Labour relations

On 16 June 2025, the management of French banking group BPCE's holding company and five trade unions signed a new agreement on professional equality. It renews the group's ambition by introducing...

9 July 2025

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

Netherlands: government introduces bill to combat bogus self-employment

The Dutch government has presented a bill aimed at combating bogus self-employment, which is thought to affect 200,000 people in the country. It proposes introducing a threshold of €36 per hour...

7 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

Germany: Volkswagen creates new structures to accelerate job cuts

With at least 20,000 early departures already confirmed, Volkswagen's plan to reduce its German workforce appears to be on schedule. However, the extensive restructuring at Europe's leading car...

10 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

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8 December 2025

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