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Corporate practices: Daimler’s “production learning system” to fight against the impact of demographic ageing
Introduced in 2004 in the Mannheim factory, the "Produktion Lern System" allowed to quicken and dynamize training courses and processes on an industrial site faced with many experienced workers...
9 July 2008
Italy: the CISL shuts a training institute down for embezzlement
The IAL (Istituto addestramento lavoratori – the CISL's training institute) shut its Abruzzo (central Italy) regional structure, which is subject to an investigation on embezzlement. This scandal...
9 July 2008
Luxembourg: draft regulation on minimum wage for highly-skilled third-country nationals
The Governing Council adopted, on July 4, 2008, a draft regulation defining the minimum income level for highly-skilled workers, pursuant to the bill on the free movement of people and...
7 July 2008
International: creation of a transatlantic union as an answer to global capitalism
Workers Uniting; this will be the name of the trade union born from the merger between the British union Unite and the American union United Steelworkers (USW). The new trans-Atlantic organization...
7 July 2008
Poland: minimum wage increase for 2009
On July 2, the government suggested to the tripartite commission (social dialogue council) to bring minimum wage to 1.204 zlotys (about €363) in 2008, that is a 6.9% increase. Employers are...
7 July 2008
Peru: workers strike for better share of income
The authorities have declared the third national strike in Peruvian mines this year was illegal. About 30.000 people went on a strike to ask for better wages and lower retirement age. But the...
4 July 2008
France : transposition by the social partners of the European framework agreement on stress at work
The French social partners reached agreement on July 2. At present four unions (CGT, CFDT, FO and CFE-CGC) out of five reacted favorably specifying that they should normally sign it after...
4 July 2008
Spain: strike notice on July 12-15 at Renfe Operadora and Adif
Spanish unions are protesting against the partition of the freight transport from the rest of the Renfe Operadora railway, announced on June 24 by the head of State, José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero...
4 July 2008
Gaz de France: CSR agreement for the European companies of the group
On July 2, 2008, the European trade union federations (EPSU, EMF and EMCEF) and all the national trade unions represented within Gaz de France's EWC signed, together with the management, a CSR...
3 July 2008
Portugal : postponement of the debate in parliament of the reform of the labor code
An unexpected postponement. The Portuguese government has settled the issue: the debate in the National Assembly will not take place before September (see article n° 080538). The announcement of...
3 July 2008
Interseroh: the German group chooses to become a European Company
Announced in September 2007, the transformation of the Interseroh AG group into a European Company (SE) was approved by the shareholders on June 25, 2008 in Cologne during the general assembly. On...
2 July 2008
Klöckner & Co: the German group turns into a European Company
102 years after its creation, the Klöckner & Co company, the largest independent multi-metal distributor in the world, laid the foundation stone for its transformation into a European Company...
1 July 2008
Germany: the collective agreements signed in 2008 confirm the end of wage restraint
In its middle evaluation, the Institute for Economic and Social Research (WSI) of the Hans Böckler Foundation presents a summary of the industry-wide collective agreements signed in the first six...
30 June 2008
Spain : unions and employers in the metal industry sign an agreement on safety at work
Information. Information will be communicated by visits of delegates to work sites in firms with 6 to 50 employees. Hitherto, visits by people appointed by the unions to companies without staff...
26 June 2008
Portugal : tripartite agreement on the reform of the labor code
The agreement signed on June 25 terminates tough negotiations lasting six weeks (from April 22 to June 4 followed by bilateral meetings). Confronted with unexpected threats of the UGT ( close to...
26 June 2008
China : skilled workforce on the downturn and wages on the rise, China will soon no longer be “an employers’ paradise”
China, which introduced new labor regulations on January 1, 2008 (see article n° 070676), is beginning to witness the accumulation of worrisome signals in the employment sector. According to Cai...
25 June 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