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Austria: after the sale of their bank to an investment fund, trade unions are anxious for their future
A "trade-union Monopoly" - Ironically, it is precisely when the ÖGB, which is trying to improve its image, has just sold its bank and the building of its headquarters, that the Confederation...
21 December 2006
Germany: Berlin blocks for two years the access of its labour market to Bulgarian and Romanian citizens
e-europnews December 22, 2006, n°061295 -www.eeuropnews.com
21 December 2006
France Telecom : international framework agreement on fundamental rights signed
France Telecom will be particularly attentive to the prevention of forced work, to the prohibition of child labour and the exploitation of children, to health and job security, to the respect of...
21 December 2006
Germany: the evaluation report of the labour market reform was submitted to the government
During the last cabinet meeting of 2006, the government took note, on December 20th 2006, without giving a judgement, of the final report of evaluation of the laws reforming the labour market...
21 December 2006
Germany: 2007 will be an important year for wage negotiations
In 2007, important collective agreements will be renegotiated in the main branches of German industry: metalworking industry, chemical, printing works, but also wholesale and retail trade. Given...
21 December 2006
Volkswagen: agreement on early retirements at Forest plant
After three days of negotiations, the trade unions and management of Volkswagen Forest reached, on December 20th, an agreement concerning the payment of the anticipated retirements (pre-pensions)...
21 December 2006
Great Britain: debate on positive discrimination reopened
The future president of the Commission for equality and humans rights, which will begin functioning in 2007, has called for a legislative change to allow positive discrimination, in order to fight...
21 December 2006
Lithuania: governmental initiatives in favour of the professional integration of disabled people
The Lithuanian government is currently working on amendments to the law on social enterprises, employing a certain rate of disabled people, in order to facilitate their integration. (Ref. 061288)
20 December 2006
Spain: assessment of the huge plan against precariousness
Over one million permanent employment contracts have been signed since July 1st, announces the Ministry of Labour, that is to say an increase of 57 % compared to 2005. (Ref. 061285)
20 December 2006
Spain: voluntary departure plan at Renault Spain
The management of Renault Spain is trying to attenuate the shock of its job-shedding plan by proposing 1000 voluntary departures. (Ref. 061281)
20 December 2006
EU: labour costs increase by 2.6% over one year
Total hourly labour costs in the UE25 increased by 2.6% in the third quarter 2006, down from 2.8% in the previous quarter, indicated on December 14th 2006, Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the...
20 December 2006
EU: employment in the EU increases by 0.3% in the third quarter 2006
The number of people working in the EU25 grew by 0.3% (612 000 people), seasonally adjusted, in the third quarter 2006, according to provisional estimates published on December 14th 2006 and based...
20 December 2006
Germany: companies begin to promote diversity
After the French and Belgian companies (see story n° 0672), it is now German companies' turn to promote diversity. DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche British Petrol and Deutsche Telekom have...
Spain: a report stigmatizes the rigidity of the labour market
The Spanish labour market is the most rigid in the European Union, according to a joint study of the Adecco group and the Business School IESE, located in Barcelona. (Ref. 061277)
19 December 2006
Germany: companies are increasingly sensitive to family issues
According to a study of the IW research institute of Cologne, presented on December 19 in Berlin, German companies are offering more and more possibilities to their employees to reconcile family...
19 December 2006
Great Britain: companies must contribute to their employees’ physical health
Employers must get involved in their employees' health and fight against the sedentary and couchy practices of office life, according to the national Institute of health (NICE), a public health...
19 December 2006
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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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