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Italy: unions in logistics, merchandise transport and shipping approve unitary platform renewing their national collective agreement
On June 11, the Filt Cgil, Fit Cisl and Uiltrasporti unions approved a unitary platform for the renewal of the CCN in logistics, merchandise transport and shipping. As regards pay, without giving...
13 June 2012
Fiat/Chrysler: new meeting of the international union network
Success in the US. The impact of the restructuring procedures, especially on heavy vehicles (Fiat Industrial, 53,000 workers) was subject to a heated debate between the different unions. ...
13 June 2012
United States: General Motors wants to review pension payments to cut balance
The automaker already offered
the new lump sums system to 42,000 white-collar retirees. The proposal,
made in the beginning of June, is supposed to consolidate the group’s
finances. GM has...
13 June 2012
Denmark: government stops tripartite negotiations after metalworkers’ union refused to increase working time by removing public holidays
“We cannot and will not sign an agreement entailing the loss of national or paid holidays. At a time of high unemployment, a working time increase is not acceptable. However, we’re open to other...
12 June 2012
France: new Supreme Court rules on obligation to translate key documents with an impact on industrial relations into French
Article L.1321-6 of the Labor Code provides that any document containing obligations for employees or provisions whose knowledge is necessary to perform work has to be written in French. This...
12 June 2012
Ireland: new Act transposes European directive on temporary work
Equality from the 1st day. Transposing the EU temporary work directive now allows temporary workers in Ireland to enjoy equal treatment in their employment and working conditions with the...
12 June 2012
Netherlands: new agreement for the compensation of a burned out employee
These are the highest damages ever awarded for burnout ever obtained by the FNV’s Bureau of Occupational Disease (Bureau Beroepziekten, BBZ). In 2009, the Hertogenbosch court ruled that the...
12 June 2012
Italy: unitary platforms approved for the renewal of collective agreements in chemistry-pharmacy, rubber-plastic, energy-oil, and gas-electricty
Following the guidelines approved on May 22 (see our dispatch No. 120346), all the platforms call for an industrial policy “able to revive growth and employment,” environmentally sustainable...
12 June 2012
France: Areva signs agreement on quality of life at work
Philippe Vivien, Areva HR manager, said, “This agreement is the result of shared work between the trade unions, employees and management. We opened talks after a joint diagnosis, shared with...
11 June 2012
Slovenia: major reforms introduced under the Public Finance Balance Act affecting social security
The Public Finance Balance Act (PFBA) was subject to very intensive negotiations with public and also private sector trade unions that applied also additional protest measures (including strike)...
11 June 2012
Belgium: new Act completes the transposition of the directive on temporary work
The law imposes:
11 June 2012
Slovenia: major reforms introduced under the Public Finance Balance Act affecting social security
The Public Finance Balance Act (PFBA) was subject to very intensive negotiations with public and also private sector trade unions that applied also additional protest measures (including strike)...
11 June 2012
Morocco: questioning the resumption of social dialogue 2012
Has dialogue truly resumed? Before social dialogue was really reopened, the two union federations, CDT (Democratic Confederation of Labor) and FDT (Democratic Federation of Labor) published, on...
11 June 2012
Poland: new program for youth employment
Goals. According to Eurostat figures, at the end of December 2011, youth unemployment rate in Poland amounted to 27.7 percent, a 3.4 percent increase for 2011. Polish authorities revealed that...
11 June 2012
Great Britain: possibility of more social tension in construction
The construction industry is likely to be beset by a further period of instability and conflict following the defeat of a group of leading employers to break away from one the major sectoral...
8 June 2012
Luxembourg: unions worried about temporary agencies doing placement activities
ILO convention. “This opening is envisaged when the current reality in this area is such that the activity of a temporary work agency is becoming increasingly inseparable from that of recruitment...
8 June 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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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
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Germany: Volkswagen cancels almost all collective bargaining agreements signed with IG Metall
The Volkswagen brand announced on 30 September that it is terminating 10 of its 13 internal collective bargaining agreements, effective 31 December 2026. The announcement, which the carmaker...
1 October 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026