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Baltic states: unemployment down and income up, forecasts Hansabank
The leading financial group in the Baltic states Hansabank forecasts a significant decrease of the harmonized unemployment level and a strong growth of real wages in each of the three Baltic...
4 August 2006
Tools : agreements on Corporate Social Responsability
We provide our subscribers with all our resources. They are in general related to joint files of our articles. However, to facilitate your research, we also publish "tool" articles gathering of...
Great Britain: big rise in complaints to employment tribunals
The activity of employment tribunals strongly increased over one year in spite of a reform introduced in 2004 intended to lower the number of complaints by multiplying conciliation procedures in...
4 August 2006
Netherlands : negotiations over the ex-employees of KLM who now work for Altys
Negotiations shall open on August 4 between the independent trade union De Unie, the airline company KLM-Air France and Sodexho Altys on the social repercussions of a transfer of activity with...
3 August 2006
Poland: a new law on the European Cooperative Society
A law on the European Cooperative society (ECS) is waiting for the President's approval and publication in the official journal. It contains the necessary amendments of the Council Regulation no...
3 August 2006
EU: the European Commission does not intend to legislate on working time in the urban transport services
The European Commission published a report on the application of directive 2003/88 of November 4, 2003 on working time for workers concerned with the carriage of passengers on regular urban...
3 August 2006
Great Britain: report on relations in the workplace
The Department of Trade and Industry published the results of a large study on the working relationships in the company, gathering the surveys conducted in 2004. 3000 executives, 1000 staff...
3 August 2006
Great Britain: restructuring of the Remploy organization, specialized in the employment of handicapped people
Following a negative report on Remploy, the public organization specialized in the employment of handicapped people, the government decided to grant the organization an envelope of 555 million...
2 August 2006
Germany : new measures on the labour market come into force
A law correcting the perverse effects of the fourth reform of the labour market known as "Hartz IV" took effect on August 1. The text aims at facilitating the fight against frauds and at...
2 August 2006
EU: the downward trend of unemployment continues
Unemployment drops in the European Union. According to Eurostat figures, unemployment decreased in June, to 7,8% in the euro zone and 8,1% in EU 25. (Ref. 06783)
1 August 2006
Ireland: transposition of the “asbestos” directive
Mr. Tony Killeen, Minister for Labour Affairs, signed on 25 July 2006 the Safety, Health and Well-being at work (Exposure to Asbestos) Regulations 2006 which transpose in Irish legislation the...
1 August 2006
EU: publication in the OJEU of the regulations on structural funds
The regulations fixing the missions of the structural funds (ERDF and ESF) for the period 2007-2013 and those of the cohesion funds were published in the OJEU, as well as another regulation which...
1 August 2006
Poland: working time regulations may be revised
After a major amendment of the Labour Code in 2004 concerning mainly working time regulations, other changes are being prepared by the Polish Parliament.
31 July 2006
Netherlands: strike at Unilever’s finance department
Thirty employees of Finance Focus, the finance department of the industrial group Unilever, went on strike on July 20, in Vlaardingen. On July 26, they gave a petition to Cees van der Waaij, the...
31 July 2006
BNP Paribas: employees own 5% of the bank’s capital
55.800 employees of BNP Paribas in 71 countries subscribed to the increase in capital which was reserved for them, for a total amount of 282,5 million euros. Following this operation, employees...
31 July 2006
EU: the European Commission wants to extend the field of application of the anti-discrimination legislation
At the international conference on the rights of the LGBT which took place in Montreal (Canada), on July 29, Vladimir Spidla, the European Commissioner for employment, social affairs and equal...
31 July 2006
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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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Ireland: minimum wage increase of 5,6% from 1 January 2027
The info. The Irish government has included a minimum wage increase of 79 cents in its Budget 2027, in line with recommendations from the Low Pay Commission. The rate will rise from €14.15...
13 October 2026
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Denmark: government prepares implementation of pay transparency in March 2027
The news. On 8 October, the Danish executive submitted the bill transposing the European Pay Transparency Directive to the national Parliament. The text stems from an agreement between trade...
12 October 2026
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EU: social partners put the Commission in the crossfire over quality jobs
The news. The second phase of social partner consultation on quality jobs ended on 28 September. A mandatory prerequisite for a social initiative in accordance with the Treaty on the Functioning...
5 October 2026
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China: draft bill to strengthen platform workers’ rights
On 8 October, the Chinese government published a draft bill open for consultation aimed at providing minimum guarantees to non-employee platform workers in terms of pay and working conditions. The...
23 October 2026
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Is a global wage freeze at Volkswagen possible?
The existence of an option to implement a global wage freeze until 2030 has been confirmed by the management of the German group Volkswagen, which nevertheless provides no details and refers to...
20 October 2026
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France: paid leave for victims of sexual and domestic violence finally adopted
The news. On 13 October, the French National Assembly unanimously approved, among voting members, the “comprehensive bill” aimed at protecting victims of sexual and gender-based...
14 October 2026