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Sweden: national training program to increase the number of women on company boards
sh government launched a national training program for women (styrelsekraft) with two objectives: to make visible and distinguish women with competence for membership of company boards as well as...
6 April 2009
Spain: the CEOE employers’ confederation re-elect Gerardo Diaz Ferran chairman
e Spanish employers’ confederation was re-elected by 83% of the votes, in spite of his reputation as a hardly consensual man within the organization and his fights with unions. He was the...
4 April 2009
HP-EDS: the EWCs of the two groups say no voluntary wage cut program
cils of Hewlett-Packard and EDS met, on March 26-27, staff representatives expressed their opposition to the wage cuts – voluntary and permanent – proposed by HP’s European...
4 April 2009
Great Britain: Equality and Human Rights Commission proposes to reform parental leave
th 5.3 billion pounds a year, the Equality and Human Rights Commission calls for a revision of parental leave to reduce the gender pay gap and involve men in family life. The CBI employers’...
3 April 2009
Germany: Airbus Deutschland also spied on its employees
and Deutsche Bahn, Airbus Deutschland is now hit by a spying scandal. The German subsidiary of the European aeronautical consortium Airbus, subsidiary of EADS, recognized, on April 2, 2009, that...
3 April 2009
Mexico: airlines and airports cut 1.000 jobs each month
sector. In recent months, 6.400 jobs have been cut. Bu June, another 4.000 people will loose their job in airlines and businesses providing services on the ground. An agreement signed by unions...
3 April 2009
Brazil: government and car industry sign pact to protect employment
ed to unfreeze $650 million to stimulate demand for cars and motorcycles. In exchange, car manufacturers will have to maintain the current level of employment in the mid term. Nevertheless...
3 April 2009
Belgium: negotiations on extending partial unemployment to employees stopped
union and employers’ representatives, had until April 1 to reach an agreement on the extension of partial unemployment to white-collar workers. Negotiations failed on the morning of April 2...
3 April 2009
Germany: Daimler enhances savings program
global crisis, the German carmaker, Daimler, wants employees to make substantial sacrifices. On the eve of the beginning of negotiations with its works council on a new savings plan, the...
3 April 2009
EU: ETUC wants to unite social protest to put people first
federation (ETUC) will organize four Euro-demonstrations in European capitals. The European organization wants to place citizens “at the heart of its priorities” and calls for the...
2 April 2009
Dexia: ongoing negotiations on the implementation of the group’s “transformation plan”
n was announced in January, talks are flying around within Dexia’s EWC and in the countries affected, i.e. France, Luxembourg and Belgium. (Ref. 090365) Staff representatives’...
2 April 2009
Italy: a majority of Piaggio employees approved the company agreement rejected by the Fiom-CGIL
oyees consulted via a referendum on the company agreement signed by the Fim-Cisl and Uilm-Uil but rejected by the Fiom approved the agreement. While underlying that most workers rejected it, the...
2 April 2009
International: European Court of Human Rights limits collective action’s nuisance right
h 5, 2009, the European Court of Human Rights judged that “the total block, repeatedly, of road traffic on the highway went beyond the usual inconvenience inhering in any...
2 April 2009
EU: working time directive might be shelved after yet another failed conciliation
tiations which ended early in the morning, the European Parliament and the Council of Ministers couldn’t reach an agreement on the draft revision of the working time directive, currently...
2 April 2009
Safran: first plenary meeting for the EWC
ployees) met for the first time on March 25, 2009. It elected bureau members and the council’s secretary. Two days dedicated to training preceded the meeting. The first, in February...
2 April 2009
Great Britain: unions and employers mobilized to save the industry, poorly defended by the government
employers unanimously welcome the campaign launched by Unite. They met to propose an emergency assistance strategy for the industry and its jobs. The government, which made many promises but gave...
2 April 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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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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Italy: artificial Intelligence on the menu of Barilla’s new company agreement
Prior consultation with trade unions on innovations related to artificial intelligence, strengthened training, and progress on parenthood: these are the main new features of the agreement signed...
2 September 2026
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France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026