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Portugal: workers in ailing businesses get better protection if wages are temporarily not paid
r 14 introduces better protection for workers if their ailing business can temporarily not pay their wages, by suspending their labor contract to receive unemployment benefits. (Ref. 090855) The...
21 September 2009
Netherlands: government envisions encouraging employees change careers after a certain number of years performing arduous work
wants to reform the labor market from top to bottom to avoid people who are physically or mentally exhausted at the end of their career. The goal is to ensure there will be no exceptions when...
21 September 2009
Great Britain: TUC’s annual congress focused on economic policy
C union was held in Liverpool on September 14-17. Unions called for a new policy protecting jobs, pensions and the middle classes. Gordon Brown promised he would protect jobs in the public sector...
21 September 2009
Brazil: auto workers at Sao Paulo get a pay raise used as a goal by other metalworkers on strike
union obtained a 6.53% wage increase – higher than inflation – for the 53,000 workers of the car plants in Sao Paulo. However, the new collective agreement doesn’t affect workers...
18 September 2009
Denmark: unions first in line against social dumping
ions have been involved, for two weeks, with the embargo of a construction site in the city of Valby (Copenhagen) to obtain a collective agreement for the twelve posted polish workers...
18 September 2009
Italy: Fiom-CGIL confirms intention to launch a national strike in metalworking on October 9
ccanica employers’ federation rejected the proposition made by the Fiom-CGIL, largest metalworkers’ union, to conclude a temporary agreement to avoid the adoption of a separate...
16 September 2009
Portugal: new act introduces new tax system for golden parachutes
(No. 100/09) introduces a special tax system for managers’ benefits if they leave the company earlier than expected. It also amends corporations’ tax code to introduce a 35% tax for...
16 September 2009
EU: BusinessEurope wrote a note on the impact of the new EWC directive on existing agreements
ch led to the new revised EWC directive, the European social partners are taking care of after-sale services by making their lawyer work on the effects of the new text. The European Trade Union...
15 September 2009
Spain: Supreme Court decision makes mass layoffs more flexible
h 18, 2009, aimed at “harmonizing case laws,” the social chamber of the supreme court set the principle according to which the opening of a procedure for mass layoffs (employment...
15 September 2009
General Motors: Magna’s takeover of Opel creates fear
d by the German government for the recovery of the German carmaker Opel bring fears of a restructuring program affecting, at first, employees in Belgium, Spain and Hungary. On Monday, September...
15 September 2009
Netherlands: for the first time, unions are going to discuss the wages of ING’s managers
ING, the largest bank in the Netherlands, agreed they would talk, in October, about huge wages within the bank, as part of the extension to December 31, 2011 of the current collective agreement...
15 September 2009
Mexico: university study shows that young skilled Mexican workers are fleeing
rs is blaming employers for not taking advantage of the full potential of the country’s workforce. Their study shows that young Mexicans in proportions which have never been seen before...
15 September 2009
EU: tomorrow, the European Parliament will vote for the investiture of Jose Manuel Barroso, who is trying to win as many votes as possible over
should invest Jose Manuel Barroso as Chairman of the European Commission. Last week, the applicant to succeed himself was heard by political groups to present his program and try to win over MEPs...
15 September 2009
Germany: IG-Metall wants to reform its structures and focus on recruiting members
ll, the largest trade union in Germany (2.3 million members), announced that his organization was going to change its structure and improve the resources granted to local offices. They will have...
15 September 2009
Germany: substantial conflict could burst between Verdi union and the Deutsche Post
tember 14, 2009 in Berlin, Andrea Kocsis, VP of the Verdi services union, accused the Deutsche Post AG of using the economic crisis as an excuse to attack employees’wages and working...
14 September 2009
Italy: beginning of negotiations between the social partners on employee profit-sharing
distribution of profit to workers” – demanded by Labor Minister Maurizio Sacconi to reach a ‘joint opinion’ with the social partners within two months – has been...
14 September 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.
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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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Germany: government seeks to facilitate immigration of skilled Indian workers
During a visit to India earlier this week, German Chancellor Friedrich Merz addressed the strategic importance of attracting Indian workers to Germany, signing a series of cooperation agreements...
15 January 2026
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France: 2026 budget expected to maintain employer contribution relief
On 19 January 2026, French Prime Minister Sébastien Lecornu decided to invoke Article 49.3 of the Constitution to pass France's 2026 budget without a vote in the National Assembly. Three days...
20 January 2026
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EU: Cyprus unveils its six-month presidency programme
Cyprus has set out its priorities for its six-month presidency of the Council of the EU. On the social front, the centre-right government will focus on the Union of Skills, which aims to boost...
23 January 2026
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Informal economy and slow wage growth hamper decent work, ILO says
The International Labour Organisation published its Employment ans Social Trends 2026 on 14 January. It anticipates unemployment stabilising in 2026 and employment growth of 1%, driven by...
16 January 2026