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Great Britain: minimum wage increase on October 1
Hourly minimum wage for workers over 22 increased of 3.8% on October 1, 2008. It went from £5.52 (around €7) to £5.73 (around €7.30). Workers aged 18-21 will receive £4.77 (€6) instead of £4.60...
2 October 2008
Netherlands: a bill to make companies responsible of the first six months of unemployment
The center-left governmental coalition wants to give companies the possibility to be responsible for the maintained payment of their dismissed employees for the first six months of unemployment...
1 October 2008
Germany: Ver.di and the Postbank sign a “home agreement” while the trial of strength in the banking sector is escalating
On September 25, the Ver.di union and the management of the Postbank reached an agreement on a moderate wage increase and a strengthening of job security. This is not always the case in the rest...
1 October 2008
GeoPost: agreement for the establishment of a European works council
The management of the GeoPost group (20.000 employees) which gathers the express parcel subsidiaries of the group La Poste present in 30 European countries (Chronopost International, DPD...)...
30 September 2008
Great Britain/Poland: interunion cooperation agreement between the TUC, Solidarnosc and OPZZ
On September 25, 2008, in London, Brendan Barber, leader of the TUC, Janusz Sniadek, leader of Solidarnosc and Jan Guz, leader of the OPZZ, signed a cooperation agreement aimed at providing...
26 September 2008
HP-EDS: European trade union federations denounce the restructuring plan announced in the framework of the merger
On the occasion of the extraordinary meeting of the EWCs of HP and of EDS, last September 25, 2008 in London, the European trade union federations EMF and Uni-Europa denounced job cuts announced...
26 September 2008
Germany: former Siemens manager admits “buying” a union to block the IG Metall, the majority union
The trial of Wilhelm Schelsky, former head of the independent employee association AUB (Arbeitsgemeinschaft Unabhängiger Betriebsangehöriger) and of Johannes Feldmayer, former Siemens manager...
24 September 2008
Italy: call center workers organize their first strike and national demonstration
The first national strike of call-center workers, organized by the SLC-CGIL, Fistel-Cisl, Uilcom unions and the basic unions (with the support of the organizations representing Alai Cisl, CPO Uil...
24 September 2008
Ireland: social partners reach a draft agreement on national pay
After several months of controversy and ten days of almost uninterrupted bargaining, the government, the trade unions and the employers found an agreement, on September 17, on national pay. It is...
24 September 2008
Saint-Gobain: additional agreement to the agreement establishing the EWC
On May 13, 2008, the management of the French group Saint-Gobain and the European trade unions Emcef and Feccia, as well as their affiliates, adopted an additional agreement to the agreement...
23 September 2008
Danske Bank: international framework agreement to guarantee workers’ rights
On September 9, 2008, the Baltic bank group Danske Bank, the International trade union federation UNI Global, its sectoral federation, UNI Finance, and six national trade unions (*) signed, in...
22 September 2008
Belgium: the CSC joins the FGTB for a day of action on October 6
After the mobilization call launched by the FGTB on September 16, 2008, the Christian trade union confederation (CSC) decided, on September 18, to join the FGTB's initiative to organize a day of...
22 September 2008
Germany: a study outlines the current structure of wage variations among senior executives
Wages 30% higher for the same type of job due to a remuneration variable or a progressive rise of quality criteria in the calculation of the variable appear among the factors indicated in a report...
18 September 2008
Germany: workers at Schaeffler discover the profitability of the group and demand profit-sharing and co-management
After the buyout of automobile parts supplier Continental by the family group Schaeffler, the workforce in this firm are demanding the same treatment as their new colleagues with active...
17 September 2008
Italy: 48 hours left to conclude an agreement on the fate of Alitalia’s staff
After a frenetic weekend after which the three trade union confederations CGIL, CISL, UIL and UGL found an agreement on the CAI's industrial plan, the pressure weighing on unions, especially the...
17 September 2008
Belgium: social comeback under the sign of the negotiations for the 2009-10 general multi-industry agreement
While the Social Partners will open, at the end of the year, the negotiations for the 2009-10 general multi-industry agreement, the social atmosphere is already tense with the call for strike...
17 September 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: 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