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EU: Council of Ministers arrives at a compromise position in order to tackle social dumping in the road transport sector
It wasn’t all plain sailing but on 03 December the EU Council of Ministers agreed its position on a key reform of the road transport sector (c.f. article No. 10236) that in particular addresses...
4 December 2018
UE: banking sector social partners sign a joint declaration on the impact of digitalization on employment in the sector
In this joint declaration that was signed on 30 November 2018 by UNI Europa Finance together with the banking sector employers, (the European Banking Federation Banking Committee for European...
4 December 2018
Germany: controversy surrounding minor reform of the ‘Single Union Law’
Against a backdrop of serious corporatist party opposition, Germany’s grand coalition government has quietly continued with its ‘gentle adjustment’ to the Single Union law that regulates trade...
4 December 2018
News update as of 3 December 2018
On the agenda: voting for the secretary general of the International Trade Union Confederation sees two differing views of trade unionism go head to head; KiK faces a lawsuit brought by families...
3 December 2018
Germany: Bundestag definitively adopts bill to bolster continued training
On Friday 30 November, the German Bundestag approved the bill tabled by Hubertus Heil (SPD), the minister for employment and social affairs, which seeks to bolster the continued training of...
30 November 2018
United Kingdom: one year on from the launch of the government’s industrial strategy, employers call for new impetus
In November 2017, UK Prime Minister Theresa May turned the page on the Thatcher era by establishing an industrial strategy with companies, which would seek to boost the country’s economy and...
30 November 2018
EU: following on from the Parliament, the Council prepares to approve its mandate to negotiate on the European Labour Authority
Discussions on the creation of a European Labour Authority (ELA), proposed in March 2018 by the European Commission, are making progress (see article n°10601). During a plenary session on 28...
30 November 2018
France: delivery bike riders are workers– according to the supreme court- Cour de Cassation
France’s Cour de Cassation has decided that delivery riders for the meal delivery service platform, Take Eat Easy, are indeed workers, and not autonomous workers, irrespective of the fact they can...
29 November 2018
Germany : with ‘Lex Ryanair’ as a backdrop, Sun Express agrees to set up a works council (in brief)
A draft amendment by the Labor Minister aimed at facilitating the setting up of a works council in the airline sector and commonly called ‘Lex Ryanair’ (c.f. article No. 10897) looks to be...
29 November 2018
Alcoa : a Dutch court holds that EWC information and consultation can take place at the same time as consultation at national level
On 27 November 2018, the Dutch court rejected the claim made by the Alcoa EWC that the company had to first conclude consultation procedures with the EWC before concluding consultations...
28 November 2018
Greece: the Alexis Tsipras government is moving gingerly towards post-austerity reforms
On 28 November the largest trade union in the private sector, the General Confederation of Greek Workers (GSEE), called for a 24-hour general strike under the banner ‘get back to the €751 minimum...
28 November 2018
Germany: employment rates among senior staff have risen sharply
By jumping from 20% in 2000 to almost 58% in 2017 the employment rate for those aged between 60 and 64 has risen more sharply in Germany than anywhere else in the EU. Thus the results of a third...
28 November 2018
News update as of 27 November 2018
On the menu: in the UK big business is called on to voluntarily reveal employment rates for employees with disabilities, in Italy the number of fixed term employment contracts is plummeting...
27 November 2018
News update as of November 26, 2018
Ireland/Fórsa trade union calls for four-day working week. Fórsa, the second-largest trade union in Ireland, last week called for the establishment of a four-day working week as the new standard...
26 November 2018
Telefónica recognises right of employees worldwide to digitally disconnect
On November 23, Telefónica's management signed a document of intent recognising the right of its employees to digitally disconnect. With the endorsement of the trade union organizations in Spain...
26 November 2018
France: gender pay gap index introduced, leaving companies that fail to ensure equality liable to penalties
On 22 November French labour minister, Muriel Pénicaud, and the secretary of state in charge of gender equality, Marlène Schiappa, presented to social partners a tool developed to gauge the size...
23 November 2018
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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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Romania: collective agreement extended to entire insurance sector
On 3 November, Romania’s National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue approved the extension of the collective labour agreement signed on 23 May by the Confederation of Employers in the...
10 November 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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Italy: new collective agreement for managers in tertiary sector
On 5 November, the ManagerItalia union and the employers’ association Confcommercio renewed the collective agreement for managers in Italy’s tertiary, distribution and services...
12 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