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EU: four scenarios of the evolution of European chemical workers by 2020
Growth at risk. The report shows that, in 2006, in Europe, this key sector for the European economy accounted for approximately 100,000 enterprises in the chemicals, pharmaceuticals rubber and...
26 January 2010
United States: for the first time in the history of American unionism, there are more unionized civil servants than employees
The average American union member is a civil servant. For the first time since the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) started looking into these statistics, the number of unionized workers in civil...
26 January 2010
Italy: Fiom-CGIL proposes own-initiative bill on union democracy
Reforming union democracy. The campaign to gather the 50,000 signatures required to introduce to Parliament the own-initiative bill on union democracy, initially planned in January (see our...
26 January 2010
Italy: associations blame the Italian State for neglecting asbestos victims
The Court of Mantua condemned Rodolfo Belleli, 97, owner of the Belleli industrie meccaniche srl company, to three years and ten months of prison and a fine of €2.4 million for the families of...
25 January 2010
Germany: more calls for wage moderation even though Germans’ real income is decreasing
Increasing wages, decreasing incomes. At first glance, the evaluation of collectively-agreed wage increases (7.9 million employees) is satisfactory. In average, wages increased of 2.6% in 2009 (3%...
25 January 2010
Great Britain: Equality and Human Rights Commission wants to encourage businesses to publish reports on equal pay
40 years after the Equal Pay Act, women still earn, in average, 20.2% less than men – full time and part time included. The pay gap is bigger in the private sector (25.6%) than in the public...
25 January 2010
Spain: Saint-Gobain signs equality plan
This plan is the outcome of a process started in May 2008 with the creation of an equality committee in charge of assessing the company’s situation, in keeping with the Gender Equality Act of...
25 January 2010
Romania: Alcatel-Lucent employees organize in favor of the group’s restructuring program
Until last July, the Romanian employees of Alcatel-Lucent, subsidiary if the French group present in Timisoara for 18 years, didn’t have a trade union to represent them or defend their rights...
25 January 2010
Portugal: negotiations paused between retailing employers and unions
Formal disagreements. The CESP chose to block negotiations with employers because of the latter’s administrative blockades. The union says the employers’ organization tried to get union leaders to...
25 January 2010
Norway: NHO employers’ organization supports women’s access to businesses’ boards with the Female Future Program
Beyond the statutory requirement introduced by the Female Future Program in 2004, there is one belief: the equal division of talents and skills between men and women. Allowing diversity is...
22 January 2010
Deutsche Bank: banking group to increase the fixed wages of all its employees throughout the world
Administer the law while remaining competitive. Without confirming the figures given by the daily, a DB spokesman explained that the bank was currently revising its remuneration system and...
22 January 2010
Netherlands: FNV union organizes “free public transportation” operation to send a message on the pension reform
The two biggest FNV unions, Abvakabo (civil servants) and FNV and Allies (manufacturing) wanted to raise the public’s awareness regarding the reform of retirement age, discussed on January 20 at...
21 January 2010
Germany: in keeping with the ECJ ruling, the government announced a quick amendment to the law on the notice period
Revising German labor law. On January 19, the ECJ ruled that the German Civil Code provision (§622 BGB) not taking into account years worked before the age of 25 for calculating the notice period...
20 January 2010
Italy: CGIL sent to Parliament the bill on the right to permanent training which got 130,000 signatures
“A contribution so the Parliament will willingly address the issue of permanent training” is how CGIL general secretary Gugliemo Epifani defined the own-initiative bill on permanent training...
20 January 2010
Finland: chemical and media workers’ union merge, creating TEAM
TEAM (Teollisuusalojen ammattiliitto) has officially been active since January 1, 2010. It is the result of a draft union merger discussed for several years, supposed to bring about the country’s...
20 January 2010
Germany: Deutsche Telekom keeps rejuvenating its staff
Promote young talents within the company. Like in 2008 and 2009 (see our dispatch No. 080060), the phone operator wants to hire 3,500 new employees in 2010, including 1,400 young postgraduates and...
20 January 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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France: Yves Rocher convicted of breach of duty of vigilance for infringement of freedom of association
The specialised chamber of the Paris Judicial Court convicted Yves Rocher on 12 March for breaching its duty of vigilance. The group was sued by Turkish employees dismissed in 2018 by a subsidiary...
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12 March 2026
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Spain: business support package to tackle the economic impact of the Middle East conflict
The Spanish government approved a series of measures on 20 March to support companies facing rising energy prices. In return, these businesses are prohibited from making redundancies for economic...
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EU: Council adopts position on simplifying AI rules
The Council of the EU approved its position on 13 March regarding the “omnibus regulation” proposal, published last November by the Commission to simplify the AI Act. Confirming the...
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20 March 2026
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Germany: a corporate group supports local political engagement via its “Democracy Charter”
Large corporations in the Hesse region, surrounding Frankfurt, are defending local democracy by enabling employees to volunteer in local public life through an initiative dubbed the "Democracy...
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United States: Coca-Cola subsidiary sued by the administration over women-only event
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) announced on 18 February that it is launching federal proceedings against Coca-Cola Beverages Northeast for “sex-based...
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6 March 2026