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EU: discrimination can be presumed if employers refuse to disclose information on the person hired
Mrs. Meister, unlucky applicant for the position of experienced software developer, considered that she was discriminated against because of her gender, age and ethnical origin (she is Russian). ...
19 April 2012
EU: the measures recommended by the European Commission to revive employment
The communication published on Wednesday recalls the EU’s difficult economic situation, particularly its high unemployment rate – 10.2 percent in February 2012 – as several countries are dreading...
19 April 2012
Spain: draft agreement on the new collective agreement in call centers
Here are the key aspects of the text:
19 April 2012
Argentina: unions support the nationalization of the YPF oil company
A historical claim for Argentinean unions. “YPF is becoming Argentinean again” said Hugo Moyano, general secretary of the General Confederation of Labor (Confederación General del Trabajo, CGT)...
19 April 2012
Italy: employers and unions demonstrate in Rome today to demand measures to stop the wave of economic suicides
Peak of economic suicides among jobseekers. Indeed, Latium was the region where the number of suicides soared in 2010: +27.3 percent as opposed to +3 percent in Lombardy, which still remains the...
18 April 2012
Germany: federal bill on anonymous applications shows extended ‘workforce pool’ with no additional costs
Christina Lüders, Director of the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency, said the study’s outcome is definitely in favor of anonymous applications. The test shows that, with similar qualifications...
18 April 2012
Norway: new agreement in manufacturing
Influential agreement. Fellesforbundet is the most important private sector union in the LO confederation with about 151,000 members. This is why the Norsk Industri employers’ organization is...
18 April 2012
Sweden: after executives, the trade federation strikes last-minute deal for employees
The agreement will run between April 1, 2012 and March 31, 2013.
17 April 2012
Great Britain: government spends GBP 1 billion to tackle youth unemployment
On April 2, Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg and Minister for Employment Chris Grayling presented their new Youth Contract to tackle youth unemployment, which has been building up for much of the...
17 April 2012
Enel: EWC agreement renewed
Transnationality. The agreement signed on December 16 by Enel’s management, the EWC and the EPSU and EMCEF union organizations contains the definition given in Directive 2009/38 which provides...
17 April 2012
Portugal: shipyard staff gives summer holidays up to face production peak
Flexibility. The Workers’ Committee (CT) of the Viana do Castelo shipyard (ENVC) signed the company agreement maintaining production for August 2012. Usually, the shipyards are closed for two...
16 April 2012
EU: European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) and BusinessEurope respond to Green Paper on Restructurings
Enough good practices, now on to political action. This is the first message the European trade union organization wants to send the European Commission. It believes that the Green Paper, which...
13 April 2012
Italy: unitary CGIL, Cisl and Uil mobilization asking for solutions to the “tragic” consequences of the pension reform
Poste Italiane (which “expelled” nearly 5,000 seniors through the “family incentive,” i.e. the father or mother leaving their job with the promise that their child would get it), Alitalia (almost...
13 April 2012
Great Britain: Unite tries new campaign style at Mayr-Melnhof Packaging and Tulip
Unite members at MMP were sacked and locked out in mid-February after undertaking a number of one-day strikes over the company’s method of selection for the redundancies and the terms being...
12 April 2012
Germany: IG BCE chemistry union and Technikum temporary work agency create the first training fund for all agency workers
A company agreement… open to all sectors. The creation of the first Continuous Learning Fund for agency workers in Germany isn’t the result of sectoral negotiations with numerous partners but of...
12 April 2012
United States: minimum wage as a new campaign theme
The minimum wage increase is an increasingly popular theme in the American presidential campaign. Representatives from different labor unions (Service Employees International Union, Restaurant...
12 April 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