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Germany: HRDs emphasize the advantages of partial unemployment
According to Professor Gerold Frick, director of the German human resources management association (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Personalführung or DGFP), whose members signed the statement, the...
21 January 2009
Germany: booming partial unemployment particularly affects the automotive sector
On January 7, the Federal Employment Agency (BA)
confirmed a sharp hike in requests for short-term partial unemployment
measures. Around 300.000 applications were recorded last December against...
21 January 2009
Germany: BASF to appeal to partial unemployment for the first time since 1993
Currently, only
a few of the 95.000 people employed by BASF worldwide will be partially
unemployed as of February 1 – around 1.500 for the Munster site and 180 for the
Schwarzheide site, which...
21 January 2009
Rio Tinto-Alcan: EWC informed of 2.000 job cuts in Europe
This meeting of
the EWC follows the announcement of the restructuring plan announced on
December 10, 2008. Concerning employment, it provides for 14.000 job cuts
worldwide, including 5.500...
21 January 2009
Ukraine: measure to protect the labor market from the crisis adopted
The global financial and economic crisis (added to the chronic political unrest) is badly affecting Ukraine, especially its labor market. According to official declarations, unemployment should...
20 January 2009
Bulgaria: amendments to the Labor Code enforced
The draft law amending the Labor Code (see our dispatch No. 080561) came into force at the end of 2008. Without introducing fundamental changes, it brings about a few important changes: it...
20 January 2009
EU: the European Globalization Adjustment Fund (EGF) to rescue Dell’s Irish employees?
During a meeting with a group of Irish MEPs, European Commissioner Vladimir Spidla said he was ready to help, "at all costs", the 1.900 employees of Dell's factory in Limerick, Ireland, threatened...
20 January 2009
Belgium: better conditions for employees sent to partial unemployment
According to the government,
these measures will substantially increase partial unemployment benefits of up
to €400 per month.
20 January 2009
Thales: transnational bargaining on professional development
After Areva and Schneider Electric, the French group Thales (68.000 employees), world leader in mission-critical information systems for the Aerospace, Defense and Security markets, is opening...
19 January 2009
Spain: sanction against Alcampo (Auchan) for spying on its employees
The Spanish Agency for the Protection of Data (AEPD) launched a sanction procedure against Alcampo (Auchan group) after the complaint filed by the CCOO union. The latter denounced the...
19 January 2009
Mexico: partial unemployment spreading in the auto industry
Given the limited legal framework, car manufacturers are juggling with working time reductions, temporary suspensions for some of their staff or anticipated leaves to reduce production and offset...
19 January 2009
EU: the EP is calling for a better implementation of the directive on equal treatment between men and women
In a resolution adopted on January 15, 2009, the European Parliament is concerned about Member States' delay in transposing Directive 2002/73 on the implementation of the principle of equal...
19 January 2009
ArcelorMittal: the EWC monitors local bargaining for voluntary leaves
On December 15, Arcelor's management and the secretariat of the EWC stated, in a joint declaration, that they wanted "to strengthen the social dialogue national and local level in relation to...
18 January 2009
Czech Republic: Hyundai to reduce working time in its Nosovice plant
Hyundai's Czech factory announced, on January 7, that it was going to reduce production given the low demand for new vehicles. The company will reduce working time in its Nosovice factory to four...
18 January 2009
Hungary: amendments to the Labor Code and to the workplace Health and Safety Act on January 1, 2009
Holiday entitlement (Section 134 Subsection 3). The new law enables to slide a maximum of five vacation days onto the following year if the beginning of the holidays started the year of...
18 January 2009
EU: recovery plans for the auto sector to be coordinated at European level
The 27 EU Ministers for Industry all answered the European Commission's invitation to discuss, today, the situation of the automotive sector. The Ministers said they were ready to launch public...
16 January 2009
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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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Spain: new terms and conditions for in-company training contracts
On 25 November, Spain's Council of Ministers approved a regulation on training contracts. This text defines the terms and conditions for hosting work-study students and interns doing professional...
1 December 2025
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France: sectors feel economic slowdown to differing degrees
The latest data on France’s occupational sectors (branches professionnelles), covering the year 2023, show how employment trends are shaping workplace dynamics. After a more favourable period for...
19 December 2025
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Germany: apprenticeship openings fall sharply in manufacturing and chemicals
From 1 January 2026, Dutch collective agreements for temporary employment agencies will alter the employment conditions of temp workers. Agencies will be required to pay these workers at least the...
15 December 2025