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Portugal: government presents growth recovery program
The government has presented seven priority axes to revive growth and employment in Portugal. The outline of the program was revealed after an extraordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers. ...
25 April 2013
EU: ETUC calls for shift in the debate on the social dimension of the EMU
At its Executive Committee Meeting of April 23, 2013, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) judges that the thought process launched shortly before Christmas to improve economic and social...
25 April 2013
Spain: Supreme Court cancels first mass layoff procedure implemented after the 2012 labor market reform
The judges confirmed that the social plan presented by Talleres López Gallego in February 2012 was not valid. In doing so, they are proving unions rights and confirming previous court rulings...
25 April 2013
Spain: big telephone companies review their collective agreements
Telefónica, Vodafone and Ono have signed new collective agreements. The three texts follow the same scheme, maintaining employment and with a wage moderation policy where pay is linked with the...
24 April 2013
EU: International Trade Union Confederation denounces IMF’s contradictions as regards European labor market reforms
The International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) has analyzed the IMF’s working documents from the past few years. The union points out that they do not match the recommendations the...
24 April 2013
Italy: tourism employers suspend conventional wage increase and anger unions
Employers’ organizations in the tourism industry decided to suspend payment of the 3rd part of the wage increase provided for in the sector’s national collective agreement from April on. The...
24 April 2013
Denmark: transposing the European directive on agency work is becoming a tool against social dumping
Last week, the Minister of Labor introduced in Parliament the bill transposing the European directive on agency work into Danish law. The primary goal is to grant agency workers fair working...
23 April 2013
Faurecia banks on career development for employees with key positions to ensure business success
The French automotive group Faurecia decided to implement the “supervisors and UAP managers program” in 2010, as part of its Excellence System. Unlike a program aimed at “high potentials”, the...
23 April 2013
Italy: Finmeccanica signs agreement on new industrial relations system to better manage future restructurings and improve competitiveness
Finmeccanica, one of the largest industrial groups in Italy, is banking on social dialogue and the involvement of employee representatives to better manage restructurings in some units. This...
23 April 2013
Sweden: agreement in the construction industry tries to define chain of responsibility in cases of subcontracting
The parties said that the agreement signed on April 8, 2013 between Sveriges Byggindustrier, the Swedish Construction Federation, and Byggnads, the Swedish Building Workers’ Union was a...
23 April 2013
Spain: competitiveness agreement at Ford Almussafes
The management of Ford’s plant Almussafes, near Valencia, and the UGT and CCOO unions signed a five-year draft competitiveness agreement to help secure the group’s industrial future. The...
23 April 2013
Portugal: new leader for the General Workers’ Union (UGT) and maybe a tougher stance
The General Workers’ Union (UGT), the second largest union federation in Portugal, has chosen a new general secretary. Carlos Silva, 51, a banking executive, wants to revive debates on collective...
22 April 2013
BASF and the Catalonian Government (Spain) agree to the first dual training program at the transnational scale
The chemical company BASF and the Catalonian Department of Education (Spain) have just reached an agreement by which students from a Catalonian vocational training school can pursue a dual...
22 April 2013
Austria: 2.8-3/2% wage increase with “free time” option in electrical engineering
The social partners in the electronic and electrical engineering industries reached an understanding, on Friday, April 19, for a wage increase between 2.8 and 3.2% depending on the categories. ...
22 April 2013
Spain: new agreement reviews the general convention in the construction industry
The National Construction Federation (CNC) and the FECOMA.CCOO and MCA-UGT unions signed the partial revision of the sector’s general agreement, which provides for a 0.6% increase in pay scales in...
22 April 2013
Norway: 2013 general agreement provides for a 3.4% increase protecting the buying power of lowest-paid staff
A general agreement was concluded after tense negotiations because of the mediators. Signed between LO (Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions) and its counterpart on employers’ side, NHO...
22 April 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