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Germany : federal employment court limits employees’ rights in case of collective dismissal
Ruling on a complaint of six employees laid off by a subcontractor, the federal employment Court of Leipzig (Bundesarbeitsgericht - BAG), has abandoned the line followed during the last years...
13 November 2006
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13 November 2006
GB : 400 000 housewives would be ready to work if the culture of long days at work ended
One in five British housewives would be willing to work if employers gave them more flexibility, according to a study of the Commission for equal opportunities, one of the main structures for the...
10 November 2006
Poland : Parliament passed two amendments in the Polish labour law
Prolonging of maternity leaves. Second amendment includes prolonging of maternity leaves. At present it is 16 weeks at the first childbirth, 18 month at every other birth and 26 months in case of...
10 November 2006
Deutsche Bahn: agreement on privatization allows tariff negotiations to resume in calmness
Just after the surprise announcement (8.11) of a compromise on the partial privatization of Deutsche Bahn, DB management and the trade unions of railway workers Transnet and GDBA have reopened...
10 November 2006
Great Britain: the government wants to speed up the decrease in racial unfairness in terms of employment
Before he will be able to get the same employment opportunities as a White man in the same situation, a young Black unemployed will have reached his retirement age, reveals a study made by the...
10 November 2006
Spain: on average, the Spanish work 219 extra hours a year compared to the EU at 15, but they have one of the lowest productivities in the area
The Spanish work an average 1,774 hours a year, that is to say 14% more than the average 1,555 hours for the Europe at 15, but slightly less than the 1,815 annual hours for the Americans...
10 November 2006
Netherlands: at Corus, negotiations are blocked
Negotiations concerning a new company agreement have been blocked since November 2 at Corus, an Anglo Dutch multinational company specialized in high steel and aluminum products. An agreement is...
10 November 2006
France: CJEC changes the rules about the wages to take into account in the calculation of the asbestos compensation granted to a migrant worker who last worked in another EU country
A French court referred the CJEC within a litigation opposing a French insured employee, who finished his career in Belgium, to his social security office, regarding the way the asbestos...
9 November 2006
Germany: the employer federation BDA is drawing up a positive review of the branches’ collective agreement
After criticizing their inflexibility for a long time, the federation of German employers (BDA) recognized, during its annual congress on November 7 in Berlin, that the collective conventions...
9 November 2006
EU: the pro opt-out team reacted to the failure of the negotiations on the working time directive
The break in the negotiations concerning the working time directive (see our article n° 061112) was carefully welcomed in Great Britain, where proponents and opponents are now waiting for the...
9 November 2006
France: almost all unions are about to sign a national cross-industry agreement on diversity within companies
All managerial and union organizations, except for the CFE-CGC, should sign the national interprofessional agreement on diversity within companies, an agreement that establishes an "enlarged...
9 November 2006
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
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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