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Atos SE: new agreement on participation of workers in the SE
At the end of 2012, IT services industry company Atos became a European company. At the time, we commented the agreement on employee participation signed within this framework. We are now...
15 October 2013
Romania: ILO urges government to revise last Labor Code reform
Adopted two years ago to make recruitment more flexible, the Romanian Labor Code was severely criticized by the International Labor Organization (ILO) in a study released on October 10 in...
15 October 2013
Safran: EWC agreement reviewed
On April 12, the international high-technology equipment manufacturer signed its first amendment to the EWC agreement of 2008, in order to add the novelties of the recast Directive 2009/38. Here...
15 October 2013
Air France-KLM: EWC and management sign Social Rights and Ethics Charter along with a memorandum for its application
The management of Air France KLM and the EWC signed, on July 10, a new social rights and ethics charter, which it just released and which replaces that of 2008. The new text strengthens...
14 October 2013
Spain: VW Navarra strikes deal securing the site’s future
The management of Volkswagen Navarra, the UGT and CCOO unions and the CGC executives’ federation signed an agreement in principle for the drafting of the 8th collective agreement, which will serve...
14 October 2013
Great Britain: the 5% club wants to make room for young people
Heavyweights in the British economy just created the 5% Club. This corporate group has laid down a challenge: employing 5% of young people within 5 years, in a country where unemployment affects...
14 October 2013
Great Britain: businesses that blacklisted “annoying” workers to set up a fund for the victims
Some of the biggest firms in the construction industry (Balfour Beatty, Carillion, Costain, Kier, Laing O'Rourke, Sir Robert McAlpine, Skanska UK and Vinc) are to compensate workers who were...
11 October 2013
Spain: Bridgestone signs new collective agreement with difficulty
The management signed with the UGT and CCOO unions the 24th company agreement for 2013/15, which provides for a pay freeze and more flexibility. The minority unions (ELA-STV, SITB-USO and BUB)...
11 October 2013
Italy: Bridgestone and unions sign agreement saving Modugno site (Bari)
Retraining instead of closing. The agreement signed on September 30 between Bridgestone Italia Spa, the Femca Cisl, Filctem CGIL, Uiltec Uil and Failc-Confail unions, the unitary trade union...
11 October 2013
Romania: several multinationals show they are doing well by launching major recruitment programs
While restructurings announcements are still shaking western European social news, several multinationals set up in Romania in the auto and ICT industries announced vast recruitment campaigns at...
10 October 2013
Germany: real wages stagnate in the 2nd 2013 quarter after a slight step back in the 1st quarter
On Tuesday, October 8, the Federal Statistics Agency (Destatis) published the figures of the evolutions of actual wages in Germany in the 2nd 2013 quarter. Over the period, nominal wage increased...
10 October 2013
France: unions and employers denounce the legislative imbroglio on work on Sunday but with different ideas of how to get out of it
Employers, unions, politicians, Ministers… everyone agrees that the French rule of Sunday rest with a lot of exceptions is no longer viable. Since two major home improvement stores (Castorama and...
10 October 2013
Germany: Daimler management imposes “social principles” to businesses with a service provision contract
The management of the German carmaker published, on Monday, October 7, the list of social and pay principles businesses willing to sign a service provision contract with the company will have to...
9 October 2013
United States: UAW besieges Nissan in Mississippi
The leaders of the United Auto Workers (UAW) are enhancing their unionization campaign at Nissan’s Canton plant in Mississippi. They are trying to take their campaign to the global level, asking...
9 October 2013
Germany: conflict between Verdi and Amazon goes downhill with the announcement of three sorting centers opening in Poland
Whereas Verdi and the 9,000 German employees of the world leader in e-commerce, Amazon, have been fighting since the beginning of the year over the improvements of pay and adoption of the sector’s...
8 October 2013
Great Britain: Royal Mail tries to “buy” staff out of striking
In the midst of a controversial privatization procedure and just before entering the stock market, Royal Mail, the British postal service, has offered at £300 bonus to employees who don’t go on...
7 October 2013
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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: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
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Germany: Volkswagen cancels almost all collective bargaining agreements signed with IG Metall
The Volkswagen brand announced on 30 September that it is terminating 10 of its 13 internal collective bargaining agreements, effective 31 December 2026. The announcement, which the carmaker...
1 October 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 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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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026