 2007
Belgium: workers of the Volkswagen factory of Forest obtain guarantees following a two-days strike
Last 24 January, the employees of Volkswagen's Forest factory started a strike because of uncertainties facing the future of the factory. They obtained guarantees, and resumed work on January...
30 January 2007
Poland: job cuts will continue in 2007 at Mittal Steel
Management of Mittal Steel Poland informed that it had obtained the postponing of the deadline for the reduction of manpower within the Polish subsidiary companies of the group, required by the...
30 January 2007
Denmark: the flexicurity model is under pressure
Structural evolution of society, labour shortages, sustained high growth - but not for a long time, according to OECD forecasts : Danish flexicurity, so admired in Europe, would be under pressure...
30 January 2007
Deutsche Telekom: UNI global union asks for a world framework agreement on fundamental labor standards
The trade unions of the German telecommunications group Deutsche Telekom, affiliated to the world trade-union confederation UNI Telecom, met in Berlin, in order to develop a strategy leading the...
30 January 2007
EU: the European social partners present the first assessment of the implementation of the agreement on gender equality
The European social partners present, this Tuesday January 30, 2007, the first annual report on the implementation of the framework of actions for gender equality on the occasion of the launching...
30 January 2007
VolkerWessels: signature of an international framework agreement on workers’ rights
The Dutch company of construction and related activities, VolkerWessels and the International union of building and wood workers (IBB) signed, last 22 January, a framework open-ended agreement...
30 January 2007
Spain: employers and trade unions agree on wage moderation and a framework for collective bargaining in 2007
The main employers' and trade-union organizations signed, on Thursday January 25th, a preliminary cross-industry agreement on collective bargaining 2007 (ANC 2007). According to the text signed by...
29 January 2007
Belgium: self-employed workers and employees will be better defined by the law
The law-program of December 27th 2006 creates a framework law which clearly defines the general criteria of distinction between the statutes of employee and self-employed worker. This to clarify...
29 January 2007
Belgium: proposal to open a right of action in favor of posted employees
During the Council of Ministers of January 26th 2007, the Minister for Employment, Peter Vanvelthoven, approved a preliminary draft law which grants posted employees a right to take legal action...
29 January 2007
Austria: the federal congress of trade unions undertakes reform but ends with a disagreement
Only shade in all this, the non-election in the directorate of Fritz Neugebauer, president of the powerful trade union of civil servants (GÖD). He is the only "black and Christian" trade-union...
26 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: 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