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EU: evolution of the employment market in telecoms by 2020
Major profit in a sector that employs less. In the introduction, the report notes that, in 2005, the sector’s added value amounted to €190.3 billion, €136 from the “big five,” i.e. the UK...
3 February 2010
Great Britain: flexible work for all from the first day on the job?
Extended rights. Current flexible working rights (flexible hours, work from home) are only available to parents of children under 16 and people taking care of dependent relatives, after at least...
3 February 2010
Italy: unions confirm strike on February 3 after Fiat met with unions and government
The meeting between Fiat, the government and unions, held at the headquarters of the Department for Economic Development on Friday, January 29, didn’t reassure unions, mobilized since the...
2 February 2010
EU: MEPs request better acknowledgement of the impact of the economic crisis on women
Planet Labor, February 17, 2010, No. 100143 – www.planetlabor.com
2 February 2010
Belgium: agreement on working and wage conditions for workers that aren’t covered by a joint committee
Residual committee. In Belgium, employers and union organizations negotiate working and pay conditions within the framework of sectoral joint committees. Yet, CP 100, created in 1074, is a...
2 February 2010
Belgium: workers march and question businesses’ notional interests
Tense social context. These past few weeks, announcements of mass layoffs poured in Belgium. Opel Antwerp is going to close, putting 2,600 jobs at risk. In Jupille, next to Liege, AB InBev unions...
1 February 2010
Germany: Federal Labor Court condemns booming low wages and thinks about removing “tariff unity” in businesses
The annual press conference of the Federal Labor Court was tainted with the economic crisis. Statistics and data Mrs. Schmidt presented on January 27 confirmed that.
1 February 2010
Germany: Minister for Employment Affairs Ursula von der Leyen presents draft jobcenter reform
Unconstitutional mixed
structures.
Flagship reform of the “2010 agenda” of the former green and red Schroder administration, social welfare,
managed by towns, and long-term
unemployment...
29 January 2010
Netherlands: government wants to prevent postal firms from practicing social dumping at all costs
The government appealed to the ruling rendered on January 5 which provided that the State wasn’t competent to force, via a regulation, the Sandd and Selektmail firms to hire 80% of its workers...
29 January 2010
Italy: CGIL declares general strike for March 12
“The need to face the economic crisis and its impact on employment, the urgency to act at once to bring balance to the tax burden in favor of salaried workers and pensioners and amend the...
29 January 2010
Great Britain: job offer, internship or training for every young person out of work for six months
Make sure young people won’t pay for the recession. This program, entitled “Young Person’s Guarantee” is part of the “Backing Young Britain” program that already helped around 100,000 young people...
29 January 2010
Netherlands: reform of supplementary pension in the offing
Unions and employers have been saying it since 2006: nothing needs to be changed in the current supplementary pension scheme, which adds to basic pension (AOW). The financial crisis and the...
29 January 2010
Germany: 200,000 agency workers get a 5% wage increase
An agreement which took time. The agreement signed affects about one in three temporary employees. It will enter into force on May 1, 2010 and expire on April 30, 2012. It provides for a first...
28 January 2010
Brazil: CNM/CUT metalworkers’ union stands by Opel’s Belgian employees after the announcement of the shutdown of the Antwerp plant
The announcement of the closure of Opel’s Antwerp plant (Belgium) sparked off controversy in Brazil, among the National Confederation of Metalworkers (Confederaçao Nacional dos Metalurgicos, CNM)...
28 January 2010
Slovakia: Parliament passed an act on extension of collective agreements
This reform will be a crucial change for many employers, because as of now the employers can get covered by the higher level collective agreement without any previous participation in the...
27 January 2010
EU: three scenarios on the evolution of European jobs by 2020 in the Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste Sectors
The sector’s characteristics. In the introduction, the authors of the report point out that the Electricity, Gas, Water and Waste sectors are all “essential to the functioning of the economy, and...
27 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: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill
After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...
10 September 2026
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Germany: IG Metall demands 5% pay rise amid severe pressure
Despite the crisis hitting the automotive industry, the leadership of the German trade union IG Metall announced on Wednesday 23 September that it would be asking for a 5% pay increase as well as...
23 September 2026
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Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...
8 September 2026
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EU: Commission proposes a list of worker-related criteria for public procurement
The news. On 9 September, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation aimed at unifying European public procurement law, which accounts for 15% of European GDP. It is notably set...
17 September 2026
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Spain: approval of decree on employees’ right to clear information on working conditions
The Spanish government validated, on September 8 in the Council of Ministers, the decree transposing the European directive on transparent and predictable working conditions. This text requires...
9 September 2026
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France: bioMérieux strengthens its end-of-career support measures
The news. In vitro diagnostic specialist bioMérieux (4,400 employees in France) and unions CFDT, CFE-CGC, and CGT signed a new agreement on June 18, 2026, dedicated to end-of-career...
10 September 2026