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Finland: after several suicides at Rautaruukki, unionists are talking about a Finnish France Telecom
Demanding reorganization. While no one is trying to explain these tragic events by a single cause, it seems that the recent reorganization of work rhythms seriously weakened employees. In the unit...
11 November 2009
Romania: National Union Bloc fights against gender discrimination at work
Lower pay. 100,000 employees were interviewed in over 200 businesses and administrations in Romania. In the end, eloquent figures clearly show that women are discriminated against at work. The...
11 November 2009
Great Britain: mental health guide
Good practices to reduce costs related to mental problems. Commissioned by the Department of Health to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), the guide promotion mental...
11 November 2009
EU: gas social partners to raise businesses’ awareness regarding demographic ageing and the skills shortage
“The issue of demographic ageing and the skills shortage appeared as an obvious topic for social dialog given what the gas sector should expect” explained Didier Baur, EPSU representative and VP...
10 November 2009
Germany: new government wants more flexible laws on fixed-term contracts and smaller supervisory boards
Restrictive laws on fixed-term contracts with no particular reason. Currently, the law on part-time work and fixed-term contracts (Teilzeit- und Befristungsgesetz – TzBfG), enforced on January 1...
10 November 2009
Netherlands: new light metal collective agreement postpones wage increases to 2011
Increases postponed to 2011. The General Employers’ Association (Algemene Werkgevers Vereneging – AWVN), affiliated with the Confederation of Netherlands Industry and Employers (VNO-NCW), the...
10 November 2009
Lithuania: towards the 4-day week with wage cuts?
Cut working time without employees’ consent. In fact, businesses willing to reduce the number of days worked by their employees, by appealing to short-time working, would be allowed to implement...
10 November 2009
Portugal: priorities of the new Socrates government
Small and medium-size enterprises. Support will mostly be dedicated to introducing SMEs on foreign markets. In this respect, the government is going to unfreeze €250 million to support such...
10 November 2009
Gras Savoye: agreement establishing the EWC
Scope and significant change of the legal structure. The new EWC affects all EU countries where the group has at least one subsidiary “whose accounts and annual totals are included in mandatory...
9 November 2009
Denmark: SAS airlines failed to reach an agreement with all unions on cost-cutting program
After concluding, earlier this year, an agreement with unions on a cost-cutting program amounting to 1.5 billion Swedish crowns (almost €137 million – see our dispatch No. 090077), SAS presented...
9 November 2009
Netherlands: TNT Post proposes alternative to unions to revive negotiations
Harry Kooistra Director of TNT Post, proposed, in a letter sent on Saturday, a new program. To get the negotiations on the future collective agreement and a social plan presented as unavoidable...
9 November 2009
Great Britain: interim agreement between Royal Mail and the CWU pauses the postal conflict
Truce. After several weeks of conflict, the management of Royal Mail, the British post, and the Communication Workers’ Union, CWU, have buried the hatchet. A transitional agreement negotiated last...
9 November 2009
Italy: social partners in the paper industry sign a unitary agreement for the renewal of the national collective agreement
War figure in spite of a unitary agreement. The unitary agreement for the renewal of the paper industry’s CCN was signed on November 4 in Rome by the Assocarta employers’ organizations and the...
9 November 2009
Spain: Corporate Equality Label enforced
The Real Decreto 1615/2009 establishes the conditions to award and use the new “Corporate Equality” logo, which will allow distinguishing businesses carrying out active no-gender-discrimination...
6 November 2009
Volkswagen: global Charter on employee representatives’ participation rights
This Charter was negotiated by the Global VW Works Council and the management. In its preamble, the Charter values performance and participation, which create the company’s culture. The first...
6 November 2009
Denmark: analysis of the impact on the Danish system of the conflict caused by the renewal of collective agreements in the public sector in 2008
During the biggest conflict in the history of the public sector, in the spring of 2008, as part of the renewal of sectoral collective agreements, several experts were concerned about its...
5 November 2009
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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