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Germany: DGB demands a review of the bill on the protection of employees’ private data
The DGB finds this bill excruciating. In November 2009, the Ministry of the Interior and the Ministry of Justice created a stir by announcing that they were working on a bill on the protection of...
22 June 2010
Greece: women are the first victims of the pension reform
Strict application of the equality principle. The government justifies those changes by the ECJ’s sentence for failure to respect the fundamental principle of gender equality. After the...
22 June 2010
Romania: union leader quits after failed mobilization against severity plan
Take on responsibility. The leader of the BNS (National Union Bloc), Dumitru Costin, handed in his resignation last week, following unions’ failure to prevent the introduction of severity...
22 June 2010
International: charter to increase the financial sector’s responsibility
In the document adopted earlier this month, the representatives of the Uni-Finance union reminded the need to guarantee stability in financial establishment to safeguard the stability of the real...
21 June 2010
United States: businesses where work is good do better on Wall Street
Every year, Great Place to Work looks at 350-450 businesses. Thus, last year, they surveyed 81,000 employees to better understand businesses’ culture and the trust employees have in their company...
21 June 2010
Belgium: merger between the CSC’s construction and energy-chemistry federations
The largest federation within the CSC. The 234,000 members of CSC Bâtiment-Industrie, which gathers workers in construction, cement, glass, wood, graphics and paper, and the 50,000 members of CSC...
21 June 2010
EU: ETUC wants a European instrument to anticipate change
A European initiative. “Against this background of globalization and continuous technological innovations, the industrial policy framework has to be redefined in association with the social...
21 June 2010
Great Britain: government cancels programs supporting return to work for long-term jobseekers
Removal. On June 17th, the government canceled and suspended 217 programs signed by the previous Labor government since January 2010, for a total ₤10.5 billion (€12.5bn) saved. Regarding public...
21 June 2010
United States: Bob King elected UAW President
Bob King, 63, was elected President of the United Auto Workers, the powerful American union, by an overwhelming majority. He reaped 2,115 votes – 98%. His last-minute opponent, Gary Walkowicz...
18 June 2010
Lithuania: Parliament adopts amendments to the Labor Code facilitating overtime and striking
On April 14th, the Prime Minister announced, after months of tripartite negotiations, an agreement allowing layoff without notice (in exchange of double compensation for the employee), fixed-term...
18 June 2010
Russia: government to facilitate geographic mobility in the country
The Russian labor market, between dynamism and inertia. As early as last year, Russian workers’ lack of mobility because a major concern. They switch jobs as often as Japanese or Dutch people –...
17 June 2010
Germany: Employment Minister wants to introduce sectoral minimum wage in the temporary sector
“Sprinkler rule.” Already named “Schlecker Lex,” the bill aims to avoid a new “Schlecker case.” In January, the public opinion learned that Schlecker, European leader in hardware stores, fired...
17 June 2010
Italy: metal SMEs renew their national collective agreement with a separate agreement as well
The renewal of the CCN for small and medium-sized metal businesses was concluded between the Fim and Uilm with the Unionmeccanica-Confapi employers’ organization on the night of June 3rd. the two...
17 June 2010
International: global unions adopt a series of principles on temporary work
The principles, presented on June 14th, were adopted by the Council of Global Unions (which coordinates member organizations within Global Unions, which in turn includes the International Trade...
17 June 2010
Deutsche Telekom: new work-life balance measures
In 2001, Deutsche Telekom signed a company agreement on the establishment of an equal opportunity policy. In 2005, it was followed by the establishment of management structures and diversity...
17 June 2010
Great Britain: unions in the public sector are dreaming of coordinated action against the government’s planned budget cuts
This is all the more so now that public expenditure and public services in Britain will experience what are roundly acknowledged to be the biggest cuts in many generations. The cuts result from...
17 June 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