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EU: social partners in chemicals industry commit to improving working conditions for migrant workers
On 30 June, the European social partners in the chemical industry, the European Chemical Employers Group and the trade union IndustriAll Europe, signed a joint declaration to combat bad practices...
8 July 2025
Italy: social partners sign protocol to limit climate risks at work
Italy’s main employee and trade union organisations signed a protocol 2 July, in the midst of a heatwave, to set out measures to protect workers in the event of a climate emergency...
8 July 2025
First European health and safety agreement signed at Clariane
On 26 June, French retirement home group Clariane signed a health and safety agreement with its European Works Council and the European Federation of Public Service Unions. The agreement extends a...
4 July 2025
France: agreement struck at Axa on social dialogue and artificial intelligence
On 13 June, the management of insurance company Axa France and the representative trade unions (CFDT, CFE-CGC and Unsa) signed a one-year agreement on social dialogue and artificial intelligence...
3 July 2025
France: Michelin cuts remote work limit to two days a week
On 18 June, the management of Michelin France reached a deal with all the trade unions present on a new four-year agreement governing remote work. It lowers the limit on remote working days from...
2 July 2025
France: social partners reach agreement on retraining
It may not be a momentous day for professional transitions and retraining, but at least the French social partners reached an agreement on 25 June 2025. The text, which aims to make existing...
27 June 2025
France: arduous work the sticking point in pension talks
After several months of negotiations, the 18th and final meeting of French social partners convened to improve the pension reform ended in failure on 23 June. While there was agreement on...
25 June 2025
Luxembourg: OGBL and LCGB trade unions form a joint structure to oppose government plans
Luxembourg's two main trade union organisations have formalised their cooperation by creating an alliance named 'Union des syndicats OGBL et LCGB'. Through this joint structure, they hope to have...
24 June 2025
Germany: two collective agreements for temporary work sector merge
The German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) and the General Association of Personnel Service Providers (GVP) have signed a new joint collective agreement for the temporary work sector, which...
19 June 2025
France: Coca-Cola Europacific Partners allows certain factory employees to work remotely
Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, the independent bottler of American giant Coca-Cola, has signed its first agreement in France on remote work since Covid-19, with all of its trade unions. The...
17 June 2025
Italy: Stellantis employees get 6.6% pay rise in 2025-2026
On 6 June, Stellantis, Ferrari, Iveco (commercial vehicles and heavy goods vehicles) and CNHI (agricultural machinery) signed an agreement with the FIM-Cisl, UILM, Fismic, UGL and AQCF trade...
13 June 2025
Austria: spring collective bargaining ends with pay rises from 2.65% to 3.05%
Led by Austria's two major trade unions PRO GE (industry) and GPA (private sector employees in all sectors), the 2025 spring negotiations were marked by more aggressive demands and, above all, a...
12 June 2025
France: Apicil bolsters diversity policy with new agreement
French insurer Apicil (2,000 employees) signed a new four-year agreement on diversity and inclusion with the CFDT, CFE-CGC and UNSA trade unions on 18 February 2025. Through this agreement, the...
10 June 2025
France: La Banque Postale signs agreement on caregiver employees
On 27 May, France’s La Banque Postale (32,500 employees) signed its first two-year company agreement with the CFDT, CGT, FO, and SNB/CFE-CGC trade unions on employees with caregiving...
3 June 2025
Netherlands: centre of expertise on arduous work for early retirement launched
At the request of the country’s labour ministry, the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO) launched a centre of expertise for arduous work on 28 May. Its aim is to...
3 June 2025
Germany: IG Metall shelves four-day week demand
As the new government's stance in favour of greater flexibility and longer working hours for German workers fuels a growing debate, the IG Metall trade union has announced that it is shelving its...
28 May 2025
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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