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Austria: ruined by a banking scandal, the Confederation of Austrian labour unions is struggling to survive
On Monday, September 4th, 2006, the ÖGB will launch a major reform of its structures. Ruined by the scandal of Bawag, the bank of labour unions, the ÖGB has 2,1 billion euros of debts. This...
1 September 2006
Luxembourg: publication of the first labor code
After several years of preparation, the law creating the Luxembourg labor code is now published. This Code organizes labor law by specifying the rules of law and order applicable to all the...
1 September 2006
European Metalworkers’ Federation meets with EU Commission to discuss Azambuja closure
European Metalworkers' Federation asks European Commission to intervene in the Azambuja case, reminds that Brussels granted 50 million euros in subsidies to GM. Peter Sherrer, General Secretary of...
31 August 2006
Denmark: an employment fair for immigrants
The former Copenhagen Stock Exchange hosted Tuesday nearly a thousand immigrant job applicants, during the first employment fair specially designed for "new Danes", who have trouble to integrate...
31 August 2006
Latvia: government decides to maintain employer contribution that finance wage guarantee institution
Latvian government has decided to maintain the amount currently paid by the employers to the wage guarantee institution which protects employees against their company insolvency. (Réf. 06836)
31 August 2006
Great Britain: employers don’t want to pay for the retirement of temporary workers
Some major employers, particularly in retail and hospitality, are lobbying ministers to introduce a waiting period of a year before an employee in a new job starts to gain from compulsory employer...
31 August 2006
Germany: Angela Merkel wants a reform of employees participation
Thirty years after its adoption by the Bundestag, the law on employees particpation in the company is being highly challenged. During a congress organized on 30 August by the German trade union...
31 August 2006
Luxembourg: the demographic ageing of border regions threatens the country’s labour market
A recent report highlights the potential consequences for Luxembourg of a decreasing working population in border regions. (Ref. 06833)
30 August 2006
Lithuania : the most popular ways to motivate employees
The most common means for motivating employees are free courses, training and paying the phone bills, but those are only effective when employees receive a substantial salary. (Ref. 06832)
30 August 2006
Great Britain: British companies want to benefit « without obstacles» from Rumanian and Bulgarian workers
A pressure group warned the government, this Wednesday August 30, against the restrictions to "open door" policy toward immigrants of future EU countries of, estimating that limitation of future...
30 August 2006
Spain : the CCOO battle on the issue of risks prevention at work
The main Spanish trade union Confederation launched a public awareness campaign inviting workers to seriously consider the psychosocial risks threatening them. With this campaign, the trade...
30 August 2006
Slovakia : unions ask government to amend labour law
Answering to the social priorities setted by the new government (see our article n°06811), the Slovak Confederation of Trade Unions demands maximum working hours for employees and limitation of...
30 August 2006
Spain: Spanish companies’ forecasts in respect of employment growth are optimistic, foreseeing an increase of 1.5% until mid 2007
The official statistics on the state of the employment market at the end of the second quarter 2006 show that in relation to the same period last year an increase of 4.8% has occurred, with almost...
29 August 2006
Greece: the government wishes to be more involved in the social dialogue
The Greek government started a series of meetings with trade unions and employers. It expressed its wish to pay more attention to social partners and to foster social dialogue. (Ref. 06827)
29 August 2006
Luxembourg: the anti-smoking law comes into force
Workers protection. Initially the question of worker’s protection should have been addressed in a different legislative text, but the highest administrative authority (Conseil d’Etat) has...
29 August 2006
Adjustment funds for globalisation on the agenda for the next parliamentary session
cial Affairs Commission is going to debate the draft regulations for creating an European Globalisation adjustment Fund. The governmental experts of the Council of Ministers have already met on...
28 August 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
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EU: Commission proposes loosening of AI regulations
On 19 November, the European Commission published a proposal for an omnibus regulation aimed at simplifying the AI Act in order to ‘ensure the swift, smooth and proportionate implementation’ of...
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EU: list of new CSRD reporting standards finalised
On 4 December, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) presented the revised list of reporting indicators under the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which...
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EU: co-legislators strike agreement on Omnibus Directive
The European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached an agreement on the night of 8 December on the weakening of the directives on corporate sustainability reporting (CSRD) and corporate...
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EU: Parliament formally adopts omnibus, diluting due diligence rules
On 16 December, the European Parliament formally approved the omnibus package amending the EU corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives. Their application has been pushed...
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Italy: three executives from luxury goods group Tod’s investigated over worker exploitation
Italian authorities are once again turning their attention to working conditions in the luxury goods supply chain. On 20 November, the Milan public prosecutor charged three senior executives of...
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Fashion brands accused of violating trade union freedoms in Asia
On 27 November, Amnesty International released a report denouncing widespread violations of trade union freedoms in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka by both governments and suppliers to...
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28 November 2025