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Gaz de France: EWC threatens to sue management again
During the January 22, 2008 meeting, Gaz de France's EWC refused to speak out on the merger with Suez on the grounds that it was not fully informed. It empowered its secretary to submit the case...
25 January 2008
Germany: PIN AG to apply new legal postal minimum wage, TNT still refuses
PIN AG, first private company in the postal sector in Germany, currently in bankruptcy reorganization proceeding, finally decided to apply the new legal minimum wage which came into effect on...
24 January 2008
Slovakia: mounting pressure in ongoing wage negotiations
Social partners have not yet reached a wage agreement for 2008. unions are asking for a 7% wage increase and threaten to launch a general strike in February, whereas employers are standing on...
22 January 2008
Italy: social partners signed the agreement for the renewal of metalworkers’ national collective agreement
After about seven months of negotiations and several strikes, the employers' organizations Federmeccanica and Assista and the three unions of the sector, Fim, Fiom and Uilm, signed the agreement...
22 January 2008
Spain: Correros ‘ unions mobilized against the liberalization of the postal sector
Correros unions - the Spanish public operator - are mobilized against what they see as the forced liberalization of the postal sector. They launched a campaign against the fact that private...
21 January 2008
Germany: Labour Minister to introduce minimum wage in all branches
Less than two weeks after a very disputed minimum wage came into effect in the postal sector (see our articles No. 071031, 071004), Olaf Scholz (SPD), German Minister of Labour and Social Affairs...
18 January 2008
Great Britain: TUC sensitizing on gender dimension in health and safety policies
The Trade Union Confederation TUC published a checklist aimed for union representatives in charge of health and safety to evaluate companies' policies concerning the gender dimension in the...
17 January 2008
Nokia: the EMF denounced violations of the directive on EWCs
European trade unions immediately reacted when the giant Finnish phone company announced, on January 16, the closure of one of its German sites. The European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF)...
17 January 2008
Italy: renewal of the economic part of the Gas and Water sector’s collective agreement
An average 113 euros wage increase for 2008-2009 and a joint opinion to face the sector's difficulties and limit the consequences the liberalization of the market has on employment. These are the...
16 January 2008
Italy: unions worried about Alitalia’s jobs after privatization and Air France-KLM’s buyout
The Cgil, Cisl and Uil unions are not satisfied after their first meeting, on January 16, 2008, with the President of the Council, Romano Prodi, about Alitalia's privatization and its possible...
16 January 2008
Denmark: the union confederation HK getting ready for big restructuring
The extraordinary congress of the union confederation HK, the second largest in Denmark in terms of members, elected chairman Kim Simonsen, leader of the unions' "local public administration...
15 January 2008
Germany: train drivers get an 11% wage increase
Started last March, the longest rail conflict in German history is coming to an end. The train drivers' union, GDL, announced, on January 13, 2008, that he set with the Deutsche Bahn (DB) the day...
15 January 2008
France: social partners agree to modernize the labour market
Employers' and union organizations signed, on January 11, a draft agreement on the modernization of the labour market. Presented as a French enforcement of the EU's flexicurity system, this...
14 January 2008
Italy: negotiations on the renewal of metalworkers’ national collective agreement resumed
Negotiations for the renewal of metalworkers' national collective agreement started again on January 9, with both parties openly willing to sign an agreement as soon as possible. For the first...
14 January 2008
EU : a study on European works councils
77 companies took part to the survey, representing 10 industrial sectors in 12 countries of the European Union. A third have a workforce of over 50,000, just under a third have less than 10,000...
10 January 2008
Suez-Gaz de France: update of the information-consultation process for the merger
Suez's management declared, on January 8, that the unfavourable judgement rendered by its European dialogue body "end the procedure of consultation of staff representation bodies" and enables to...
10 January 2008
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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: CDC Habitat defines a framework and means for social dialogue on AI
In an agreement signed on 23 February with trade unions, the subsidiary of CDC (Caisse des dépôts et consignations) Habitat (10,800 employees) guarantees that AI solutions will only...
23 February 2026
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Catherine Chavanier (CDC Habitat): “Social dialogue on AI facilitates its deployment”
In February, CDC Habitat (10,500 employees) signed a two-year framework agreement governing social dialogue on AI. Catherine Chavanier, HR Director of the subsidiary of CDC (Caisse des dépôts et...
20 March 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
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United Kingdom: launch of consultation on protection against detriment for industrial action
The British government launched a public consultation on 26 February regarding new protections for workers against "detriment" related to industrial action, scheduled to take effect in October...
12 March 2026
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France: bioMérieux’s new disability agreement pivots towards mental health
The news. On 6 January 2026, bioMérieux—an in vitro diagnostics specialist employing 4,400 people in France—signed a new four-year agreement “relating to the employment...
4 March 2026
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Germany: controversial collective bargaining compliance act adopted
On 26 February, the Bundestag approved the Tariftreuegesetz (collective bargaining compliance act), aimed at strengthening collective agreements and tackling social dumping by tying certain public...
26 February 2026