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Belgium: social election launched
Economic crisis. After two weeks mobilizing, Belgian unions rejoiced with the rise in the number of candidates for the social election. This increase is greatly due to the economic context. The...
9 May 2012
Inditex: new agreement on the involvement of unions to monitor the respect of workers’ conditions at supplier firms
The management of the international union federation provides for the introduction of a working program for these agreements to immediately come into force throughout the production chain...
9 May 2012
Netherlands: employers worried about wage increases
Employers are sounding the alarm: the wage increases negotiated for 2012 are too high and “don’t mirror the country’s economic situation,” according to the General Employers’ Association (Algemene...
9 May 2012
France: the new President of the Republic’s commitments affecting the labor world
First measures. During his campaign, Hollande gave a few dates on the schedule of the first year of his Presidency and majority – if the socialist party wins the legislative election in June. ...
9 May 2012
Germany: Verdi union gets a 6.5 percent wage increase for Telekom Deutschland’s 50,000 employees
6.5 percent increase over two years. Both parties welcomed the agreement, secured after arduous negotiations punctuated by a series of warning strikes at national level. “It is a good agreement...
8 May 2012
Great Britain: defeated in the fight against council workers’ wage cuts, Unite and Unison help bring the Labor Party at the head of the Southampton council
In mid-2011, the Conservative-run council instituted a 4.5% pay cut, a three-year pay freeze on cost-of-living increments, and a two-year freeze on annual increments. The choice facing council...
7 May 2012
Denmark: new Danish Nanosafety Research Center
“Businesses have countless opportunities to develop new forms of nanoparticles, and testing each nanoparticle’s impact on health is a tremendous task. Yet, as nanoparticles with the same...
7 May 2012
Great Britain: government allows large stores to open for more than six hours a day on Sunday during the Olympics
New Act. Announced in the government’s 2012 budget, the new law provides that shops with a relevant floor area of more than 280 square meters will not be subject to current Sunday trading...
7 May 2012
Germany: 6.5 percent increase for the 16,500 employees of Deutsche Telekom’s headquarters
6.5 percent increase over two years at DTAG. It isn’t new for Deutsche Telekom but, over the past few years, collective bargaining has been dragging on and in the end subject to arbitration by a...
3 May 2012
Ford: new international framework agreement
The communiqué released by the IMF points out that this agreement was signed after more than a year of talks. In this agreement, which refers to international labor standards in terms of CST, the...
3 May 2012
France: the absence of economic grounds does not render layoffs null
This decree by the social chamber of the Supreme Court was highly anticipated in the Viveo case, named after the company operating in software publishing, whose layoff procedure was canceled by...
3 May 2012
International: ILO recommends better regulation of the global and European labor market
The report explains that there is a deficit of 50 million jobs in the world in comparison to the pre-crisis situation, and that a possible economic recovery will not be sufficient to make up for...
3 May 2012
Spain: social partners at PSA Vigo plant sign agreement supervising work on Saturday
This agreement, which will only last until December 31, 2012, comes 8 weeks after the signature of the new company agreement. the site’s management was going to rely on the new Article 41 of the...
3 May 2012
Portugal: UGT confederation calls for enforcement of the growth and employment chapter of the social dialogue agreement of January 2012
Social dialogue. The UGT, the only union that signed the social dialogue agreement of January 18, 2012 (see our dispatch No. 120039), is denouncing the delay in the application of the agreement...
3 May 2012
Italy: occupational safety culture is spreading
2,710 certificates of conformity to the OHSAS 18001 standard (which regulates the systems managing health and safety at work) were registered in February 2012, i.e. over 50 percent more than the...
2 May 2012
Germany: IG-Metall starts warning strikes
The IG-Metall is full of energy. This year, the IG-Metall sent employers a lot of claims. The metalworkers’ union, which negotiates the wages of 3.6 million employees in the automotive...
2 May 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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Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying
Under pressure from new US tariffs, many countries have presented texts in recent weeks to ban the import of products made with forced labor. A real breakthrough for workers' rights or a mere...
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France: EDF served formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations
The news. On 23 September, Greenpeace France announced that it had served EDF with a formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations due to the risks of harm...
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24 September 2026
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Slovakia: a bill to “clarify” personal data protection measures
The news. The Slovak government approved a bill on personal data protection on August 26, 2026. This text aims to clarify existing regulations regarding employees’ rights and...
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7 September 2026