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Italy : renewal of the national collective agreement in the insurance sector
partners of the insurance sector ( the FISAC/CGIL, FIBA/CISL, FNA, SNFIA, UILCA unions and the employers organisation ANIA) signed an agreement renewing their national collective agreement...
Malta: the difference between part-time employees regarding how long they work for the recognition of leaves and bonuses abolished
regulation grants employees who work less than twenty hours a week the same pro-rata rights as those granted to employees working full-time. (Ref. 070693)The changes introduced in July into...
EU: the business company policy of the European Metalworkers’ Federation
xpected to be adopted at its congress on June 6-7, 2007, the European metalworkers Federation (EMF) outlines its strategy of its policy regarding business firms: transnational negotiations...
Poland: RH practices grow rich under the effect of labour market tensions
lation of the collective labour law, trade unions’ role, recruitment process, these topics are more and more important to Polish and French HR managers in Poland, and also to trade unionists...
Netherlands: an innovative agreement on disability at work at KLM
ine company KLM (group Air France-KLM), any employee invalid by less than 35 % will not be laid off before 2010. The agreement improves the situation of this category of personnel compared to the...
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3 October 2006
Adjustment funds for globalisation on the agenda for the next parliamentary session
cial Affairs Commission is going to debate the draft regulations for creating an European Globalisation adjustment Fund. The governmental experts of the Council of Ministers have already met on...
The European Commission organizes a new meeting of the “forum on restructurings”
2005, the “Forum on restructurings”, the European Commission decided to organize a series of sessions dedicated to the specific aspects of restructurings. The session which will take...
Hungary : trade union at Hungarian Suzuki Ltd.
to expectations, the first trade union was founded in the Suzuki factory of Esztergom, Hungary. The union’s name is: Independent Carmakers’ Union of Esztergom. (Ref. 0666) In December...
25 January 2006
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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France: austerity measures proposed in social security financing bill for 2026
Limits on sick leave, the end of social security exemptions for apprentices, and the introduction of additional birth leave: the 2026 social security financing bill, presented to parliament on 14...
16 October 2025
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France: generative AI and older workers central to BPCE’s skills management strategy
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
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Carrefour and UNI Global Union renew global agreement on promoting social dialogue and diversity
On 17 October, Carrefour, one of the world’s largest retailers, with nearly 500,000 employees worldwide, and global union federation UNI Global Union renewed their global agreement on...