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Areva: launch of FACES, the European project aimed to improve social dialogue for better competence management
he launch of the FACES project (Forecasting and Anticipating Competences in Europe through Social Dialogue), to enforce the part on European social dialogue contained in the European agreement on...
12 October 2011
Germany: big energy producers are getting ready to cut staff
generator in Germany, confirmed that it intended to cut 11,000 jobs, 6,000 of which in Germany. A social plan will be presented at the end of October, but this decision is rejected by the Verdi...
11 October 2011
Netherlands: government ready to talk retirement with young people
ocial Affairs Henk Kamp wants to see more young people at the negotiating table on retirement. However, people under 25 only account for 4% of union members for 36% of 25-45 year-olds and 60% of...
11 October 2011
Sweden: technology social partners lay foundation for coming sectoral negotiations
titive while dealing with employees’ interests? It is the underlying question for the coming negotiations in the technological industry. Following the claims released on September 20th by...
10 October 2011
Morocco: new assistance to boost youth employment
yers’ organization recently signed a new agreement. For the permanent recruitment of a young people for more than 12 months on ANAPEC benefits (the National Agency for Promoting Employment...
10 October 2011
EU: electricity social partners want to be closely involved with the ongoing “stress tests” in the nuclear industry
ean electricity social partners (Eurelectric for employers and EMCEF and EPSU for unions) met for a social dialogue meeting. The nuclear industry stood out with, among other things, a draft joint...
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10 October 2011
Germany: IG-Metall Conference celebrates the success of its strategic shift
e, organized every four years, started on Sunday, October 9th in Lüdenscheid and will end on the evening of October 15th. The 481 delegates will have to vote nearly 500 motions. These include...
10 October 2011
Hungary: government prepares reform to reduce the prerogatives and protection of employee representatives
tional Economy presented, last week, a tentative Labor Code reform envisaging the removal of layoff protection for some categories of employees (workers on parental leave, seniors, union...
10 October 2011
EU: 3rd Uni Europa Congress calls for union for better action
ber 3-5 for the 3rd time, the Conference of the European services workers union, Uni Europa, introduced the “Union-Vision-Action” program for the next four years. For the organization...
10 October 2011
Sweden: Almega employers’ organization wants to upgrade collective agreements
ctive agreements” declared Almega, the key sectoral employers’ organization with 10,000 businesses in services, at its press conference on September 21st. In preparation for the coming...
6 October 2011
Austria: unprecedented clash in metal collective bargaining
ers’ unions announced a figured wage claim for collective negotiations before. Never had they called for a strike after the first bargaining meeting either. Now they have, after the meeting...
6 October 2011
Belgium: unions are looking for candidates for the 2012 employee representation bodies’ election
s of Works Councils (WCs) and Committees for prevention and protection at the workplace (Comités pour la prévention et la protection au travail, CPPT) will take place in May 2012 in...
6 October 2011
EU: Oliver Roethig, Uni Europa regional secretary, thinks “EWCs should be a platform for unions’ work”
lanet Labor during the Congress of the European services’ union, Uni Europa, which took place in Toulouse, France, on October 4-5, Oliver Roethig, the federation’s new regional...
6 October 2011
Germany: Daimler staff get job security until 2016
000 German employees: they are safe from layoffs until December 31, 2016. After relatively quick negotiations, the carmaker’s management and central WC agreed, on October 5th, on the renewal...
5 October 2011
Luxembourg: social partners are back at the bargaining table
ad been on hold for a year and a half. The government, employers’ representatives and unions finally met on September 29th. While the very existence of automatic indexing is no longer in...
5 October 2011
United States: employment is still the key priority in the auto industry with the agreement signed with Ford
three weeks ago, Ford is the second American carmaker to reach an understanding with United Auto Workers (UAW). The tentative agreement, even if it doesn’t provide for a general wage...
5 October 2011
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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
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31 October 2025
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France: Yves Rocher convicted of breach of duty of vigilance for infringement of freedom of association
The specialised chamber of the Paris Judicial Court convicted Yves Rocher on 12 March for breaching its duty of vigilance. The group was sued by Turkish employees dismissed in 2018 by a subsidiary...
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12 March 2026
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Spain: business support package to tackle the economic impact of the Middle East conflict
The Spanish government approved a series of measures on 20 March to support companies facing rising energy prices. In return, these businesses are prohibited from making redundancies for economic...
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EU: Council adopts position on simplifying AI rules
The Council of the EU approved its position on 13 March regarding the “omnibus regulation” proposal, published last November by the Commission to simplify the AI Act. Confirming the...
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20 March 2026
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Germany: a corporate group supports local political engagement via its “Democracy Charter”
Large corporations in the Hesse region, surrounding Frankfurt, are defending local democracy by enabling employees to volunteer in local public life through an initiative dubbed the "Democracy...
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United States: Coca-Cola subsidiary sued by the administration over women-only event
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced on 18 February that it is launching federal proceedings against Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast for “sex-based...
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6 March 2026