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Italy: Natuzzi innovates with its agreement reorganizing its Italian sites, relocating part of the production done in Romania
It’s the first time production relocated abroad is brought back to Italy. On October 10, Natuzzi Spa, world leader in leather furniture, signed a “historical” restructuring agreement with the...
15 October 2013
Belgium: overview of the key measures of the bill on the single status for blue and white-collar workers
The bill the government adopted on September 27 lays down the foundation to permanently get rid of the outdated difference between blue and white-collar workers. This complicated text...
15 October 2013
Atos SE: new agreement on participation of workers in the SE
At the end of 2012, IT services industry company Atos became a European company. At the time, we commented the agreement on employee participation signed within this framework. We are now...
15 October 2013
Romania: ILO urges government to revise last Labor Code reform
Adopted two years ago to make recruitment more flexible, the Romanian Labor Code was severely criticized by the International Labor Organization (ILO) in a study released on October 10 in...
15 October 2013
Safran: EWC agreement reviewed
On April 12, the international high-technology equipment manufacturer signed its first amendment to the EWC agreement of 2008, in order to add the novelties of the recast Directive 2009/38. Here...
15 October 2013
Air France-KLM: EWC and management sign Social Rights and Ethics Charter along with a memorandum for its application
The management of Air France KLM and the EWC signed, on July 10, a new social rights and ethics charter, which it just released and which replaces that of 2008. The new text strengthens...
14 October 2013
Brazil: divisions in the debate over subcontracting remain
The outcome of a bill (PL 4330) to develop appeal to subcontracting in Brazilian companies is still uncertain after its vote in the Brazilian Parliament was once again postponed in the beginning...
14 October 2013
Spain: VW Navarra strikes deal securing the site’s future
The management of Volkswagen Navarra, the UGT and CCOO unions and the CGC executives’ federation signed an agreement in principle for the drafting of the 8th collective agreement, which will serve...
14 October 2013
EU: Community institutions look into the possibility of European unemployment insurance
Even though it was completed a few months ago, the European Commission’s project on the creation of European unemployment insurance hasn’t been presented yet, nor included in the communication on...
14 October 2013
Great Britain: the 5% club wants to make room for young people
Heavyweights in the British economy just created the 5% Club. This corporate group has laid down a challenge: employing 5% of young people within 5 years, in a country where unemployment affects...
14 October 2013
Great Britain: businesses that blacklisted “annoying” workers to set up a fund for the victims
Some of the biggest firms in the construction industry (Balfour Beatty, Carillion, Costain, Kier, Laing O'Rourke, Sir Robert McAlpine, Skanska UK and Vinc) are to compensate workers who were...
11 October 2013
Spain: Bridgestone signs new collective agreement with difficulty
The management signed with the UGT and CCOO unions the 24th company agreement for 2013/15, which provides for a pay freeze and more flexibility. The minority unions (ELA-STV, SITB-USO and BUB)...
11 October 2013
Italy: Bridgestone and unions sign agreement saving Modugno site (Bari)
Retraining instead of closing. The agreement signed on September 30 between Bridgestone Italia Spa, the Femca Cisl, Filctem CGIL, Uiltec Uil and Failc-Confail unions, the unitary trade union...
11 October 2013
Romania: several multinationals show they are doing well by launching major recruitment programs
While restructurings announcements are still shaking western European social news, several multinationals set up in Romania in the auto and ICT industries announced vast recruitment campaigns at...
10 October 2013
Germany: real wages stagnate in the 2nd 2013 quarter after a slight step back in the 1st quarter
On Tuesday, October 8, the Federal Statistics Agency (Destatis) published the figures of the evolutions of actual wages in Germany in the 2nd 2013 quarter. Over the period, nominal wage increased...
10 October 2013
Great Britain: three in ten apprentices are not paid minimum wage (study)
29 percent of British apprentices are underpaid. This is the shocking revelation of a government survey on apprenticeship pay in 2012 published this month. Outraged unions are asking the Cameron...
10 October 2013
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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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France: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill
After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...
10 September 2026
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Germany: IG Metall demands 5% pay rise amid severe pressure
Despite the crisis hitting the automotive industry, the leadership of the German trade union IG Metall announced on Wednesday 23 September that it would be asking for a 5% pay increase as well as...
23 September 2026
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Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...
8 September 2026
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EU: Commission proposes a list of worker-related criteria for public procurement
The news. On 9 September, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation aimed at unifying European public procurement law, which accounts for 15% of European GDP. It is notably set...
17 September 2026
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Spain: approval of decree on employees’ right to clear information on working conditions
The Spanish government validated, on September 8 in the Council of Ministers, the decree transposing the European directive on transparent and predictable working conditions. This text requires...
9 September 2026
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France: bioMérieux strengthens its end-of-career support measures
The news. In vitro diagnostic specialist bioMérieux (4,400 employees in France) and unions CFDT, CFE-CGC, and CGT signed a new agreement on June 18, 2026, dedicated to end-of-career...
10 September 2026