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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
United Kingdom: consultation launched on enhanced dismissal protection for pregnant women and new mothers
On 23 October, the UK government published a consultation on enhanced dismissal protections for pregnant women and new mothers, as part of the Employment Rights Bill (ERB). The government is...
29 October 2025
Finland: bill tabled to make dismissals easier
On 23 October, the Finnish government submitted to parliament a bill — dubbed the 'kick law' by its critics — that would ease the conditions for individual dismissals. The proposal seeks to make...
28 October 2025
Spain: new leave provisions under consideration relating to bereavement and palliative care support
On 20 October, Spain’s labour ministry submitted a draft decree-law on end-of-life leave to the social partners. The proposal seeks to extend bereavement leave, introduce a 15-day leave...
27 October 2025
Greece: parliament adopts 13-hour working day
Greece’s parliament approved a bill to liberalise labour rules on 16 October. The legislation allows employers to hire more easily, expands overtime, and permits working days of up to 13 hours...
21 October 2025
Switzerland: National Council relaxes remote work rules and introduces right to disconnect
Swiss federal lawmakers have voted by a wide margin to extend the framework governing remote working, aiming to "better reflect the opportunities offered by digitalisation" and promote a healthier...
17 October 2025
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
France: government proposes suspending pension reform
French prime minister Sébastien Lecornu, reappointed on 10 October after resigning four days earlier, delivered his general policy speech to the National Assembly on 14 October. He announced the...
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15 October 2025
Italy: law on pay rules out introduction of national minimum wage
A delegation law published in Italy’s official journal on 3 October grants the government six months to issue decree-laws on pay and collective bargaining. The measure effectively rules out the...
9 October 2025
AI-driven job cuts on the rise in tech sector
As leading tech companies ramp up investment in artificial intelligence (AI) and roll out transformation plans to boost its development, layoffs across the sector are increasing. But are the job...
7 October 2025
Poland: bill tabled to swiftly transpose European adequate minimum wage directive
Since the bill to transpose the European directive on adequate minimum wages has yet to be approved by the Polish Council of Ministers, left-wing MPs — members of a party within the governing...
7 October 2025
France: insurance sector becomes first to sign agreement on employment of older workers
On 25 June 2025, France Assureurs – the employers’ association for the insurance industry – and five representative trade unions signed the sector’s first three-year agreement aimed at promoting...
6 October 2025
French OECD Contact Point urges Shein to comply with international human rights standards
After two years of proceedings, France’s OECD National Contact Point on 29 September issued 10 recommendations urging Chinese fast-fashion giant Shein to overhaul its business model and exercise...
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1 October 2025
Belgium: government fast-tracks measures to foster return to work from incapacity
On 26 September, Belgium’s cabinet gave second-reading approval to a package of measures designed to "better manage incapacity for work". The new system seeks to "empower" employees on sick leave...
1 October 2025
China: consequences of rape can constitute an ‘accident at work’ under the law
A landmark trial began in China on 23 September. Two years after being sexually assaulted by her employer, an employee is suing the company in the labour court over a "workplace accident related...
29 September 2025
France: La Samaritaine (LVMH) fined for disproportionate employee surveillance
The operator of the La Samaritaine department store has been fined €100,000 for breaching the EU's General Data Protection Regulation. France’s data watchdog, CNIL, found it had improperly used...
26 September 2025
Austria: rapid collective agreement struck amid crisis in metalworking industry
While conditions in Austria’s metalworking sector are not yet critical, the industry is facing a trend of job losses, declining orders and stagnation. In response to the crisis, the social...
23 September 2025
France: agreement at Adecco to better anticipate job evolution
On 10 June, Adecco France and representative trade unions signed an agreement on job and career management and gender diversity for the period 2025-2029. Under this agreement, the temporary...
22 September 2025
Germany: IG Metall-Tesla conflict intensifies over policy to combat absenteeism
The management at Tesla's German Gigafactory is increasing pressure on its employees amid an exceptionally high rate of absenteeism. It is doing so with the support of 'Faction 23', a majority...
19 September 2025
Spain: MPs reject move to 37.5-hour working week
The Spanish parliament on 10 September rejected a bill that would have cut the standard working week from 40 to 37.5 hours with no loss of pay, effectively ending the proposal.
12 September 2025
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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
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
In January 2025, Belgian chemicals group Syensqo (formerly Solvay), which employs 13,000 staff, struck a deal with its European Works Council and Global Forum on the use of artificial...
11 September 2025
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Veolia Environnement structure son dialogue social au niveau du groupe
L'accord instituant un CE européen prévoit une échelon intermédiaire de dialogue social au niveau des pays.
9 December 2005
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Projet de mise en place d’un cadre optionnel pour les accords collectifs transnationaux.
L’agenda social 2005-2010, adopté par la Commission européenne, le 9 février 2005, prévoyait en effet l’idée de créer un cadre européen optionnel pour la négociation collective transnationale...
9 December 2005
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Adoption du règlement créant un fonds pour aider les salariés victimes de la mondialisation
La proposition de règlement créant le fonds européen d'ajustement à la mondialisation (European Globalisation adjustment Fund - EGF) précise les critères d'éligibilité à une intervention du fonds...
9 December 2005
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Regulation creating European Globalization adjustment fund is adopted
Helping employees, not companies (Article 1): for the Commission, the creation of this fund must make it possible to answer, at the European level, employees’ needs, given the consequences of...
9 December 2005
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Le retour à l’emploi des seniors ne justifie pas de conclure des CDD sans limite
La Cour de justice des Communautés européennes a jugé contraire au droit communautaire une loi allemande qui autorisait, sans restriction, au nom de la lutte contre le chômage, la conclusion de...
12 December 2005