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Netherlands: De Unie abandons the agreement negotiated by its internet branch for Polish agency workers
executives’ union, announced that it abandoned the collective agreement negotiated during the week end of February 1 by the Internetvakbond, its internet branch, together with the...
12 February 2009
France: Brussels worried about the condition to maintain production in the country to give aid to the sector
10, Nelly Kroes, Commissioner for Competition, asked the French government to explain the plan to support the car industry presented to the press this week. She is worried about the guarantee to...
11 February 2009
Areva: evaluation of the European project on the development of social dialogue via the framework agreement on equal opportunities
e ODEO (“Open dialogue through equal opportunities”) project, which includes Areva’s EWC bureau and management representatives, presented its final report to the European...
11 February 2009
Spain: large businesses unwilling to negotiate equality plans in spite of the legal obligation
nforcement of the law on gender equality, the labor market is still resisting and very few businesses have developed equality plans or significantly increased the number of women within their...
11 February 2009
EU: calls for proposals to support social dialogue published
ished three calls for proposal aimed at supporting social dialogue with the co-funding of actions launched by the social partners. The call for proposals on information, consultation and the...
11 February 2009
Italy: bill reforming the right to strike in essential public services presented to unions
eshold for unions calling for a strike, prior declaration of individual participation to the strike, sanctions for those violating standards and a possible obligation to carry out a...
10 February 2009
Germany: conflict in the metal sector after a wage increase was postponed because of the crisis
r and sales in the automotive industry, the Gesamtmetall, the employers’ organization of the metallurgy sector, announced that the sector’s companies want a major delay of the second...
10 February 2009
Germany: rail unions sign the Deutsche Bahn’s new collective agreement
hree rail unions – Transnet, GDBA and GDL – validated, on February 5, the collective agreement negotiated with the Deutsche Bahn’s management on January 30, 2009. It provides...
10 February 2009
Latin America: some 20.000 miners lost their job since the beginning of the crisis
nd for metal, leading to continuous production cuts, thousands of miners are unemployed in Chile, Peru, Brazil and Mexico. The governments are starting to express concern, while the different...
10 February 2009
EU: coming adoption of three directives materializing joint immigration policies
e European Parliament gave an agreement in principle for a proposal for a directive providing for sanctions against employers of illegally staying third-country nationals. The MEPs will formally...
10 February 2009
Italy: Fiat increases partial employment because of the worsening crisis
white collars in Turin would be placed in Cassa Integrazione (see our dispatch No. 080932) in March. The unrest caused by the extension of partial unemployment led to a first conflict in the...
10 February 2009
Slovakia: the social partners agree to limit wage increases in 2009
he key trade unions have committed to wage demand pragmatism for 2009, in an effort to preserve the Slovak labor market in a country which highly depends upon exports. They committed not to ask...
10 February 2009
Great Britain: Total’s employees at the Lindsey refinery go back to work after obtaining 102 positions for local workers
refinery, owned by Total, ended last week. Faced with the wildcat strike of British employees against the employment of Italian and Portuguese workers posted by a subcontractor employed to extend...
9 February 2009
Slovenia: employers and union organizations criticize the lack of social dialogue
or employers’ and union organizations sent an open letter to the president of the Slovene government where they expressed concern about recent developments in social dialogue. They think...
9 February 2009
France: the 4-year term of the representative of a EWC established without an agreement cannot be questioned with subsequent elections
ourt rendered a ruling within the framework of a dispute related to the appointment of the French representative at Dell’s EWC, established in a legal way. It overrides the ruling of the...
9 February 2009
Italy: ThyssenKrupp Ast signs an agreement with unions on the management of partial unemployment
the management of ThyssenKrupp Acciai Speciali of Terni (Umbria) and unions provides for a “fair management” of the activity suspension which will affect the 2.200 employees (permanent...
9 February 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: the Commission will set up an Expert Group on the impact of AI in the world of work
The news. On 22 July 2026, the European Commission published a progress report on the EU-27’s achievements regarding the objectives of the European Pillar of Social Rights, reinforced by the...
23 July 2026
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Germany: Berlin steps up efforts to cut “bureaucracy” in the workplace
The news. On 15 July 2026, the German federal government adopted a package of measures aimed at “reducing bureaucracy” in the workplace. The package primarily targets labour law...
16 July 2026