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Netherlands: SME sceptical towards vocational training
According to a survey published on July 27 by the Dutch research department Research in businesses and strategy (EIM), based in Zoetermeer, SME do not believe in possible incentives to investments...
31 July 2006
ING: Dutch trade unions reject the redundancy plan
Trade unions rejected the redundancy plan which was presented to them by ING management. Nearly 71% of the members of the Federation of Dutch trade unions (FNV) voted against the plan negotiated...
31 July 2006
Lithuania: coping with social problems after Ekranas bankruptcy
After one of the biggest Lithuanian employers, the cathode ray tube (CRT) producer Ekranas, went bankrupt earlier this year, national and regional governments are preparing to undertake some...
28 July 2006
Germany: health insurance offices are opposed to the health care reform
German health insurance offices want to launch a campaign against the government's health care reform. According to them, the bill presented at the beginning of July will involve an increase in...
28 July 2006
Latvia: Parliament rejects an amendment prohibiting discrimination based on sexual orientation
This negative vote of Latvian members of Parliament triggered many criticisms, especially from the European Commission. The President of the Latvian Republic decided not to promulgate the text and...
27 July 2006
Germany: a project to support the employment of people over 50 years old
The Ministry of Labour presented a project aimed at facilitating the employment of people over 50 years old. Called "Initiative 50 plus", this program is designed to increase the employment rate...
27 July 2006
Italy opens its labour market to workers from new Member States
Italy announced the lifting of restrictions on freedom of movement of workers. The new Italian government has thus cancelled, on July 21, the Berlusconi government's decision to partially open...
27 July 2006
Spain: more and more companies encourage “corporative voluntary help”
This is a fast-rising concept : "voluntariado corporativo", within the framework of corporate social responsibility. It consists in encouraging employees to take part in social projects. In some...
27 July 2006
Poland : no extra work to compensate for Christmas
The government has proposed a bill which will end workers' obligation to compensate for some holidays off. Trade unions want the process of labor law reform to continue. (Réf. 06765)
26 July 2006
Publication of the “equal treatment” directive
The directive on "the implementation of the equal treatment principle and that of equal opportunities between men and women at work (recasting)", is published in the OJEU. The text must now be...
26 July 2006
French and German employers call for the construction of a more effective Europe
The French MEDEF and two German employers' organizations, the BDI (Industry-Confederation of German industry) and the BDA (Confederation of associations of German employers), who met July 18 in...
26 July 2006
The European Council adopts its common position on the “services” directive
The European Council has adopted on 24 July its common position on a draft on services in the internal market. The common position, which looks a lot like the first reading of the European...
26 July 2006
Lithuania : salaries to rise more rapidly than GDP over the next two years
e-europnews July 27, 2006, n° 06764 - www.eeuropnews.com
26 July 2006
EU: Commission proposal on reduced rate of VAT for services with high level of labor
The European Commission proposed, on July 25, to allow 17 Member States to apply or maintain a lower rate of VAT until 31 December 2010. This proposal implements the provisions of directive...
26 July 2006
Great Britain: the result of wage negotiations is below inflation
The wage increases negotiated during the second quarter of 2006 -an average rate of 3%- are lower than inflation, according to Industrial Relation Services (IRS), specialized in employment issues...
25 July 2006
Spain : the government plans to grant unemployment benefits to self-employed workers
The new law envisages to grant temporary subsidies to self-employed workers who are out of work. But the government lays down two conditions: this category will have to be mostly favourable to the...
25 July 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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British bank Barclays cuts 5,000 jobs to invest in AI
Banking group Barclays has announced the cutting of 5% of its global workforce by the end of the year. Beyond disappointing quarterly results, Barclays primarily intends to free up the funds...
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Germany: non-EU recruitment remains marginal despite skilled immigration reform
The news. Nearly a year and a half after the entry into force of the “Skilled Immigration Development Act”, only 4% of businesses have recruited at least one employee directly from a...
28 October 2026