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ArcelorMittal: final European framework agreement on anticipating change
Save jobs and ArcelorMittal’s future. The agreement starts with a commitment linked to the current worries of the company’s employees. “ArcelorMittal intends to preserve all the tools and plants...
9 July 2009
Germany: Deutsche Bank spying scandal takes on another dimension
After acknowledging, on May 25, that its security service spied on some employees in the past, the Deutsche Bank promised an “uncompromised explanation” of this case and commissioned the Cleary...
8 July 2009
Belgium: employers stir up heated debate on pension reform
Base pensions on life expectancy. Inversely, life expectancy has been increasing since the 1970s. “In 1975, people lived, in average, until 75; now they live until 85” explained Klaas Soens...
6 July 2009
Netherlands: partial unemployment benefits extended
Partial unemployment is the only special concrete measure taken by The Hague regarding employment to fight the impact of the crisis. No tax or other aids have been given to businesses. This system...
6 July 2009
Austria: 2.2 % wage increase for railroaders
Planet Labor, June 26, 2009, No. 090677 – www.planetlabor.com
26 June 2009
Czech Republic: new antidiscrimination act approved
The Czech Parliament overrode the President's veto (see our dispatch No. 081015) and adopted, on June 17, 2009, the new Antidiscrimination Act. This text, which transposes Directive 2000/78 on...
25 June 2009
EU: the social partners commit to continue working on accident prevention in the postal sector
In the introduction, they point to the intensification of labor in this “highly industrial” sector and remind their cooperation to promote prevention plans. In late 2004, this commitment...
22 June 2009
Poland: bill amends law on industrial unions
The law of may 23, 1991 on industrial unions provides, in article 35, a series of penal provisions notably in case of an offense to the constitution and union action, or even in case of union...
22 June 2009
Great Britain: minimum wage for apprentices?
Combat exploitation. This was a recommendation made by the Low Pay Commission in its 2009 report. Currently, apprentices under the age of 19 and those over 19 but during their first year as...
17 June 2009
Hungary: Commissioner in charge of the protection of personal data increases the respect of employees’ private life
“Indispensable” data for performing a job. In this opinion, the Commissioner confirmed in writing the current practice that employers must not handle employee data, unless such data is...
17 June 2009
Italy: from theoretical to practical application of the reform of the conventional system
New provisional index. The new reference index to define wages – the central element of the separate agreement on the reform of the conventional system rejected by the CGIL (see our dispatch No...
17 June 2009
EU: 3rd ETF congress defends sustainable transport
Sustainable transport. The European Transport Workers’ Federation, ETF, supports “the promotion of sustainable transport” as indicated in one of the resolutions adopted in late may, indicating...
16 June 2009
Great Britain: businesses close defined benefit pension schemes
Employers’ warning. The CBI employers’ organization sounded the alarm last month: if the government doesn’t do anything in favor of businesses which offer pension funds, they will have to shut...
16 June 2009
Spain: mobilization spreads after negotiations for the renewal of metalworkers’ collective agreement failed again in Galicia
After over 30 hours of uninterrupted talks, employers and unions from the Pontevedra region (Galicia) declared, on Thursday, June 11, that negotiations on the new collective agreement in the metal...
14 June 2009
Finland: Nokia intensifies voluntary leave program before extending it to other countries
After reducing by 20-30% the workforce at Helsinki’s research center and closing the Turku site (south west), the Finnish giant clutched up a gear on February 24, 2009, launching a voluntary leave...
14 June 2009
Germany: crisis and decreasing inflation mark the pilot agreement signed in retail trade
The largest judicial settlement since after the war. What accelerated negotiations was the announcement of the judicial settlement (Insolvenz) at Karstadt, a true institution for German retail...
12 June 2009
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8 December 2025
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31 October 2025
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025
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EU: list of new CSRD reporting standards finalised
On 4 December, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) presented the revised list of reporting indicators under the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which...
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EU: co-legislators strike agreement on Omnibus Directive
The European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached an agreement on the night of 8 December on the weakening of the directives on corporate sustainability reporting (CSRD) and corporate...
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EU: Parliament formally adopts omnibus, diluting due diligence rules
On 16 December, the European Parliament formally approved the omnibus package amending the EU corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives. Their application has been pushed...