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Sweden: Ericsson announces nearly 1,000 layoffs in its Gävle plant and opens talks with unions
n announced more layoffs, this time on the Gävle and Boras plants, following the leave program developed and implemented in 2009 for the Stockholm, Huldiksvall, Karlskrona and Lulea sites...
6 January 2010
Great Britain: code of practice on time off for union representatives
code of practice on union representatives’ time off for union activities was enforced. This code, made by the Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service (Acas), updates the initial 2003...
6 January 2010
Germany: hardly launched, the new “ELENA” workers’ database sparks off controversy
e ever made in Germany was launched on January 1. In accordance with the “Law on the ELENA process” of March 28, 2009, all businesses have to give a central organization, once a month...
6 January 2010
EU: report points to energy EWCs’ poor participation in CSR policies
ed out by the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) and the Social Development Agency (SDA) entitled “Learning and EWC practices in the European Energy Sector,” a study...
Germany: employers call for wage moderation for 2010 collective bargaining
year, which should be punctuated by no less than 84 collective negotiations affecting about 9.4 million employees in different sectors, a growing number of businesses and economic experts are in...
4 January 2010
Denmark: negotiations for the renewal of CCN in the private sector could be contentious
g to have to make special efforts to avoid the social conflicts which might arise from the renegotiation of collective agreements. This is what comes out of an analysis carried out by the Labor...
4 January 2010
Netherlands: debate on arduous work and retirement at 67
vernment declined a proposal presented by unions and employers to allow low-income workers to escape retirement at 67 as provided by the reform in the offing. Unions think this income limit is a...
4 January 2010
Sweden: services get a cooperation agreement (samarbetsvatal)
ions, and like the industry, services just got a cooperation agreement (samarbetsvatal) signed between Unionen (union of private sector employees), Sveriges Ingenjorer (engineering union), Jusek...
23 December 2009
Portugal: government imposes 475 euros minimum wage in 2010 in spite of employers’ opposition
ings, the Portuguese government decided to impose a 25 euros increase for national minimum wage (SMN), bringing it from 450 up to 475 euros a month. This decision is in line with the agreements...
21 December 2009
Luxembourg: State Council gives lukewarm consent to the draft amendment of posting provisions
ropean Court of Justice on September 13, 2007 (Case C-319/06) condemning Luxembourg for failing to respect Directive 96/71 on the posting of workers in the framework of the provision of services...
21 December 2009
Italy: banking social partners sign agreement reviving the sector’s “solidarity fund”
mber 16 by the banking social partners improves social protection of employees affected by the crisis who aren’t entitled to social dampers. To that end, a new unit of the sector’s...
21 December 2009
Germany: metal social partners sign “crisis agreement” on worker exchange in North Rhine-Westphalia
egional federation in North Rhine-Westphalia signed an agreement with the region’s five sectoral employers’ organizations to allow leasing employees between businesses. This crisis...
18 December 2009
Netherlands: TNT Post competitors fight about working conditions
e government refused more flexible labor market conditions to Sandd and Selekt Mail, rivals of former national post TNT Post. Sandd sued the State to cancel the September ordinance which imposes...
18 December 2009
Austria: trade workers will get a 1.5% wage increase on January 1, 2010
November for the 570,000 employees (Angestellte) in trade was used for workers (Arbeiter) in the sector (storekeepers, drivers…), i.e. about 100,000 people. Unlike the agreement for...
17 December 2009
Great Britain: government improves support to youth employment and the fight against long-term unemployment
government published a white paper to fight against the impact of the recession on employment. It notably provides for a subsidy of 2,500 pounds for employers taking on 16-17-year-old apprentices;...
16 December 2009
Belgium: anticrisis measures extended to June 30, 2010
en the social partners failed, the Federal Government decided, on December 15, during a limited Council of Ministers, to add six months to three measures adopted in June to face businesses’...
16 December 2009
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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
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
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
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Oliver Dietrich (IG Metall): “The advent of AI can be a means of deepening social partnership within companies”
In Germany, trade unions want to influence how AI is deployed in companies. Oliver Dietrich is an AI project manager at the regional office of the IG Metall trade union in North Rhine-Westphalia...
21 January 2026
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EU: social partners split over competitiveness and action on job quality
The European Trade Union Confederation and BusinessEurope have published their response to the consultation document on the European Commission's upcoming EU quality jobs initiative. The two...
4 February 2026
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Germany: collective bargaining negotiations begin in chemical industry
Collective bargaining talks in Germany’s chemical and pharmaceutical industries are due to open this week, covering nearly 580,000 employees across around 1,700 companies. With the sector facing...
3 February 2026
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Italy: new generational renewal agreement penned at UniCredit
The agreement signed on 30 December by UniCredit, Italy’s second-largest banking group, with the Fabi, First-Cisl, Fisac-Cgil, Uilca and Unisin trade unions aims to continue generational...
15 January 2026
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France: social partner talks extend far beyond contractual terminations
After a false start on 3 December, French social partners resumed talks on 7 January 2026 on potential changes to the unemployment insurance agreement, including the rules governing compensation...
12 January 2026
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EU: banking sector social partners commit to combating violence and harassment
On 15 January, the trade union federation UNI Europa Finance and three employers’ associations in the banking sector signed a joint statement on preventing violence and harassment in the...
16 January 2026