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G20: social issues are increasingly less taboo
in Paris, the 20 Labor and Employment Ministers of the wealthiest countries committed to strengthening the social dimension of globalization. Presided by France, the meeting led to a series of...
28 September 2011
Romania: unions and employers ask the government to revive social dialogue
s asked the Emil Boc administration, on Tuesday, to revive social dialogue, which they feel is broken after recent legislative developments and the delay in implementing some reforms passed before...
28 September 2011
Sodexo: Interview of Hugh Owens, director of reward, pensions and employee relations at Sodexo UK
rd, pensions and employee relations at Sodexo UK, is telling Planet Labor how unions and Sodexo’s management have been working together for years. He is also talking about the content of the...
27 September 2011
Italy: Fiom-CGIL announces claim platform for the renewal of the metal collective agreement
embly approved, last week, its claim platform for the renewal of the 2008 national collective agreement in the metal industry. The metalworkers’ federation notably proposes reviewing the...
26 September 2011
Poland: social partners determine working program for the coming months
artners determined, during the meeting of the tripartite committee (unions-employers-government) on September 12-13, their working program: maximum duration of fixed-term contracts, determining...
26 September 2011
Interview of Xavier Bertrand, French Minister of Labor and President of the social G20: “the G20 is the time to improve the social dimension of globalization”
f G20 Labor Ministers in Paris on September 26-27, Xavier Bertrand, French Minister of Labor, who will chair this meeting, answered Planet Labor’s questions on his ambition for this...
22 September 2011
Lithuania: controversy over the right to strike
ike at the biggest beer manufacturer in Lithuania, “Švyturys-Utenos Alus,” revived the debate on the right to strike, very strictly supervised in the country. (Ref. 110561)...
21 September 2011
Netherlands: employers reject “systematic” wage increases in collective agreements
.5% wage increase in 2012 and employers say it is too much. They are criticizing this trend of “systematic” increases. (Ref. 110562) One of the biggest members of the Confederation of...
21 September 2011
Great Britain: Fujitsu staff repeatedly on strike
technology (IT) services company, Fujitsu, has experienced two recent industrial disputes. While the second conflict continues, with Unite blaming the company for failure to comply with collective...
21 September 2011
EU: home stretch for the creation of European and international manufacturing federations
ake place on May 16, 2012 for the European federation and on June 19-20 for the international organization. (Ref. 110559) Regional structure. The merger of European manufacturing union federations...
20 September 2011
Great Britain: government publishes guide to help businesses improve gender equality
aunched by Minister for Women and Equality, Theresa May, is to encourage businesses to publish progress made in terms of professional equality. The “Think, Act, Report” report...
20 September 2011
Umicore: international framework agreement renewed
n metal maker, the representatives of the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers’ Unions (ICEM) and of the International Metalworkers’ Federation (IMF)...
20 September 2011
Netherlands: pension reform adopted but divides the FNV federation
g retirement age from 65 to 66 in 2020 and then to 67 in 2025 – received the support of a majority of MPs on September 16th, with the help of the labor party, the traditional ally of the...
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20 September 2011
Sodexo: after the deal reached in the US, SEIU union drops opinion campaign against the French catering company
he French catering company and the Service Employees International Union (SEIU) reached, at the end of last week, an agreement putting an end to several months of dispute. The American union...
19 September 2011
United States: General Motors and UAW sign first Big Three pay agreement
) just ended its first bargaining round with the Big Three, after reaching a pay deal with General Motors on the night of Friday, September 16th. The agreement was signed for four years and...
19 September 2011
EU: paid annual leave to include financial compensation linked intrinsically to the performance of tasks which the worker is required to carry out
tember 15th, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) defined, for the first time, Community rules regarding the definition of the salary which will serve as a basis for calculating paid...
19 September 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