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Belgium: brewery workers protest against InBev relocation plan
Brewery workers are furious because InBev, one of the biggest beer companies in the world, announced at the end of February that some administrative units will be reorganized, some of them will be...
17 March 2006
Germany: the labour market reform is better than its reputation according to the SPD
During a seminar organized on March 15, 2006 in Berlin by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, close to the Social democrat party (SPD), a series of experts (government, Bundestag, trade unionists...
16 March 2006
Slovene unions are no longer against work on Sundays
Trade unions and employers' organizations will start negotiations on the new collective agreement that will notably establish rules on Sunday and Holiday working hours in stores. (Ref. 06259)
16 March 2006
Hungary: negotiations begin at Suzuki Ltd
Negotiation have begun between the management of Hungarian Suzuki Ltd. and the employees, represented by the LIGA trade union, in order to solve the labor disputes and prevent them in the future...
16 March 2006
The Cottigny report on restructurings and employment is a big surprise
The final text thus goes much further that envisaged (see our article n° 06145) since it asks the Commission to intervene on two “taboo” subjects : restructurings and the revision of the directive...
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16 March 2006
Great Britain: a study on the cost of employee fraud for their companies
The cost of fraud for companies increased by 30% over a year to reach almost 1 billion Pounds (nearly 1,5 billion euros) in Great Britain in 2005, according to an investigation of the accounting...
16 March 2006
Germany : lower Saxony, town-scale agreements in public service
After several weeks of strike, the trade union Ver.di and the town employers’ organization of Lower Saxony (KAV) have come to a compromise - on March the 15th - about weekly working time of...
16 March 2006
Czech Republic : German embassy in Prague says Czechs do not use all opportunities to work in Germany
German embassy in Prague claims that Czechs do not use all opportunities to work in Germany. (Réf. 06254)
15 March 2006
Germany : wage negociations in metallurgy become thougher
The conflict in the metallurgical industry , which counts 3.4 million workers in Germany, might get more intense. Faced with the absence of proposal from the employers, IG-Metall answers with a...
15 March 2006
Great Britain: the State is responsible for British employees’ retirement savings losses
Because its responsibility is involved in the disappearance of the retirement savings of almost 100.000 British employees, the government was asked, March 15, to grant compensation to the people...
15 March 2006
Netherlands: three scenarios for reforming the Welfare state
In a report published on March 10, the experts of the central forecasting office (CPB), a consultative body, say new social reforms are needed. Called “ reinventing the Welfare state", this report...
15 March 2006
New social security forms for migrant workers will soon be available
The forms required by social security offices to apply the Community legislation on migrants were renewed in order to take into account the EU enlargement but also the agreement on free movement...
15 March 2006
The CJEC’s decision concerning the deduction of social security contributions in two member states.
With its decision from 9th march 2006 concerning a company manager, self-employed in Holland and employed in Belgium, the Court of justice of the European Communities reminds the conditions...
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15 March 2006
Netherlands: employers ask government to ease the requirements for entry for highly qualified foreigners
Today, more Americans and Chinese ask for work permits than foreigners from traditional immigration countries. On the 91 000 foreigners that came to settle in the Netherlands in 2005, some 3 150...
14 March 2006
The Commission wants a «European alliance for a competitive and sustainable enterprise»
The European Commission should make public, next March 22, its communication on corporate social responsability (CSR). This document takes a new direction if we compare it to the previous ones. In...
Great Britain: a new report on overtime
The average British worker does three years and a half of overtime in his life, but half of it is not paid. The Clerical Medical insurance company publishes two months after the TUC’s report its...
14 March 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: following the post-Covid boom, large companies scale back on remote working
In the post-pandemic context, large French groups multiplied generous remote working agreements before reversing the trend from 2024 onwards. What is the extent of this phenomenon? mind RH...
29 October 2026
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Germany: Employers’ representatives seek to limit the rights of works councils
The Employers' Federation of German Employers' Associations (Bundesvereinigung der Deutschen Arbeitgeberverbände - BDA) published a report at the end of September in which it proposes a...
8 October 2026
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France: Iliad structures its skills management around AI
The news. On 9 April, Iliad (11,600 employees in France), the parent company of telecoms operator Free, concluded an agreement on jobs and career path management with its representative trade...
21 October 2026
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France: National Assembly votes for mandatory bargaining on sexual and gender-based violence
The news. On 8 October, French MPs voted to extend the scope of mandatory annual negotiations to sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV). In practice, in addition to pay, working hours and...
9 October 2026
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France: how CDC Habitat aims to better promote the expertise of its employees
The housing division of the French public group Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, CDC Habitat (10,800 employees), established new measures on skills in July. They are set out in two agreements...
15 October 2026
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France: La Poste strengthens regional management of jobs and skills
La Poste’s 2026-2028 agreement on the management of jobs, professional pathways and gender diversity in occupations puts the emphasis on supporting mobility and career changes, relying on a...
22 October 2026