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Morocco: call centers, haunted by turnover, are creating tools to keep their employees
Pay is a driving force. With 4,000-5,000 dirham when they start (€354-442.4) wages are already three times higher than local minimum wage. This is a godsend for young Moroccans looking for a first...
4 March 2010
Spain: CEOE leader lays draft labor market reforms on the table
Recruitment. To have it done with a segmented market, he proposes a new permanent contract with intermediary benefits. Before, employers often talked of 20 to 25 days instead of the current 45...
3 March 2010
EU: the European Commission presented its view of the EU’s strategy for 2020
Priorities. When presenting his draft strategy for 2020 early on Wednesday, March 3, European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso didn’t conceal his anxiety regarding the current economic...
3 March 2010
Spain: agreement in chemistry to extend of one year the sectoral collective agreement and postponed the wage revision clause to the end of 2010
No renegotiation of the framework collective agreement in chemistry. The social partners in chemistry agreed that they wouldn’t open negotiations for a new collective agreement. The Federation of...
3 March 2010
Germany: focus on works councils elections
Elections that matter for employers as well. A crucial element for workers, the election of works councils (WCs) is also followed by employers across Germany. “For employers, these elections are...
3 March 2010
Venezuela: gradual 25% minimum wage increase after currency devaluation
On Monday, March 1, the decree establishing a partial 10% minimum wage increase in Venezuela was enforced. After the devaluation of the national currency, Bolívar, in January 2010, the Chavez...
3 March 2010
Finland: union mergers coming up in banking and rail transport
TU and Suora want to merge to create the largest trade union of executive and clerical staff. TU and Suora (finance, insurance, alcohol trade and games of chance employees) should merge. The two...
2 March 2010
Shoprite Checkers: the supermarket chain is the second African company to sign an international framework agreement
Growing company. Shoprite Checkers is a growing South African company. After Africa, Europe and India, the first African supermarket retailer wants to go to the other continents. The international...
2 March 2010
Italy: Alcoa signed an agreement with the government and unions and suspends planned restructurings in exchange for lower energy costs
After over four months of spectacular mobilization from Sardinian workers, the closure of Alcoa’s two Italian establishments – Portovesme (Sardinia) and Fusina (Venice) – was suspended for six...
2 March 2010
Spain: the war between employers’ leaders encourages metal employers to present its candidate for the presidency of the CEPYME, the confederation of SMEs
The election, in May, of the President of the Confederation of Small and Medium-Size Businesses (CEPYME), lets the personal conflicts between the leader of the CEOE and his counterpart from...
2 March 2010
Belgium: Carrefour’s restructuring revives the debate on the risk of social dumping coming with the multiplicity of joint committees in commerce
Carrefour Belgium’ restructuring program is sparking off controversy. The employees of the group’s 117 stores went on strike on February 27 to protest against the closure of 21 stores and the...
2 March 2010
Germany: tough compromise on the wage agreement for employees of the Federal State and Towns and their businesses
3-step wage increase. Reached after a conciliation procedure, the agreement provides for a first 1.2% wage increase on January 1, 2010, followed by a 0.6% wage increase on January 1, 2011 and 0.5%...
1 March 2010
EU: European and international wood unions adopt a social and environmental action plan
Pessimists. The unions’ forecasts as to the impact of the crisis on employment in 2010 are quite pessimistic: 2 million jobs are at risk this year. Yet, the EFBWW and the BWI think that some...
1 March 2010
Italy: social partners in cement, lime and plaster unitarily renew their collective agreement
Fillea CGIL, Filca-Cisl, and Feneal Uil (unions) and the Federmaco employers’ organization signed a unitary agreement on February 18 to renew the national collective agreement in cement, lime and...
1 March 2010
Netherlands: positive start for the “I Can” campaign helping jobseekers rethink their skills
A survey carried out among 565 people by the Department for Labor and Social Affairs shows than one in four viewers on www.ikkan.nl/talentenvertaler (I can/talent translator) finds more...
1 March 2010
Denmark: pending reform of the staff representation structures in charge of safety at work to adapt them to the needs of modern businesses
“More flexible rules, adapted to modern businesses’ everyday” and to a modern labor market for representation structures in charge of health and safety at work: this is how Labor Minister Inger...
1 March 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