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Spain: beyond statutory requirements, businesses take innovative equal opportunity measures
Reminder. Spain adopted this law (see our dispatch No. 070315) drawing upon two European directives (2002/173 and 2004/113) on equal opportunities. As a general rule, large companies (250...
24 September 2012
Great Britain: active paying members of private sector workplace pension schemes at its lowest level
According to the ONS, the number of active paying members of private sector workplace pension schemes has fallen to its lowest level since records began almost 60 years ago. There are now just 2.9...
24 September 2012
Germany: Bundesrat votes Act introducing fixed quotas for women on supervisory boards
On September 21, everyone thought the Bundesrat was going to vote a bill on the introduction of universal minimum wage. But it was postponed as right-wing and left-wing parties alike wanted to...
24 September 2012
Norway: new agreement removes the threat of third strike in oil drilling
Hard to reach an agreement. “We’re happy we’ve reached an agreement, which is a positive foundation for future collaboration” declared Håvard Hauan, OLF’s attorney. The negotiations were tough...
24 September 2012
Italy: unitary agreement at Golden Lady delays the application of the labor market reform provision imposing the transformation of atypical contracts into permanent ones
Reasons and consequences. “We wanted to give our support to a well-ordered recruitment system with subservient contracts. Indeed, transforming these contracts at once was not possible from an...
20 September 2012
Siemens: after Siemens US violated the international CSR agreement in North East, Maryland, the social partners involved are talking about the new path to take
Breach of the CSR IFA. How can you launch a campaign against the creation of an employee representation structure in a plant in August and sign a global framework agreement on corporate social...
20 September 2012
Poland: ongoing negotiations between the social partners to review some Labor Code provisions
The tentative changes to the Labor Code provisions on working time which the government presented are based on the work the social partners have done in recent months. The following provisions...
20 September 2012
EU: lawyers compare dismissal costs in 20 European countries
Simulation. Laga conducted the study at the end of 2011, based on data from its international offices in 20 EU countries, Switzerland, Norway, Croatia, Russia and Azerbaijan. The lawyers did...
20 September 2012
Denmark: the union war at the Vejle restaurant, the symbol of the rivalry between traditional and ‘yellow’ unions
Until November 2011, the Vejlegården restaurant in the city of Vejle applied the national collective agreement 3F signed with the Horesta employers’ organization. However, the new owner, Amin...
19 September 2012
Germany: 2013-14 collective bargaining schedule
Wages increased less than anticipated in 2012. The report on 2012 collective bargaining, which will end this fall with a series of collective negotiations (agriculture, textile or transportation)...
19 September 2012
Great Britain: the Unite union assesses 50p community membership to rebuild its collective campaigning ability
In return for a host of benefits, Unite will train and develop these community members as community activists (see our dispatch No. 110772). They will then be put to use in bringing together...
19 September 2012
Morocco: government tries new social dialogue method
In the past few days, Abdelilah Benkirane, head of the Moroccan government, met with each union federation separately. The aim of this method is to give each union the time to give its views on...
19 September 2012
Canada: new wage agreement between Ford and auto unions
Next weekend, ford’s 4,500 staff in Canada still have to ratify the agreements. After three weeks of talks with Ford management, CAW President Ken Lewenza said it's a good deal in today's...
19 September 2012
Italy: Unicredit and unions sign agreement on industrial program and bonus
The signing unions (Dircredito, Fabi, Fiba-Cisl, Fisac-CGIL, Sinfub, Ugl-Credito and Uilca) said that the agreement signed with Unicredit on September 15, after four days and one night’s “tight...
18 September 2012
Spain: union war stronger than ever in supermarkets
Representatives from FECOHT-CCOO, Workers’ Commissions’ retail federation, and from CHTJ-UGT, its counterpart at the UGT, say that they were called to a meeting initiated by ANGED. The order of...
18 September 2012
Germany: Defense Minister open talks with social partners to transfer at least 17,000 soldiers and to recall reservists
When meeting with union and employers’ representatives in early September in Berlin, German Defense Minister Thomas de Maizière called on the social partners to actively support soldiers’ transfer...
18 September 2012
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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