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Hungary: agreement is finally concluded at Auchan
After several weeks of negotiations, the management of Auchan in Hungary reached an agreement with employees' trade union. (Ref. 06523)
25 May 2006
Slovakia : seeking new investors after Draexlmaier’s decision to go back on its projet
Minister of Economy and Investment and Trade Development Agency SARIO are looking for new investment project to fill up the gap after German producer of automotive industry supplies Draexlmaier...
25 May 2006
Spain : Braun will close its Catalan factory in 2008
The electrical goods manufacturer Braun, subsidiary of Procter & Gamble since 2005, has announced the gradual closure of its Esplugues Llobregat factory, outside Barcelona. The process should...
25 May 2006
Belgium: creation of a data base on all employment subsidies
The Minister for Employment, Peter Vanvelthoven, wishes to gather in a single data base all the federal and regional sources of subsidies available for employment. Employers will be able to...
25 May 2006
Belgium: towards an adoption leave for self-employed workers
The Council of Ministers of last 19 May approved a draft royal decree creating an adoption leave and an adoption allowance for self-employed workers. (Réf. 06529)
25 May 2006
Belgium: the government and social partners launch the modernisation of the labour market
Based on discussions with the social partners, the government intends to launch 22 initiatives to modernise the labour market. The government's objective is to successfully "sign a balanced...
25 May 2006
Germany: the minimum wage under debate at the German trade union congress
During the visit of Angela Merkel (CDU) to the congress of the Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB) in session since Monday 22nd May, the minimum wage came under debate. (Ref. 06519)
24 May 2006
Czech Republic : the Assembly overturned President’s veto on new Labour code
The assembly of Czech Parliament overturned President's veto and approved the new Labour Code. The new legislation will take effect on January 1, 2007. (Ref. 06518)
24 May 2006
Great Britain : thousands of illegal inquiries on job applicants
Over the past years, the British government conducted thousands of illegal inquiry procedures to check the criminal records of job applicants. Some of them were wrongly identified as criminals...
24 May 2006
Poland : a trade union project on early retirements
The Polish Alliance of trade unions (Ogolnopolskie Porozumienie Zwiazkow Zawodowych, OPZZ) has submitted to the Parliament a draft law on early retirement. It woulf concern around 800 000 people...
24 May 2006
Belgium : administrative simplifications for personnel management
The Council of Ministers meeting on 19th May approved a series of measures aimed at simplifying human resources management to promote a “paperless personnel policy”. (Ref. 06521)
24 May 2006
Great Britain : government contributes to accelerating the compensation for asbestos
The British Department of Work and Pensions has recently announced its intention to cooperate with insurance companies in order to better indemnify asbestos victims. Asbestos is the first cause of...
24 May 2006
The European Economic and Social Committee considers Danish flexecurity
The European Economic and Social Committee adopted, last 17 May, an initiative opinion on flexecurity in Denmark, which tries to encircle the elements of the Danish success which are transposable...
24 May 2006
Spain : Trade unions criticize the lack of labour inspectors
Spain has one labour inspector for 23 300 workers, which is half than elsewhere in the EU, where the average is one inspector for 12000 workers. According to trade unions, which denounce this...
24 May 2006
Slovenia: agreement on employment relationships in a deadlock
Negotiations on a social agreement for the period 2006-2009 are in a deadlock again . Employers consider that the social agreement will not to be adopted in the first half of 2006. (Ref. 06512)
23 May 2006
Czech Republic : President vetoes new Labour Code
The introduction of the new Labour Code in the Czech Republic must overcome yet another obstacle. After a veto in the Senate which was overturned by another favorable vote of the national...
23 May 2006
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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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