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Great Britain: government launches national strategy for better mental health
(see our dispatch No. 090801). On December 7, 2009, the government published a strategy aimed at helping workers with mental health issues find and keep a job. The key measures are a helpline to...
11 December 2009
Germany: with the “Sindelfingen 2020” agreement, Daimler offers job security to 37,000 employees
e management of the German carmaker signed with the staff and union representatives a company agreement guaranteeing, among other things, job security the 37,000 employees of the Sindelfingen...
10 December 2009
Spain: Santander bank open talks for its second gender equality program
st large Spanish businesses to develop an equality program, in compliance with the law of March 2007. This first program, signed in October 2007, for two years, has expired. On December 3...
10 December 2009
Denmark: sacred union of political parties to increase control over foreign businesses
t signed an agreement with the opposition parties which will be enforced via a law aimed at better monitoring foreign businesses’ activity and their staff’s working conditions...
10 December 2009
Great Britain: youth and senior employment and bonus tax on the menu in 2010-11
the Exchequer Alistair Darling presented the guidelines of his pre-Budget 2010 to the House of Commons. This program is resolutely turned towards supporting youth and senior employment, and making...
10 December 2009
EU: employment at the center of the future Spanish Presidency’s agenda
Spanish government presented the outline of its six-month agenda for the EU Presidency. Employment is at the heart of Spain’s priorities as well as the adoption of an non-discrimination...
9 December 2009
EU: the 27 are divided on the European Private Company Statute, especially worker participation in the managing bodies
tiations on the status of the European company isn’t accidental. The participation of workers in managing bodies is at the heart of the disagreement between the Twenty-Seven on the draft...
9 December 2009
United States: Labor Secretary Hilda Solis presents 2010 agenda
s wants to revise, adjust and redress 90 regulations affecting labor relations. These reforms can be carried out outside any legislative process, the outcome of which remains uncertain. The...
9 December 2009
Germany: Constitutional Court reaffirms the principle of Sunday rest
t to Klaus Wowereit, Mayor of Berlin, the Karlsruhe Constitutional Court ruled, on December 1, that the Berlin law on stores’ opening hours, which allows stores to open for the four Advent...
8 December 2009
Portugal: government proposes raising minimum wage to 475 euros in 2010
hly minimum wage amounting to 475 euros in 2010, to apply the commitment taken with the social partners in 2006. This proposal still needs to be discussed by the social dialog committee. (Ref...
8 December 2009
Belgium: boom of young “prepensioners” because of the crisis
the prepension system in 2008. This year, already 2,393 people have, i.e. a 400% increase in one year. In theory, early retirement – which allows workers of a certain age who were fired to...
8 December 2009
Sweden: unions and employer fight over part-time in retail and trade for 2010 negotiations
‘ organization in retail and trade, responded strongly to the claim presented by the sector’s union, Handels, to introduce a right to full time work into collective agreements. The...
7 December 2009
EU: employment and skills at the heart of the revival of European sectoral social dialog in finance
ing daggers at each other, trade union and employers’ organizations in the banking sector met on November 27. Talks resumed around a report commissioned by the European Commission on the new...
7 December 2009
Netherlands: TNT Post gives up European ambitions
ced that it abandoned its strategy for a pan-European post. The Dutch group is going to sell its postal subsidiaries abroad and is looking for partners in Germany and the UK. TNT Post keeps on...
7 December 2009
Germany: walkout at Daimler, calm at Opel
s at the Sindelfingen plan demonstrated, on Friday, December 4, in Stuttgart, to protest against the management’s will to transfer, starting in 2014, most of the production of the C-Class to...
7 December 2009
EU: European social dialog in the paper industry on the way of formalization
e paper sector, CEPI and EMCEF, informed the European Commission in October that they wanted to take cooperation further. To validate the formalization of European social dialog in the sector, the...
4 December 2009
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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
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
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France: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill
After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...
10 September 2026
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Germany: IG Metall demands 5% pay rise amid severe pressure
Despite the crisis hitting the automotive industry, the leadership of the German trade union IG Metall announced on Wednesday 23 September that it would be asking for a 5% pay increase as well as...
23 September 2026
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Italy: Crédit Agricole introduces a handbook on managerial behaviour
The document adopted in mid-July by Crédit Agricole Italia and the main banking trade unions goes beyond the proper use of meetings and emails. This six-point handbook aims to foster constructive...
3 September 2026
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Slovakia: 6% increase in the minimum wage from 1 January 2027
The news. As Slovakia’s social partners failed to reach an agreement during tripartite negotiations, Labour Minister Erik Tomas has decided to increase the minimum wage by 6% from 1 January...
1 September 2026
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Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...
8 September 2026
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EU: Commission proposes a list of worker-related criteria for public procurement
The news. On 9 September, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation aimed at unifying European public procurement law, which accounts for 15% of European GDP. It is notably set...
17 September 2026