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Italy: the Health Department and unions criticize Fiat
Giampaolo Patta, under-secretary for the Health Department, accused Fiat of violating Law 123 on relations with subcontractors in terms of occupational safety; the group refused to take part in...
14 February 2008
Greece: general strike against pension reform
Unions from the public and private sector (respectively ADEDY and GSEE) launched, on February 13, a general 24-hour strike in protest against the pension reform which notably plans to cancel the...
13 February 2008
Slovakia: new regulation to calculate minimum wage
The new law concerning minimum wage, which the Slovakian National Assembly adopted on December 5, 2008, came into effect on February 1, 2008. It introduces a new procedure for the annual minimum...
12 February 2008
Ireland: SIPTU union threatens to block negotiations for the national wage agreement
A few days only before social partners' meeting with the Prime Minister to discuss the future national wage agreement, the SIPTU union officially confirmed that it would sign no further agreement...
12 February 2008
Germany: first step towards minimum wage in the temporary sector
Two employers' federations in the temporary sector - BZA and IGZ - and the German confederation of trade unions DGB sent, on February 11, 2008, their official request for minimum wage in the...
12 February 2008
Hungary: the ITF calls on the Hungarian government to respect its commitments towards railway workers
The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) sent, on February 7, a letter to Transport Minister Kakosi Csaba, asking him to honor the commitments the government took towards workers in...
11 February 2008
Slovakia: social partners can’t agree for the renewal of the collective agreement in the mechanical engineering industry
Social partners from the mechanical engineering industries' sector have not yet signed the collective agreement for 2008-2009. Unions are asking for a 7% increase, which they justify by the...
11 February 2008
Austria: negotiations on flexible working time started
Since January 1, 2008, Austrian social partners can negotiate, at both branch and company level, an extension of usual daily and/or weekly working time, respectively to 12 hours a day and 60 hours...
11 February 2008
Bulgaria: workers from Kremikovci’s metallurgy factory still on strike
The 3.000 workers of the biggest metallurgy industry in Bulgaria - national pride from the communist era - have been on strike for two weeks. They are asking for better working conditions and...
7 February 2008
Portugal: social partners’ reaction to the White Paper on labour relations
The White Paper on labour relations (see our article No. 080025) which announces an important reform of the labour code - already deeply reviewed in 2003 - was presented on December 27, 2007 to...
7 February 2008
Italy: renewal of the economic part of the national collective agreement for chemistry’s SMEs
On January 28, Union chimica-Confapi for employers and the Filcem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uilcem-Uil unions signed the renewal of the economic part of the national collective agreement of small and...
6 February 2008
International: the IUF published a guide to help unions negotiate with investment funds when their company is bought off
The International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco and Allied Workers' Association (IUF) published a guide to help its members negotiate with the investment funds...
6 February 2008
Gaz de France: the EWC supports the revision of the 1994 directive
As many other European works councils (see our article No. 080017), Gaz de France's sent a letter, at the end of January, to the European Commissioner in charge of Employment, Social Affairs and...
6 February 2008
Spain: commentary of the law on information and consultation and wages guarantee in the event of transnational insolvency
Two years after the end of their transposition and after two infringement procedures (case CJEC C-317/06 and C-6/07), the Law 38/2007 completes the transposition into Spanish law of the European...
5 February 2008
Michelin: amendment clause to the EWC agreement
The French tyre manufacturer Michelin signed an amendment to the agreement establishing the European works council, after its employed members required better information on events concerning the...
4 February 2008
BASF SE : agreement on the involvement of employees in BASF SE
The transformation of chemistry's No. 1 into a European Company took about 9 months, from the permission given by shareholders on April 26, 2007 to the registration in the trade register on...
4 February 2008
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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