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France: law extending employee savings schemes in SMEs is adopted
A law for the development of profit-sharing and employee shareholding, definitively adopted on December 14th and published in the Official Journal, aims at increasing the buying power while...
10 January 2007
Sweden : trade unions ready for wage negotiations
Trade unions are filling their bank accounts in the perspective of collective conflicts linked to wage negotiations. This preparation is taking place within a tensed social environment, since the...
9 January 2007
Poland: a new era for salaries?
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9 January 2007
GeoPost: launching of a negotiation to set up a European work’s council
The holding which gathers since 1999 all the subsidiary shipping companies of the French group La Poste, in France and abroad, GeoPost, will set up a European work's council during spring 2007. In...
8 January 2007
Germany: major trade unions want strong wage increases for 7 million employees
In accordance with IG Metall claims, Verdi (services) and IG BCE, the trade union for chemicals and energy known for its very moderate positions, demand that employees finally be given part of the...
8 January 2007
Belgium: the social partners sign a draft cross-industry agreement
The cross-industry draft agreement provides for a standard rise in wages of 5 % over two years and a gross minimum wage raise. Improvements are also made for professional training. Most social...
22 December 2006
France Telecom : international framework agreement on fundamental rights signed
France Telecom will be particularly attentive to the prevention of forced work, to the prohibition of child labour and the exploitation of children, to health and job security, to the respect of...
21 December 2006
Germany: 2007 will be an important year for wage negotiations
In 2007, important collective agreements will be renegotiated in the main branches of German industry: metalworking industry, chemical, printing works, but also wholesale and retail trade. Given...
21 December 2006
Volkswagen: agreement on early retirements at Forest plant
After three days of negotiations, the trade unions and management of Volkswagen Forest reached, on December 20th, an agreement concerning the payment of the anticipated retirements (pre-pensions)...
21 December 2006
Schneider Electric: a negotiation on the anticipative management of restructurings
The French industrial group Schneider Electric has just launched a negotiation with the European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) on the anticipative management of restructurings to accompany the...
18 December 2006
Spain: the strategy for health and safety at work will be adopted soon, but without a territorial union representative
The Spanish government is set to adopt its strategy for health and safety at work next January. But the creation of a territorial union representative in charge of prevention and health in small...
18 December 2006
TUI : German tour operator will cut 3600 jobs, primarily in Great Britain
During a press conference on December 15, 2006, in Hamburg, Michael Frenzel, president of the board of directors of the German group of tourism and maritime transport TUI, announced a drastic...
15 December 2006
Austria: trade unions sell the “bank of workers” and pay their debts
Founded by the Austrian trade unions 84 years ago, the "bank of workers" will continue from now on its activities under the demanding supervision of Cerberus, an American fund directed by John...
15 December 2006
Areva: an agreement on equal opportunities; interview with Bart Samyn
After asking Maureen Kearney, secretary of Areva's European Work's Council (see our story n°061234) to comment on the European agreement on equal opportunities closed out within the Areva group...
14 December 2006
Volkswagen: already 700 voluntary departures at Forest plant in Belgium
Workers of Volkswagen's Forest plant who will agree to leave deliberately will be given a departure bonus of 25 000 to 144 000 euros. An agreement on the matter was concluded on December 8th 2006...
12 December 2006
Strabag SE : difficult beginning for the agreement on workers’ representation in the SE
Registered as a European company, on October 12th, 2004, Strabag, the Austrian and European construction firm, finally concluded an agreement on workers' representation in May 2006. Broadly...
11 December 2006
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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: 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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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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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: 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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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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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