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Deutsche Telekom: unions file complaint with the OECD against Deutsche Telekom
Facts. The complaint concerns events that took place at T-Mobile USA and Crnogorski Telekom, Montenegro. In the first, unions denounce a union campaign organized by the management as early as...
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13 July 2011
Great Britain: growing use of Section 188 in the public and voluntary sectors to legally dismiss staff in order to rehire them on poorer pay and conditions
Workers at a Scottish charity, Quarriers, are the latest example of a group of workers to experience lawfully imposed wages cuts. Their union, Unison, reported that Quarriers, which has a...
13 July 2011
EADS: new European agreement on success-sharing
Now that it has a framework for the negotiation of transnational agreements (see our dispatch No. 100677), EADS has renegotiated its success-sharing agreement, which dated back to 2009. The new...
13 July 2011
Italy: banking social partners agree on reforming the sector’s solidarity fund
“A historical victory for the entire union movement since it avoided early or compulsory retirement for 30,000 Italian workers at a time of severe economic and social crisis.” This is how the...
12 July 2011
Belgium: Constitutional Court gives the lawmaker until 2013 to harmonize the blue-collar and white-collar statuses
Notice and waiting period. In the decree issued on July 7th, the Constitutional Court ruled on the constitutional character of two issues that have been at the heart of the negotiations between...
12 July 2011
Italy: temporary social partners launch sectoral pension funds
“At European level, there has been no similar experience in the sector. Therefore, Italy can pride itself in being the first, building a system capable of protecting agency workers throughout...
11 July 2011
Romania: harsh restructurings and privatizations in the offing for State companies
Numerous cuts. The Romanian government is preparing a major wave of restructurings within State companies with financial difficulties: this summer alone, nearly 7,000 jobs should be cut in energy...
11 July 2011
Germany: growth is starting to show in wage increases negotiated in 2011
Moderate but durable increases. According to the latest quarterly monitor of wage negotiated within the framework of sectoral collective agreements of the Hans Böckler foundation, collective...
11 July 2011
Great Britain: government maintains employees’ right to request time off to train but will review the policy in 2015
Context. Since April 6, 2010, employees in businesses with 250+ people can ask their employer for time off to train during working time. This right should have applied to businesses with less...
11 July 2011
Italy: government reveals 2011 austerity policy
At a press conference organized on July 6th, Finance Minister Giulio Tremonti, announced that the decree on the stabilization of finances should help save €25.3 billion. In addition to the...
8 July 2011
Spain: unions and Telefónica management agree on 6,500 job cuts over 3 years
Unions agreed to the 3-year employment reduction program (ERE) affecting up to 6,500 employees. The company accepted to improve its initial offer and will pay employees who leave 68% of their...
8 July 2011
Morocco: the new Constitution improves fundamental rights at work
Primacy of international law and of Human Rights. The preamble of the new Constitution dedicates a whole paragraph to the primacy of international law over Moroccan law. The previous...
7 July 2011
Belgium: government takes measures for some categories of jobseekers
Restructuring card. A royal decree extends the “restructuring” card to workers laid off because of bankruptcy, company closure or liquidation. The extension of the system was included in the...
7 July 2011
Germany: Federal Government decides to work on the introduction of minimum wage in call centers
Gross hourly pay between €5.77 and €6.50, tough rhythms, overtime not counted, less than 20 days off a year, permanent shifting between the company’s different services or absence of training…. ...
6 July 2011
Italy: leather social partners sign unitary agreement renewing the sectoral national collective agreement
Pointing out that union relations in the sectors have “always been rather complicated and ambivalent,” the Filctem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uilcem-Uil unions rejoiced with the signature, on June 28th...
6 July 2011
Great Britain: Sodexo signs union recognition agreement with the three biggest unions in Britain
The agreement sets out terms of the formal relationship between Sodexo and the three unions in terms of a strategic partnership. It also identifies the guiding principles for the relationship...
6 July 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