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EU: new report on the debate on the draft “intra-corporate transfer” and “seasonal workers” directives
to vote to allow their rapporteurs to negotiate, with the Council of EU Ministers, the draft directives on the intra-corporate transfer of third-country nationals and on the entry and residence of...
8 December 2011
Belgium: measures of the new government’s program affecting the labor market
upo, new socialist Prime Minister taking over the reins of the country after 535 days of political crisis, presented his policy statement to the Parliament. His government, made up of...
7 December 2011
Netherlands: new amendment to the bill on pensions
n made a concession to the left-wing party in order to push the pension reform through: the lowest paid will still be able to retire at 65, instead of 67 after 2025, with no loss of earnings...
7 December 2011
EU: working conditions and collective bargaining in 2010
hed on November 17, the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin), analyzes the evolution of working conditions and industrial relations in Europe in 2010...
6 December 2011
EU: premises of European social dialogue in ICT SMEs
social partners – Uni Europa for employees and PIN-SME for SMEs – have been meeting. They are hoping to lay down the foundation for European social dialogue in the future, in a field...
28 November 2011
Romania: employers and unions sign social agreement to engage in social dialogue irrespective of the public powers
organization, and the five trade union confederations lay down the foundation for social dialogue since they couldn’t be heard by the government. Thus, at the end of October, they signed a...
28 November 2011
United States: retail employees denounce sacrificing Thanksgiving for Black Friday
employees have had to get up in the middle of the night between Thanksgiving and ‘Black Friday’ to open stores before dawn for the most important shopping day of the year, opening the...
24 November 2011
Great Britain: government releases draft Labor Law reform
ng more flexible layoffs in SMEs with 10 employees and less; reducing the consultation period for mass layoffs; introducing “protected conversations” between employees and employers;...
24 November 2011
Companies: six telecom multinationals launch human rights initiative
g in telephony met to work together on Human Rights and Corporate Social Responsibility. These businesses are Teliasonera, Telenor, Vodafone, Telefonica, Nokia Siemens and Alcatel. Ewa...
EU: modifying its previous case law, the ECJ limits the possibility for employees to accumulate entitlements to paid annual leave during absence for illness
to contain the impact of one of its case laws, the mostly vividly criticized by employers. In a ruling rendered in early 2009, the European judges laid down the principle that the national...
23 November 2011
International: according to KPMG, CSR reporting has become the de facto law for business
cabinet has been doing an international survey on reporting in terms of Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR). The 2011 edition shows a general increase in the phenomenon, and mostly that large...
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22 November 2011
Italy: measures affecting the labor world in the Monti administration’s program
he Italian Parliament, with a record approval rate. Based on three pillars – “budget austerity, growth and equity” – his program aims to brave the pension reform, to reform...
21 November 2011
Corporate practices: how the Rudus construction materials manufacturer managed to significantly cut the number of industrial accidents on its production sites
uction company which employs about 1,300 people. It produces concrete, coated macadam and asphalt and operates in Finland, the Baltic countries and Russia. Bought, in 1999, by Irish multinational...
21 November 2011
Netherlands: Philips wants to spread efficiency premiums
lips, wants to bring variable pay from 7 up to 12% of annual earnings for the group’s 14,000 employees in the Netherlands. Unions and the works council are currently discussing the new...
21 November 2011
Great Britain: new government measures for apprenticeship and vocational training
nment announced a GBP 1,500 (EUR 1,755) subsidy for businesses recruiting apprentices aged 16-24 and the creation of a GBP 250 million (EUR 292 million) fund to help businesses develop vocational...
18 November 2011
EU: home stretch for the creation of the first European Sector Skills Councils
textile social partners will officially launch the first European Sector Skills Council. Trade should follow, and many other sectors (automotive, chemistry, steel, construction…) also want...
17 November 2011
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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
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
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...
15 October 2025
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 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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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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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Germany: legal battle at Tesla ahead of works council election
The Frankfurt/Oder labour court has postponed a mid-November hearing in the case between the IG Metall union and Michaela Schmitz, employee representative and head of the works council at the...
28 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...
15 October 2025
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Candice Guillot (Talan): “Our recruiters save just over 80 hours per year on administrative tasks thanks to AI”
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025