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Slovenia: analysis of the law on the partial reimbursement of compensation paid by employers suspending the activity
arliament adopted the law on the partial reimbursement of compensation paid by employers suspending the activity. It regulates partial compensation for employees working for employers who are...
29 July 2009
Germany: Employment Minister wants to extend gradual early retirement
um organized by the IG-Metall on July 27, 2009 in Boblingen, Olaf Scholz, SPD Minister for Employment and Social Affairs, announced his will to extend by five years the current gradual early...
29 July 2009
Italy: beginning of the negotiations for the renewal of the national collective convention in the metal sector
of metalworkers’ CCN started on July 24 with a conflict. Of the two separate platforms, one presented by the Fim-Cisl and Uilm-Uil unions and the other by the Fiom-CGIL, the sector’s...
29 July 2009
Club Med: agreement on fundamental rights and transnational mobility to be signed in September
g on July 23, the IUF and EFFAT union organizations officially entered the agreement on fundamental right and transnational mobility in the Europe-Africa zone. The signature of this agreement...
28 July 2009
Italy: negotiations for the renewal of the national collective agreement broken off in the food sector
errupted negotiating for the renewal of the national collective agreement of the food sector, the only sector where the three unions, member of the CGIL, Cisl and Uil, presented a single platform...
28 July 2009
Germany: trainers and apprenticeship supervisors will have to provide evidence of registered training as of August 1, 2009
irective on trainers’ training” (Ausbilder-Eignungsverordnung / AEVO), which was suspended in 2003, will be applicable again. All trainers will have to provide evidence of certified...
28 July 2009
Sweden: new collective agreement makes call centers more ethical
n trade union and Almega employers’ federation signed a collective agreement. Launched in 2008, the negotiations were aimed at cleaning up the call-center sector. The agreement should put an...
28 July 2009
EU: the new regulation to coordinate social security systems to be applied soon
uncil of Ministers approved the text applying Regulation No. 883/2004 on the coordination of social security systems. This permanent adoption allows the new rules which govern the rights to social...
27 July 2009
Brazil: “wage campaign” for metalworkers and banking employees launched
s opened annual wage negotiations. On July 23, they celebrated the beginning of the “wage campaign” expressing their claims on a real wage increase assorted with working time...
27 July 2009
Italy: Telecom Italia signs agreement with unions avoiding layoffs via solidarity contracts
Telecom Italia signed with the sector’s unions and thanks to the Minister of Labor who acted as a mediator, an agreement which avoids the 470 layoffs announced in May, via the adoption of...
27 July 2009
Germany: IG-Metall demands employee participation in the capital of the future Volkswagen-Porsche
ve in and Volkswagen gradually took over auto activities, Berthold Huber, leader of the IG-Metall, and the two formerly rival chairmen of Porsche and VW’s works councils displayed unity. At...
27 July 2009
Hungary: two exceptions to the Labor Code for temporary work declared unconstitutional
ne 2009, the Constitutional Court of Hungary declared that the provision of the Labor Code which provides that the protection against the termination of the labor contract in case of sick leave...
24 July 2009
Latin America: businesses have growing difficulties recruiting skilled employees
top of the list drawn by Manpower of countries with a shortage of skilled workforce. In spite of the increase in the number of jobseekers, employers still have vacancies because they can’t...
24 July 2009
Morocco: first bill on unemployment benefits in the history of Morocco isn’t convincing
yment for 6 months? This is unheard of in Morocco. However, unions remain skeptical about its scope and true application. Indeed, in most cases, employees in the private sectors aren’t even...
23 July 2009
Germany: around 425,000 scientists and engineers could be needed by 2020
tute (Institut der deutschen Wirtschaft), close to employers, and the Gesamtmetall steel employers’ federation published, on July 20, 2009, a study which shows that, in spite of the current...
23 July 2009
Netherlands: legal uncertainties on the possibility to force an employee to retire at 65
cation of the rules on layoffs at 65, age when the employer can force an employee to retire. Seniors who want to keep working went to court to object to this possibility for employers. Since some...
22 July 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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EU: Commission to launch a business coalition against modern slavery
The news. On 16 October, the European Commission presented a new strategy to combat human trafficking. While labour exploitation reported by the authorities rose by 17% between 2021-2022 and...
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19 October 2026
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UK: government promises human rights due diligence bill
The news. On 4 November, the government promised, through Business Secretary Jonathan Reynolds before the House of Lords, the statutory introduction of human rights due diligence in the UK. It...
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5 November 2026