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Great Britain : new TUPE regulations are still eagerly-awaited
On April 6, 2006, the revised Transfer of Undertakings-Protection of Employment regulations (TUPE) are due to come in effect. However, the government has not yet submitted a bill to Parliament...
8 February 2006
Council adopts legislation on driving and resting time for professional drivers
Following the European Parliament’s vote in favour of the legislation on lorry drivers’ driving and resting time (Ref. 0693), the Council adopted, on 2 February 2006, by written procedure, the two...
7 February 2006
Germany: wage negotiations begin in the metal industry
The German employers’ federation of the metal industry (Gesamtmetall) and the IG Metall trade union launched, on February 7, 2006, wage negotiations in this area which employs some 3,4 million...
7 February 2006
Metal industry will play the game of European social dialogue
After having stared at one another for many years, European social partners of the Metal, Engineering and Technology-based industries, the CEEMET for employers and the European Metalworkers’...
6 February 2006
Spain: the preliminary draft law on gender equality is submitted to social partners
On February 6, 2006, the government submitted its preliminary draft law for gender equality to social partners. Employers’ organizations and trade unions were gathered for their last scheduled...
6 February 2006
Italy: a decree on training for security protagonists in the workplace
Last January 26, the "Permanent Conference between the State, Regions
and the autonomous Provinces of Trento and Bolzano" which regulates the
relationship between the State and local communities...
6 February 2006
Hungary : information help-desks for the unemployed
With its program called "100 steps", the government aimed to improve the access to information for the unemployed who are looking for a job. (Ref. 06103)
6 February 2006
Czech republic : government must decide this week of LG. Philips factory’s fate
The government must decide if it will or not grant financial assistance to support the rescue plan of the LG.Philips Czech factory -in suspension of payments since the end of January- and thus...
6 February 2006
Germany: press review- January 30 to February 3, 2006
The debate over the government’s announcement to anticipate the raising of the retirement age to 67, and the labour dispute which is brewing in the German public sector because of the increase in...
3 February 2006
Germany: the conflict continues at AEG in Nuremberg
The social conflict at AEG, subsidiary of Electrolux, looks like it is going to last. Negotiations between the management of the firm and trade unions were again stopped Thursday evening. They...
3 February 2006
Poland : a bill to transpose the Directive on workers’ information and consultation
Poland is making up for the time lost in transposing the Directive on workers’ information and consultation (Réf. 0698).
3 February 2006
Poland: the press points out the insufficiency of measures sanctioning moral harassment
With the rising number of legal actions supported by the increasing appearance of "anti-mobbing" associations, the Polish daily press underlines the inefficiency of the measures taken by the...
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3 February 2006
Five eastern countries ask EU to open up labour market
The V4 (Visegrad countries: Hungary, Poland, Czech Republic and Slovakia) and Slovenia’s Ministers of Labour Affairs have met in Budapest to discuss common and current issues. (Réf. 0694)
3 February 2006
Germany : Government wants to raise retirement age to 67 years old by 2029
The parties ivolved in Angela Merkel’s big coalition government have decided to raise the retirement age to 67 years old (from 65 today) in 2029 instead of 2024. This has been anounced Wednesday...
2 February 2006
Great-Britain: two unusual employment court orders
For the first time in England, an employee of the sex industry, who worked as an operator for a pink company of telephone, took her employer to court and won her lawsuit, last January 16, for...
2 February 2006
Spain : the main social tasks of the Zapatero government for 2006
Often criticized because it is the worse country in terms of womens’emplyment rate (around 48%), Spain has made gender equality one of its priorities for 2006. The government has also decided to...
2 February 2006
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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...
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France: government submits draft on pay transparency
On 6 March, the French government sent social partners a draft bill to transpose the EU Pay Transparency Directive. The text provides details on the implementation timetable, corporate...
9 March 2026
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Spain: report proposes democratising employee participation
On 2 February, Spanish labour minister Yolanda Diaz presented the conclusions of a report on democracy in the workplace. The document, which calls for employees to be given a say in...
25 February 2026
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Italy: Deliveroo and Glovo targeted by justice over courier working conditions
The Milan Public Prosecutor's Office has ordered two of Italy's leading food delivery platforms, Foodinho (Glovo) and Deliveroo, to be placed under judicial administration. According to...
9 March 2026
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Germany: menopause issues finally gain corporate recognition
With 12 million women over 40 in the labour force, German companies and occupational health professionals are beginning to adopt support policies for those affected by menopause-related issues...
19 March 2026
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Valérie Decaux (La Poste): “Our older workers policy is based on individualisation to move beyond age-related-stigmatisation”
La Poste Group (nearly 200,000 employees in France) unveiled its first senior employment agreement in late February. The text outlines measures for early retirement assistance, workplace...
10 March 2026
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Argentina: labour reform passed by Parliament
Legislation deregulating the framework labour law was definitively adopted by Argentine Parliament on Friday 27 February. The CGT, the country's primary trade union federation, filed legal...
4 March 2026