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Belgium: unprecedented negotiation failure in the metallurgy
The five claims of the MWB-Metal. The MWB-Metal, the metalworkers’ union in Wallonia-Brussels, came to the negotiating table with five claims: 1/ The application of the Interprofessional Agreement...
23 April 2009
France: Continental didn’t have to consult the EWC before the French staff representatives on closing the Clairoix site
The union organizations and staff representation bodies which went to court asked for the suspension of the consultation procedure as long as the EWC wasn’t informed or consulted in accordance...
22 April 2009
Spain: Audi awards the professional of the new Q3 to the Martorell factory near Barcelona
However, the battle was even more complicated with competition from other factories in Eastern Europe with much lower costs. There were talks about the factory of Bratislava in Slovakia, Gyor in...
22 April 2009
EU: report recommends working time limits in aviation
Recommendations of the scientific report. Yet, according to the report published in January, to avoid fatigue for the crew and therefore risks for passengers:
21 April 2009
EU: skills and greens jobs on the 2009 agenda of the European Social Dialogue Committee in Electricity
The European Social Dialogue Committee in Electricity met on March 10 to validate its 2009 work program. The Committee, created in 2000, gathers the FSESP-EPSU – the European Federation of Public...
20 April 2009
Germany: several businesses caught storing employees’ personal data again
Lidl discounter in the hot seat again. In early April, several hundreds of listings and forms belonging to Lidl were found in a trash can near a gas station in Bochum. Part of these documents was...
20 April 2009
Germany: firms and unions work hand in hand to put off as long as possible the prospect of massive layoffs
Beyond the debate on bonuses and extravagant salaries of bosses and certain senior executives, the solidarity currently shown by unions and employers is perhaps only fleeting, but it really...
20 April 2009
EU: the Committee on Women’s Rights of the European Parliament proposes to extend minimum maternity leave to 20 weeks
Longer maternity leave and equivalent salary. The MEPs propose to extend minimum maternity leave to 20 weeks instead of 18 as the Commission proposed (currently, maternity leave lasts 14 weeks). 6...
20 April 2009
Chile: national strike against corporate policy to face the crisis
Chile’s key trade union, CUT (Central unica de trabajadores) called its members for a national day of action on Thursday April 16, which was successful throughout the country. The participants...
20 April 2009
Great Britain: restrictions for eastern European workers extended
“I can confirm that members of the A8 [accession states] will have to be working and paying tax in the UK for one year before they become eligible for the benefits” declared a Home Office...
17 April 2009
Germany: more apprenticeship places “thanks to” post-reunification declining birth rate
Stable costs. The disparity of publics, businesses, sectors and duration of apprenticeships makes it hard to precisely assess what businesses spend. According to the Federal Institute for...
16 April 2009
Netherlands: new union requirements on partial unemployment
Since April 1, businesses hit by the crisis can send their employees to partial unemployment, up to half their working time, for three months which can be renewed twice (see our dispatch No. ...
16 April 2009
Italy: two company agreements recoge the “biological damage” of partial unemployment
Two groundbreaking agreements were signed by the Fiom in Bologna with two businesses belonging to Zola Predosa: Verlicchi (250 employees), which manufactures bike structures for groups such as...
15 April 2009
France: Supreme Court defines the last base of operation of employees who worked in several Member States
In line with Regulation 44/2001 – which transposes into Community Law the Brussels Convention which notably determines the competent court in the event of international labor relations – employees...
15 April 2009
SNOP: establishment of a European works council
FSD, composed of SNOP SA, specialized in making metallic constituents for the car industry, and the SNOM toolmaker (nought in July 2008), has 2.403 employees in Europe. It is present in France...
15 April 2009
Romania: State contributions suspended while in partial unemployment
The number of unemployed people in Romania is booming and will soon hike 300,000, which will require 500 million lei (€120 million) surplus to the budget for indemnities and trainings, Labor...
14 April 2009
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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...
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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
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...