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Italy: Cisl, Uil and Confindustria sign the confederal agreement enforcing the reform of the conventional system
growth, development of employment and increased productivity,” the two union confederations Cisl and Uil and the Confindustria employers’ association signed, on April 15, 2009, the...
17 April 2009
Germany: temp’s Christian trade unions (CGZP) cannot negotiate collective agreements
n court on April 1 is going to revive the controversy on the introduction of minimum wage in the temporary sector. Indeed, competition between collective agreements signed by the CGPZ and the...
17 April 2009
Netherlands: new union requirements on partial unemployment
Since April 1, businesses hit by the crisis can send their employees to partial unemployment, up to half their working time, for three months which can be renewed twice (see our dispatch No. ...
16 April 2009
Lithuania: flexible Labor Code via collective bargaining
artite committee gathering the State, unions and employers looked at the Labor Code amendments proposed by the Ministry of Labor and Social Protection, the Lithuanian Free Market Institute and the...
16 April 2009
SNOP: establishment of a European works council
FSD, composed of SNOP SA, specialized in making metallic constituents for the car industry, and the SNOM toolmaker (nought in July 2008), has 2.403 employees in Europe. It is present in France...
15 April 2009
Netherlands: CEOs’ pay strongly decreasing
the largest businesses listed on the stock exchange dropped by 21% in 2008, revolving around 3 million euro annually, says a study carried out by the De Volkskrant daily. This subject is closely...
15 April 2009
Whikhahn: international framework agreement
With this agreement, the company, which only employs 600 people (400 at the headquarters in Germany), commits to respect the ILO’s international labor standards for all its employees. For the...
14 April 2009
Great Britain: employers look for alternatives to laying managers off
How do businesses adjust to the economic crisis? According to the 2009 survey carried out by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) and the CELRE (the salary survey specialist), employers tend...
14 April 2009
Siemens: the German multinational launches a real policy on diversity management
ng the Chinese Jill Lee to the post of “chief diversity officer,” Siemens announced the launching of several internal networks in charge of promoting women and young managers of high...
9 April 2009
Poland: conclusions of the second social summit
summit was organized on the initiative of President Lech Kaczynski. Gathering, notably, the Prime Minister, union and employers’ representatives, economists, local governments, this summit...
9 April 2009
Brazil: President Lula da Silva asks workers to reduce their claims and help businesses
z Inacio Lula da Silva, used his past as a union leader to urge workers from his country and elsewhere to abandon improvements to their working conditions during the crisis. “This is no time...
9 April 2009
Lithuania: union revival against the crisis
ans surveyed by the Baltic Surveys Institute said they trusted their unions (32% don’t). These results are much higher than those obtained by the government (23%) and the Parliament (15%)...
8 April 2009
Italy: Fincantieri employees mobilized after the refusal of signatory unions do a referendum on the company agreement
Uilm Uil signed the company agreement with the management of shipbuilding company Fincantieri. The Fiom-CGIL rejected it and demanded employee consultation via a referendum. The signatories...
7 April 2009
PPR: EWC rejects restructuring plan announced for France
f PPR met for an extraordinary session in Paris, about the restructuring which will affect people employed by Fnac and Conforama in France. Although it only affects employees in one country, the...
7 April 2009
Spain: UGT union reelects Candido Mendez as general secretary after 40th Congress
ss on April 1-4, Candido Mendez was reelected with 93.2% of votes for (none against) and more support than four years ago – when he gathered 75.9% of the votes. This reelection confirms that...
7 April 2009
Belgium: one year to implement a policy on drugs and alcohol on the workplace
aken in the interprofessional agreement of February 2, 2007, the social partners signed, on April 1, 2009, a collective agreement on drugs and alcohol on the workplace. The goal is to give...
6 April 2009
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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: 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