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EU: interviewe of Romuald Jagodzinski, ETUI researcher and coordinator of the 2012 Benchmarking Working Europe edition, the report of the European Trade Union Institute on the Europe 2020 strategy
Romuald Jagodzinski. First, the study shows that inequality is not only a matter of income inequality. Inequality is multidimensional. There are inequalities between generations, between specific...
22 March 2012
Germany: Employment Minister wants to make it easier to combine work and retirement more flexible for people on early retirement
Additional income allowed. According to the German press, Ursula von der Leyen’s bill provides for more flexible conditions to combine work and retirement for people on early retirement...
22 March 2012
Austria: temporary work agencies angry at temporary work bill
Measures which could cost businesses a lot. The temporary work bill, currently at the center of heated debates in Austria, should serve to transpose the directive on equal treatment between...
21 March 2012
Italy: consultation on labor law reform ends with another union break
Mario Monti, President of the Italian Council, said, “It will be the government’s reform, and we will be liable for it before Parliament.” His ‘technical’ government could succeed where...
21 March 2012
EU: adoption of a legislative package on the posting of workers and the right to strike
No supremacy between the right to strike and economic freedoms. Brought about by controversial rulings by the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ), subjecting the right to strike to the...
21 March 2012
Germany: cooperation framework agreement between Bulgarian and German unions to improve the working conditions of Bulgarian workers in Germany
Inhumane working conditions. Gathering unionists and political decision-makers from Germany, Poland, Bulgaria and Romania, the international conference was dedicated to the risks and...
21 March 2012
Portugal: CGTP calls for general strike on March 22 against austerity and the Labor Code reform
General strike. The CGTP issued a 24-hour strike notice for March 22 to protest against the government’s austerity policy and Labor Code reform. The union organization believes that the...
21 March 2012
Italy: banking unions demand pay ceiling for senior and top managers
Limiting top managers’ pay would “shield banks from unfair competition on compensation escalation” and would add “equity and social justice” to the actions taken by the government, the Bank of...
20 March 2012
Germany: Verdi (services) and EVG (rail) unions sign cooperation agreement ending their rivalry in the transportation industry
Longstanding rivalry. Christine Behle, member of Verdi’s management and in charge of the Transport department, told Planet Labor that the rivalry between Verdi (formerly ÖTV) and EVG (formerly...
20 March 2012
PSA/GM Alliance: the EWCs and unions of the two carmakers coordinate to assess the consequences of their alliance on employment
Coordination under the auspices of the EMF. In a press release published today, March 19, the European Metalworkers’ Federation announced that leading figures from the European worker...
19 March 2012
Great Britain: new minimum wage rate for adults and apprentices as of October 1, 2012
Minimum wage. The independent Low Pay Commission (LPC), a statutory body whose role is to advise the Government on the National Minimum Wage, gave the government its 13th report on February 15. ...
19 March 2012
Great Britain: consultation on the introduction of negotiated termination of the employment contract in micro-businesses
No formal procedure. For the new dismissal system, the idea would be to be able to implement it without a formal dismissal procedure, awarding employees a certain amount of compensation. ...
15 March 2012
Italy: temporary unions staunchly opposed to agreements allowing agencies to derogate from equal treatment
Italia Lavoro, the Ministry of Labor’s technical agency, and Assolavoro, the association of temporary employers, signed, in September 2011, an agreement valid until December 31, 2013, to implement...
15 March 2012
Germany: Family Minister wants to introduce “parental leave” for grandparents
Families are stressed because they don’t have enough time. Since 1965, the German government regularly publishes, at the Bundestag’s request, reports on the situation of German families and draws...
14 March 2012
United States: AFL-CIO gives Barack Obama conditional and fringe support
After major AFL-CIO members such as the American Federation of State, County & Municipal Employees (AFSCME), the Communication Workers of America (CWA), the United Steelworkers (USW), the...
14 March 2012
Sweden: government, employers and unions agreed on a new type of agreement in case of crisis based on the German “kurzarbeit” (short-time working)
Learn the lessons from past crises. The new system is called “korttidsarbete” (short-term working) and is directly inspired from the “krisavtal” (crisis agreements) negotiated in some...
13 March 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