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Netherlands: pensioners are going to have to tighten their belt
Millions of pensioners are going to have to tighten their belt in 2013. The cuts will amount to 2.5 percent in average and cannot exceed 7 percent in any case. Indeed, the Dutch National Bank...
9 January 2012
United States: NLRB paralysis avoided for now
On Tuesday, January 4, Barack Obama appointed three new members to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB, in charge of enforcing union rights). Indeed, after Craig Becker’s term expired on...
6 January 2012
EU: the European Commission’s expected social initiatives for 2012
Monti II and posting of workers. To answer the concerns European trade unions have because of the ECJ’s Viking and Laval rulings (see our dispatches No. 071012 and 071034) which, even though...
5 January 2012
Poland: negotiations get tougher for the follow-up of the “Anticrisis” Act
The Act of July 1, 2009 on lessening the consequences of the economic downturn (known as the “Anticrisis Act”) expired on December 31, 2011 (see our dispatches No. 090611 and 090555). Thus...
5 January 2012
Netherlands: annual leave regulations brought in line with European standards
Until now, Netherlands law provided that employees on sick leave for over six months could only ask for paid leave for the last six months of their illness, i.e. two weeks’ holiday. These days...
5 January 2012
Germany: even ‘liberal’ economists are calling for high wage increases in 2012
Increases to support German and European growth. “In theory, unions are rights. After several years of wage moderation, the time has come to up the level of wage claims. I think they will know...
5 January 2012
Poland: report on changes to social law in 2012
Provisions on maternity, paternity and adoption leave are immediately effective (i.e. they apply to ongoing leaves).
4 January 2012
Germany: Volkswagen bans professional emails outside of working hours
No work emails between 6:150pm and 7am. A few years ago, BlackBerries – portable devices to read and write emails – were, like company cars, a symbol of social status between managers. Now, they...
2 January 2012
Netherlands: cleaning agents on strike
Negotiations for the next collective agreement covering cleaning agents are at a standstill: unions fixed an ultimatum on January 1 for the OSB employers’ organization to accept their conditions. ...
2 January 2012
Italy: separate collective agreement in the automotive sector based on Fiat’s “Pomigliano model”
In order to convince Fiat to return to Confindustria, Federmeccanica for employers and the Fim-Cisl, Uilm-Uil, Fismic and UGLM-UGL unions signed a separate agreement, on December 22, on "special...
2 January 2012
Italy: Parliament permanently approves the Monti administration’s austerity program
Compared with the decree of December 6 (see our dispatch No. 110750), the Parliament committees have added several amendments. The “exceptional adjustments” for the standards affecting labor...
23 December 2011
Denmark: Parliament permanently approves pension reform
Planet Labor, December 22, 2011, No. 110799 – www.planetlabor.com
22 December 2011
Italy: unitary transport strike blocks Italy once again
After a successful strike last spring (see our dispatch No. 110225), Filt-Cgil, Fit-Cisl, Uiltrasporti, Ugltrasporti, Orsa, Faisa-Cisal and Fast did it again on December 15-16. They claim the...
19 December 2011
France: interview of Claire Toumieux, partner at Flichy Grangé Avocats, about the obligation to use French in employment relations
Claire Toumieux. This ruling was rendered against an EDS France company which recruited a senior account manager – i.e. a senior executive – with a employment contract which provided that the...
18 December 2011
Morocco: call centers are unionizing
Union membership is gaining ground. Lately, Total Call, a call center working for French contractors, has experienced its first strike. The first social conflict of a call center working with...
17 December 2011
EU: European Commission uploads database on transnational company agreements
This database contains all transnational agreements and texts identified and catalogued by the project’s partners (Aritake Wild, Wilke Maack Partners and Planet Labor, which led the project). ...
17 December 2011
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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