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Germany : Metro group created a new company to get away from collective agreements
Whereas warning strikes started in the retailing sector after the ongoing branch collective negotiations failed, Metro, one of the most important retail groups in the world, has just created a new...
25 September 2007
Italy: Maserati’s new company agreement is signed
For a duration of four years (2007-2010), the new company contract plans the increase of the results bonus, an improvement in apprenticeship contracts as well as the establishment of new...
24 September 2007
Renault: the group works council will be informed of Renault-Nissan’s new Moroccan factory
Nissan and Renault's CEO, Carlos Ghosn, announced on September 1, 2007, that he wanted to build a new "low-cost" factory in Morocco in Tangier's free trade zone by the second semester of 2010. The...
24 September 2007
Volkswagen-Porsche EC: Volkswagen’s central WC is trying to block the creation of the Porsche Holding EC through a summary proceeding
War broke out between VW's central WC and the Porsche group's management. On September 17, 2007, the WC lodged a complaint to the Stuttgart labour court against the agreement on staff...
24 September 2007
France: tight schedule for President Sarkozy’s vast social reforms program
On September 18, the French President Nicolas Sarkozy made the inventory of the social reforms the government will start working on with social partners. The reform of special pension schemes...
21 September 2007
Germany: 238.000 temporary workers got a 7.6% wage increase
The Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB) and the "grouping for temporary companies' collective interest" (IGZ) signed, on September 19, 2007, a wage agreement planning a 7.6% wage increase...
20 September 2007
Germany: painful birth of the universal minimum wage in postal services
After long discussions, the German Council of Ministers (Bundeskabinett) finally decided to extend the law on "posted workers" to postal services. Gradually, this amendment should make mandatory...
20 September 2007
Arcelor-Mittal: extension of the world framework agreement, creation of an international works council and adoption of a joint health-security program
Trade union representatives of the Arcelor-Mittal group, brought together by the International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) during a world conference organized in Montréal (Canada) on September...
20 September 2007
Spain: Catalan rail workers gave a strike notice to protest against the transfer of the suburban train networks management towards the region
Catalan railway workers' trade unions issued a six-day strike notice to protest against the way the transfer of the suburban train networks management from the State to the region is negotiated...
20 September 2007
Italy: the national collective agreement for managers in the transport sector is renewed
CONFETRA (general Italian Confederation for Transportation and Logistics) and MANAGERITALIA (national federation of managers, executives and trade, transportation, tourism, services and the...
18 September 2007
Germany: electricians acquired minimum wage
The IG Metall trade union, the central union of electric industries and of communication skills (ZVEH) and the federal Minister of Employment signed an agreement on the creation of a minimum wage...
18 September 2007
Great Britain: arm wrestling between unions and employers about national and European legislation on temp work
The annual TUC congress gave rise to an discussion between employers and trade unions about the legislation on equal treatment between temporary and permanent workers. The European draft directive...
18 September 2007
Hager Group EC: 27 countries will be represented in the European Company’s future works council
Since June 15, the German group Hager, specialized in electric installation equipment, is recorded in the Saarbrück trade register with the status EC. On September 18, 2007, staff representatives...
17 September 2007
Belgium: social partners reached an agreement on the 2008 social elections
After long months of secret negotiation, social partners reached an agreement on September 14, 2007, enabling the 2008 social elections to be successful. In addition, they committed to find a...
17 September 2007
France: a law about the prevention of social conflicts and on service organization in the event of a strike in public transportation
Very criticized by trade unions, a law about the prevention of conflicts and the organization of the service in the event of a strike in the public service of daily ground transportation of people...
14 September 2007
GDF: EWC and management agreed to restart the information and consultation procedure on the merger with Suez from the beginning
New file, new device for information and consultation. Gathered in an extraordinary session on Wednesday September 12, Gaz de France's European Works Council obtained from the management that it...
13 September 2007
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31 October 2025
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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France: austerity measures proposed in social security financing bill for 2026
Limits on sick leave, the end of social security exemptions for apprentices, and the introduction of additional birth leave: the 2026 social security financing bill, presented to parliament on 14...
16 October 2025
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Germany: legal battle at Tesla ahead of works council election
The Frankfurt/Oder labour court has postponed a mid-November hearing in the case between the IG Metall union and Michaela Schmitz, employee representative and head of the works council at the...
28 October 2025
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France: generative AI and older workers central to BPCE’s skills management strategy
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025
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Candice Guillot (Talan): “Our recruiters save just over 80 hours per year on administrative tasks thanks to AI”
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025