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Italy: government speeds up labor reform
Yesterday, March 12, during the sixth unusual tripartite negotiation – because the government still hasn’t presented the social partners with a single document –, Labor Minister Elsa Fornero...
13 March 2012
Morocco: are employees having a hard time adjusting to corporate challenges?
Professional language and school system are the real problem. “Our continuous education agency is generally called upon for upgrading middle staff's French and for the professional development of...
12 March 2012
Switzerland: Swiss people will not get longer vacations
Unions wanted to draw the consequences from the productivity increase – up to 20 percent between 1992 and 2007 –, while real wages only increased by 4.3 percent. Currently, the law provides for...
12 March 2012
Italy: insurance sector renews national collective agreement
Insurance unions (Fiba-Cisl, Fisac-CGIL, FNA, SNFIA and UILCA) and the Ania employers’ organization reached an agreement, on March 7, renewing the sector’s national collective agreement, which...
9 March 2012
Germany: more and more young unemployed graduates from southern Europe are seeking happiness in Germany
Assistance to SMEs. To help German businesses face the growing lack of skilled workers, the Federal Employment Agency, through its Foreign Workers Placement services (ZAV), has been carrying out...
9 March 2012
Spain: unions call for a general strike against the labor law reform on March 29
The two union leaders said the government was responsible for the strike because of “the way it acted and its carelessness” in presenting the reform without even discussing it with the trade...
9 March 2012
EU: the European Round Table of Industrialists, ERT, presents two initiatives promoting women with executive positions
Initiatives. The ERT, a very old lobby in Brussels which gathers 45 CEOs from the largest companies in Europe, launched, on March 12, a database on which its members will post the resumes of...
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9 March 2012
Spain: Vodafone’s new collective agreement provides for short-time working, optional working time cuts and pay cuts to avoid layoffs
The UGT’s transportation and communication federation detailed, in a press release, a series of measures on the implementation of a savings plan via:
9 March 2012
EU: new budget heading on employee involvement in undertakings
Budget heading 04.03.03.03, published on the European Commission’s website yesterday, was allocated the amount of €7,500,000 for 2012. its purpose is “to fund operations aimed at developing...
8 March 2012
Italy: national Fiom demonstration for “Democracy at work”
“Empty factories and a full Piazza San Giovanni.” This is what Maurizio Landini, leader of the Fiom, wants for the national mobilization day called by the CGIL’s union for tomorrow, Friday, March...
8 March 2012
EU: interview of Fabrice Warneck, in charge of the trade industry at the Uni Europa union federation, about the campaign of the European Sunday Alliance
Fabrice Warneck. Our Alliance defends decent working time in Europe. This day of action specifically targeted rest on Sunday because, lately, there is a trend of deregulation affecting work on...
8 March 2012
Germany: new controversy over the introduction of women on management boards
Ursula von der Leyen, the start of Angela Merkel’s administration, thinks that there is no doubt that a statutory quota of women is necessary. Over the past decade, almost nothing has changed and...
7 March 2012
Denmark: new collective agreement in computing
Improving training rights. Employees may add to their training rights for up to three years but, in theory, they can’t use them during layoff notice. As in the trade industry, “training...
7 March 2012
MAN SE: new international framework agreement on fundamental rights at work
After becoming a European company in April 2009 (see our dispatch No. 090353), the MAN SE multinational company (€16.5 billion in sales in 2011), which has its headquarters in Munich, employees...
7 March 2012
Italy: new agreement at TNT Post introduces bank of hours to improve parental leave
New flexibility. Yet, introducing the new organization of the mail and package delivery activity over five days (bringing the workday from 6.28 hours up to 7.44 hours in accordance with the...
7 March 2012
Germany: Hans-Böckler foundation says increased competition in urban mass transportation intensified drivers’ workload
Communal transport companies are under pressure. Carried out by consultant Hubert Resch for the Hans-Böckler foundation, the study, entitled “Intensification of drivers’ work following...
6 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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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