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Great Britain: government questions employees’ right to request time to train
Short consultation. Within the framework of this new policy (see our dispatch No. 100044), the training requested by the employee should be good for the company and the employee. When they...
2 September 2010
Netherlands: still no coalition three months after the general election
Geert Wilders’ Freedom Party (PPV) is now setting the political rules in the Netherlands: it seems impossible to govern without it, because of its election results, but equally hard to govern with...
2 September 2010
Italy:government presents plans for labor market reform
This plan follows the line of the “White book on the future of the social system,” approved by the Council of Ministers on May 6, 2009 (see our dispatch No. 090541).
1 September 2010
Great Britain: fixed retirement age to be scrapped on October 1, 2011
What is it? The Employment Equality (Age) Regulation, enforced in October 2006, allows employers to part with their employees when they are 65, regardless of the circumstances. The Regulation...
1 September 2010
International: metal unions seek to improve strategy in Latin America
The meeting held on August 18 and 19 brought together representatives from the ASMIRA and UOM (Argentina), CNTM-FS and CMN-CUT (Brazil), and SITIMM (Mexico). Manuel Campos, the IG-Metall...
1 September 2010
Germany: IG-Metall demands 6% wage increase in the steel industry
Union says it’s a problem of equity. Oliver Buckhard, leader of the IG-Metall in North-Rhine Westphalia, explained his union’s requirements by reminding that steel employees gave a lot during the...
1 September 2010
Suspending the information thread until September 1st
The information thread will be suspended from the evening of July 30th to September 1st. You can still access the database over that period. The entire team wishes you a very good summer.
30 July 2010
Germany: the conditions for a sectoral agreement on minimum wage in regional rail transport are taking shape
After the second bargaining round for collective agreements at the Deutsche Bahn and in the rail industry, it is still impossible to say foretell the amount of wage increases for the 165,000...
30 July 2010
Portugal: the Portuguese post office is on the list of businesses that can become private
A long procedure. In 1992, the CCT, nationalized in 1969, became an anonymous company with 100% of the capital owned by the Portuguese State. Meanwhile, the telecommunications department became...
29 July 2010
Great Britain: Vestas and Linamar, two long conflicts, two different outcomes
In mid-July 2009, Vestas announced the closure of its two plants in the Isle of Wight, employing some 600 workers and citing the restrictive nature of planning laws in Britain as having choked off...
29 July 2010
EU: European Commission points to working conditions in retail trade
A sector with a horizontal nature. “Retail services act as a link between a multitude of upstream and downstream markets, making it a key player in the European economy” points out the document...
29 July 2010
EU: guidelines to tackle third-party violence and harassment in education, private security and local authorities
Varied violence. Such type of violence and harassment can take different forms, according to the social partners: physical, psychological, verbal or sexual, originate from an individual or a...
27 July 2010
Italy: tension is rising after Fiat announced the relocation of production in Serbia
Right and left wing protest from political and union forces followed the declarations, last week, of Fiat’s managing director, Sergio Marchionne, to the La Repubblica daily. Presenting his...
27 July 2010
Great Britain: key novelties of the Equality Act in terms of labor law
Protected people. The act prohibits discrimination at work in terms of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex...
26 July 2010
EU: the ETUC publishes its guide on the new EWC directive
This guide was developed by the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) to help employees' representatives "make the most of the new provisions in" Community Directive No. 2009/38 on EWCs. This...
26 July 2010
Great Britain: employers have to remove health questionnaires from recruitment procedures
A widespread practice. A survey carried out by the Pannone law firm among over 100 human resources managers and senior managers found that 50% of them ask applicants to fill in a health...
26 July 2010
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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