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Spain: Banco Santander offers early retirement from age 55
The management of Spanish bank Santander and the trade unions reached an agreement on 17 July on an early retirement scheme that will allow employees to leave the company voluntarily from the age...
21 July 2026
Italy: employers’ organisations agree on how to determine the reference collective agreement for each sector
The news. Fourteen employers’ organisations, including the country’s largest business associations—Confindustria (industry), Confcommercio (commerce and services) and ANIA...
17 July 2026
Germany: Volkswagen and Porsche face massive restructuring
Volkswagen’s Supervisory Board met on 9 July to review a sweeping restructuring plan that includes the elimination of up to 120,000 jobs and the closure of factories in Germany. The carmaker’s...
15 July 2026
France: increase in the minimum hourly activity pay for platform delivery riders
The info. On 10 July, the French Employment Platforms Social Relations Authority (ARPE) announced the signing of an amendment to the agreement on the minimum income of independent food delivery...
13 July 2026
France: HSBC signs an agreement on quality of life and working conditions
The news. On 7 May, HSBC Continental Europe (2,806 employees at the end of 2025), the British bank’s French subsidiary, signed a two-year QVCT (quality of life and working conditions)...
8 July 2026
Germany: IG Metall seeks to strengthen its bargaining power in companies
The seven regional districts of the German trade union IG Metall have launched a broad reflection on the organisation’s positions, methods and objectives in a period marked by multiple crises and...
1 July 2026
France: pharmaceutical companies strengthen their disability policy with the signing of a new agreement
The news. Leem, one of the professional organizations representing pharmaceutical companies operating in France (more than 100,000 employees), and the CFE-CGC, FO, and CFTC trade unions signed an...
1 July 2026
France: how Schneider Electric is developing social dialogue tailored to AI and the green transition
In an agreement unanimously signed by trade unions on 22 May, Schneider Electric France is strengthening the resources for social dialogue on AI and the green transition. The text creates...
25 June 2026
United States: the House of Representatives votes on a bill aimed at accelerating collective bargaining
The news. On 9 June 2026, the House of Representatives passed the Faster Labor Contracts Act by 230 votes to 192, which aims to speed up collective bargaining within companies in the United...
19 June 2026
France: Schneider Electric signs its first agreement specifically dedicated to older employees
On June 17, 2026, Schneider Electric France's management (15,000 employees) and all representative trade unions signed a first-ever four-year agreement on the employment of experienced workers...
18 June 2026
Luxembourg: 2026 Tripartite Agreement Focuses on Purchasing Power
The news. On 8 June, Luxembourg Prime Minister Luc Frieden and representatives of employers’ and trade union organizations signed the 2026 Tripartite Resilience Package...
10 June 2026
France: Michelin plans workforce adjustment with no forced layoffs
On 28 May, the Michelin group announced "a necessary adjustment" to its workforce in France (17,000 employees). The tyre giant plans to cut 1,500 jobs over three years, primarily in white-collar...
2 June 2026
Workers’ rights degraded globally by the crackdown on union action (ITUC)
The news. On 31 May, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) published its annual report on the state of workers’ rights worldwide. The 2026 edition reveals a global degradation...
1 June 2026
Italy: the new insurance collective agreement bets on artificial intelligence and quality of life at work
On 13 May, the social partners of the Italian insurance sector concluded a new national collective agreement. It strengthens purchasing power, inclusion initiatives and working hour flexibility...
28 May 2026
The right to strike considered as a fundamental right by the International Court of Justice
The news. Referred to by the ILO in 2023, the International Court of Justice delivered an advisory opinion on 21 May on the scope of Convention No. 87 of the tripartite institution dedicated to...
27 May 2026
France: Maif pledges to preserve jobs and reinvest AI productivity gains
On May 11, the French insurance group Maif and its trade unions signed an agreement to initiate a social dialogue process regarding AI. One year after publishing an action plan on 2025 use cases...
13 May 2026
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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: 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
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UK: duty for employers to inform workers of their right to join a trade union postponed to 1 January 2027
The news. On 25 September, the British government published its response to a consultation launched on 23 October on the duty to inform workers of their right to join a trade union. The...
1 October 2026