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Denmark: manufacturing social partners sign an agreement for the renewal of the CCN
ental leave, new layoff pay, better monitoring of the health of night workers, new advantages for shift workers, and a new equal pay authority; these are the key novelties of the agreement for the...
24 February 2010
Netherlands: key reforms suspended because of the government’s downfall
lkenende’s center left government on February 20 is going to leave several reforms unfinished. The first is the increase of retirement age to 67, which the Party for Freedom, PVV, run by...
24 February 2010
Germany: following its pilots’ strike, Lufthansa’s management demands legal intervention to guarantee tariff unity
ays, the strike organized by Lufthansa’s pilots only lasted for 24 hours. Cockpit, the airline pilots’ union, and Lufthansa representatives announced, on the evening of Monday...
23 February 2010
Austria: followers of the privatization of the Austrian railway (ÖBB) mobilized by the debate on railroaders’ pension scheme
by the Austrian Audit Authority, massive retirement, encouraged by the ÖBB, brought the annual allowance paid by the State for railroaders’ pensions from 1.2 billion euros up to 2.1...
23 February 2010
Italy: government, social partners and regions sign agreement on guidelines for training in 2010
ramework agreement on training in 2010 – signed last week between the government, the social partners and the regions – affect the reorientation of training for jobseekers, workers in...
23 February 2010
Great Britain: British Airways employees vote for a new strike
on February 22: 80.7% of the 11,700 cabin crew at British Airways decided to strike to protests against the management’s unilateral cost cutting policy. Unite is hoping that this threat is...
23 February 2010
GDF Suez: European agreement on job and skills planning
F Suez, the special negotiating body and the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) signed, on February 23, a European agreement on job and skills planning. This agreement, drawing a...
23 February 2010
Great Britain: government proposes banning the deduction of travel expenses from minimum wage to protect low-paid agency workers
ndment to the Minimum Wage Act in order to ensure that employers who pay minimum wage won’t deduct travel or subsistence expenses from this amount – a widespread practice among...
22 February 2010
Brazil: the debate on working time cuts is at a standstill
g pressure so MPs will vote the bill implementing the shorter work week (from 44 to 40 hours). However, employers’ representatives squarely refuse. The MPs, acting as mediators, propose...
22 February 2010
Germany: Lidl wants minimum wage in retail trade
r in Germany, Lidl, requested, in an open letter published on February 17, 2010 in the German press, that the social partners in retail trade, a sector that employs 2.9 million people, 930,000 of...
19 February 2010
Netherlands: bill forces employers to inform unions after 21 leaves negotiated with employees
or Labor and Social Affairs announced, on February 17, a new amendment to the law on information in the event of mass layoffs. Businesses will have to inform unions as they do for mass layoffs...
19 February 2010
Italy: renewal at the center of the 14th Congress of the Uil’s metalworkers’ federation, Uilm
and “key decisions for the defense and improvement of working conditions,” including proposals on the reform of representativeness by the summer, the renewal of the union organization...
19 February 2010
Germany: metal partners sign “historical” collective agreement on job security with a minimum wage increase
l and Gesamtmetall (employers) in the “pilot region,” North Rhine-Westphalia (NRW) announced, on Thursday, February 18 in Düsseldorf, that they reached an agreement on wages and...
18 February 2010
EU: retail employment market by 2020
ng into the European Commission’s sectoral analyses as part of its strategy, “New Jobs for New Skills.” By 2020, the employment market in retail will depend on the development of...
18 February 2010
EU: new skills and management of the economic crisis at the heart of the 2010-2011 work program of the commerce social partners
ommerce sector published, on February 17, their joint work program for 2010-2011. Training and adaptation to new skills need will be at the center of social dialog. They will also pay special...
18 February 2010
France: Labor Ministry introduces “name and shame” method to encourage businesses to deal with the issue of stress
bor Ministry recently ranked businesses with more than 1,000 employees according to their efforts to prevent psychosocial risks. In October 2009, after the wave of suicides at France Telecom, the...
18 February 2010
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Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying
Under pressure from new US tariffs, many countries have presented texts in recent weeks to ban the import of products made with forced labor. A real breakthrough for workers' rights or a mere...
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Germany: a “simplification” proposal for the Corporate Governance Code
In early August, the Government Commission presented proposals to reform the Deutscher Corporate Governance Kodex (DCGK), Germany’s Corporate Governance Code. The proposals are primarily aimed at...
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France: EDF served formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations
The news. On 23 September, Greenpeace France announced that it had served EDF with a formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations due to the risks of harm...
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24 September 2026
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Slovakia: a bill to “clarify” personal data protection measures
The news. The Slovak government approved a bill on personal data protection on August 26, 2026. This text aims to clarify existing regulations regarding employees’ rights and...
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7 September 2026