Renault : towards a world profit-sharing plan for all employees
During the next meeting of the Renault group's committee bureau (CGR), staff representatives will talk about the progress of the negotiations of the next profit-sharing agreement which should plan...
8 November 2007
EU: Commission to postpone the deadline for introducing directive on workers’ exposure to electromagnetic fields
Following scientific analysis highlighting the negative effects that could have some prescriptions, too strict, of Directive 2004/40/EC regarding the protection against electromagnetic fields and...
30 October 2007
Italy: CGIL started talks on internal divisions after the referendum on the social protocol
The union's management accepted, on October 23, to launch a reflection on the results of the referendum on the social protocol which split the Cgil (see our article No. 070747). Some people...
26 October 2007
Great Britain: the union TUC launched a website to inform Polish workers of their rights
The trade union confederation TUC - along with the Polish union Solidarnosc and the British public information service Citizens Advice- launched, on October 25, a website for Polish people...
25 October 2007
Thomson: free share handing out to the group’s employees
The French group Thomson decided, on June 21, 2007, to carry out a free distribution of shares in favour of all of Thomson's employees on June 1, 2007, as well as employees from its involved...
22 June 2007
Axa: the insurance group is preparing a global plan of free shares for employees
The French insurance group promised, on February 22, 2007, during the presentation of its 2006 results, to give out shares to the group's employees throughout the world. This decision fulfils a...
13 March 2007
Axa announces a capital increase reserved for employees
The insurance group has informed today, September 19th, that it was going to undertake a capital increase reserved for its employees. This operation concerns 32 countries. (Ref 06916)
19 September 2006
BNP Paribas: employees own 5% of the bank’s capital
55.800 employees of BNP Paribas in 71 countries subscribed to the increase in capital which was reserved for them, for a total amount of 282,5 million euros. Following this operation, employees...
31 July 2006
EADS postpones an employee shareholding operation
According to the Financial Times Deutschland (7-06), the European group of aircraft and defense EADS decided to postpone an employee shareholding operation which was to take place between 5 and 23...
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