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Italy: government speeds up labor reform
Yesterday, March 12, during the sixth unusual tripartite negotiation – because the government still hasn’t presented the social partners with a single document –, Labor Minister Elsa Fornero...
13 March 2012
Morocco: are employees having a hard time adjusting to corporate challenges?
Professional language and school system are the real problem. “Our continuous education agency is generally called upon for upgrading middle staff's French and for the professional development of...
12 March 2012
Italy: insurance sector renews national collective agreement
Insurance unions (Fiba-Cisl, Fisac-CGIL, FNA, SNFIA and UILCA) and the Ania employers’ organization reached an agreement, on March 7, renewing the sector’s national collective agreement, which...
9 March 2012
Germany: more and more young unemployed graduates from southern Europe are seeking happiness in Germany
Assistance to SMEs. To help German businesses face the growing lack of skilled workers, the Federal Employment Agency, through its Foreign Workers Placement services (ZAV), has been carrying out...
9 March 2012
Spain: unions call for a general strike against the labor law reform on March 29
The two union leaders said the government was responsible for the strike because of “the way it acted and its carelessness” in presenting the reform without even discussing it with the trade...
9 March 2012
Spain: Vodafone’s new collective agreement provides for short-time working, optional working time cuts and pay cuts to avoid layoffs
The UGT’s transportation and communication federation detailed, in a press release, a series of measures on the implementation of a savings plan via:
9 March 2012
Italy: national Fiom demonstration for “Democracy at work”
“Empty factories and a full Piazza San Giovanni.” This is what Maurizio Landini, leader of the Fiom, wants for the national mobilization day called by the CGIL’s union for tomorrow, Friday, March...
8 March 2012
EU: interview of Fabrice Warneck, in charge of the trade industry at the Uni Europa union federation, about the campaign of the European Sunday Alliance
Fabrice Warneck. Our Alliance defends decent working time in Europe. This day of action specifically targeted rest on Sunday because, lately, there is a trend of deregulation affecting work on...
8 March 2012
Denmark: new collective agreement in computing
Improving training rights. Employees may add to their training rights for up to three years but, in theory, they can’t use them during layoff notice. As in the trade industry, “training...
7 March 2012
MAN SE: new international framework agreement on fundamental rights at work
After becoming a European company in April 2009 (see our dispatch No. 090353), the MAN SE multinational company (€16.5 billion in sales in 2011), which has its headquarters in Munich, employees...
7 March 2012
Netherlands: soaring precariousness on the labor market
insurance released figures, saying that they were “shocking,” showing that no more than 2,000 people signed a permanent contract in 2011, as opposed to 83,000 in 2010. Fixed-term...
7 March 2012
Italy: new agreement at TNT Post introduces bank of hours to improve parental leave
New flexibility. Yet, introducing the new organization of the mail and package delivery activity over five days (bringing the workday from 6.28 hours up to 7.44 hours in accordance with the...
7 March 2012
Germany: Hans-Böckler foundation says increased competition in urban mass transportation intensified drivers’ workload
Communal transport companies are under pressure. Carried out by consultant Hubert Resch for the Hans-Böckler foundation, the study, entitled “Intensification of drivers’ work following...
6 March 2012
Lafarge: in Indonesia, management and BWI international union federation extend the framework agreement to subcontractors
Joint platform. This platform, composed of employee and management representatives, will meet once a year to discuss working conditions on the Banda Aceh site. The BWI says this is a first step...
6 March 2012
Denmark: construction, packaging and textile industries renew collective agreements
An agreement dividing the social partners was signed on March 1 to renew the collective agreements in the construction sector, so much so that they called separate press conferences to reveal the...
5 March 2012
Romania: temporary work is soaring
Starting out sector. Indeed, in 2009, Romania was the European country where temporary work had the lowest rate – only 12,000 people. Temporary contracts were even quite rare since barely 1...
5 March 2012
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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
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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