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France: a presumption of salaried status is contrary to the Community law
Despite the Ministry of Social Affairss efforts to make the presumption of salaried status for artists more flexible, the CJEC considers that no matter what its force is, this presumption is an...
19 June 2006
Spain: long and non-flexible schedules harm productivity
Spanish companies are not very flexible and tend to lengthen the working day of their employees, without increasing their profitability. This is one of the conclusions of the White Paper for a...
19 June 2006
Denmark: details on the law prohibiting the closed-shop practice
The law prohibiting the closed shop practice was adopted on May 8, 2006. It challenges the Danish practice of exclusive agreements, which involves approximately 200 000 Danish employees. (Ref...
19 June 2006
Great Britain: Amicus asks the financial sector to end the salary gap between men and women
The main employees' trade union of the private sector threatens "to name and ostracize" the companies of the financial sector which will not quickly undertake to eliminate wage inequalities. For...
19 June 2006
The European social Diary of June 20 to October 15, 2006
We provide you with a weekly diary on the main events involving social Europe and institutional appointments. You can forward us your schedules of events to the following address...
17 June 2006
Lithuania : new employment regulation to help jobless employees
New regulation will help unemployed people over 50 years old, the long-term unemployed, and some handicapped persons. (Ref. 06618)
16 June 2006
Great Britain: labour inspections at their lowest level
The number of labourinspections fell by a quarter, from 74 000 to 55 000, between 2002/03 and 2004/05, according to figures of the Labour inspectorate revealed in the newspaper Hazards, a...
16 June 2006
Sweden : full-time for all after 3 years of part-time work
The Swedish social-democrat government, after negociations with its jaority in Parliament (the Greens and the Left), just decided to launch on the parliamentary procedure on july 1st a bill that...
16 June 2006
Germany : while the Schering’s employees are breathing, Volkswagen’s are getting ready for the conflict
Press review from June12th to June 18th. The unexpected extension of the battle between Bayer and Merck to take over Schering have ended up with the victory of Bayer, to Schering's employees'...
16 June 2006
Great Britain : stressed out executives who do not take their holidays
The « workaholism » of its executives is a good financial deal for great Britain. According to a survey of the Chartered Management Institute, British executives give up 19 million days off per...
16 June 2006
Great Britain : the prospect of a 2.6 million members union vanishes
The 500 representatives of the GMB union have massively rejected today the merger project with Amicus and TGWU, which could have given birth to a super-union of 2.6 million members, the same...
15 June 2006
Finland : summary of the SAK union confederation’s congress
The day before the Finnish presidency of the European Union, the Congress of the Finnish unions' confederation SAK (Suomen Ammattiliittojen Keskusjärjestö, organization of the affiliated unions)...
15 June 2006
Sweden: the CJEC validates the transposition of the «health and safety» directive of 1989
The Court of Justice of the European Communities (CJEC) has rejected the European Commission's appeal, which estimated that Sweden had not correctly transposed article 7 of directive 89/391 of...
15 June 2006
Poland: construction of a LG Philips LCD factory
Dutch company will produce LCD modules for large televison sets near Wroclaw. 429 million Euros will be spent on this investment, and 3000 people will be employed. (Ref. 06610)
15 June 2006
The Court of Justice gives precise details on the refunding of medical expenses for trans-border patients
In a ruling of June 15, the Court of Justice of the European Communities (CJEC), supplemented its jurisprudence on the mobility of patients by limiting the right to refund of costs linked to...
15 June 2006
General Electric : part of the Italian production due to be relocated in Hungary
The Hungarian lighting plant will produce more models and create 50 more jobs. (Ref. 06609)
15 June 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: LinkedIn reveals most sought-after HR skills
LinkedIn is revealing the most sought-after HR skills in 2026 in a study to be published on 24 February, which mind RH is previewing. Internal communication, training planning, occupational health...
24 February 2026
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Netherlands: new government seeks to “control” social costs
In his government policy statement to Parliament on 25 February, Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten announced several measures designed to "control" social costs. Notably, he proposed raising the...
5 March 2026
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Germany: accelerated professional integration in sight for asylum seekers
Germany’s interior minister Alexander Dobrindt has announced plans to accelerate the professional integration of asylum seekers in Germany. “The best integration is the one that starts...
23 February 2026
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Spain: a bill to regulate internships
On 3 March, the Council of Ministers approved the bill on the “Status for persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies”. The text limits the number of interns a company can...
13 March 2026
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EU: co-legislators aim to pivot European Globalisation Adjustment Fund towards restructuring anticipation
On 25 February, the Council of the EU and the Parliament reached an agreement on the Commission’s proposed regulation to expand the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). Under the...
2 March 2026
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Block to slash workforce by nearly half
The news. In his latest shareholder letter, Jack Dorsey, CEO of payment service provider Block (formerly Square), announced plans to slash the company’s workforce “by nearly half, from...
6 March 2026