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Great Britain: unsuccessful job applicants may demand selection criteria details
Planet Labor, January 28, 2009, No. 090094 – www.planetlabor.com
27 January 2009
Slovenia: partial subsidy for the reduction of working time to face the crisis enforced
The said subvention shall be granted to the employer provided that in the period of receiving it:
27 January 2009
Belgium: amendment of legislation applicable to restructurings
Planet Labor,
January 27, 2009, No. 090091 – www.planetlabor.com
27 January 2009
EU: the Twenty-Seven talk about mobility and working time
Open labor markets to eastern European workers. This is one of the EU Presidency’s priorities for this semester:
remove obstacles to workers’ mobility within the Union. This first concerns...
27 January 2009
Sweden: a commission delivers proposals to the government to safeguard the specific role of trade unions with regard to EU requirements
Proposals made by the Swedish commission. The commission first acknowledged that the trade unions had gone too far in the Laval case, as their action was motivated not by Laval’s refusal to adhere...
26 January 2009
Spain: UGT union demands control of mass layoffs in businesses making profit
According to a study published by the technical cabinet of the UGT union, the number of employees concerned by employment reduction procedures (EREs) - partial, temporary or permanent - increased...
26 January 2009
Germany: the Bundestag ratifies the law on employees’ capital interest
More tax aids for employees. To improve employees’ access to the companies’ capital, the new law provides for the creation of investment funds to which employers and employees may contribute...
26 January 2009
Germany: the IG BAU, the building union, demands a 6% wage increase
Full order books. The order books of the sector’s companies are full until at least mid-2009. In addition, they should benefit from the €50 billion recovery plan presented in mid-January by the...
26 January 2009
Netherlands: sharp drop in the bonuses of bosses and CEO’s of listed firms
The lot of these bosses is nonetheless enviable, considers this newspaper. The average salary of a company chief has a fixed part of € 1 million with an annual maximum bonus of € 1 million and a...
23 January 2009
Germany: IG Metall stabilizes its members
In 2008, for the first time in 15 years, the IG Metall, the largest union in Germany with 2.3 million members, put a temporary end to the erosion of its strength. According to an assessment...
23 January 2009
Italy: collective bargaining reformed
A "historical" agreement on the reform of the unique conventional system for the private and the public sector was signed on January 22, 2009 in Rome between the government and the social...
23 January 2009
Portugal: new Labor Code adopted after the plan to extend the try-out period was abandoned
On January 21, the Chamber of Deputies adopted the draft revision of the Labor Code. This review of a text adopted on November 7, 2008 follows the decision of the Constitutional Court (see our...
23 January 2009
SAS: the airline signed an agreement with unions to reduce costs
On January 11, 2009, Scandinavian Airlines System (SAS), which has two head offices, one in Sweden and one in Denmark, signed an agreement with its unions on a new collective agreement to help the...
23 January 2009
Spain: Competitiveness Plan to help auto businesses face downturn
Planet Labor, January 23, 2009, No. 090075 – www.planetlabor.com
22 January 2009
EU: the CJEC opposed to the loss of paid annual leave in the case of absence for illness
The ruling rendered on January 19, 2009 by the Court of Justice of the European Communities (CJEC) is in keeping with the case law interpreting Directive 2003/88 on the organization of working...
22 January 2009
Brazil: one in three businesses prepares layoffs for the beginning of the year
Cutting short rumors
and assessments from independent sources, the Brazilian Ministry of Labor
finally recognized that a record in terms of job cuts was reached at the end of
2008. According to...
22 January 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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Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying
Under pressure from new US tariffs, many countries have presented texts in recent weeks to ban the import of products made with forced labor. A real breakthrough for workers' rights or a mere...
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France: EDF served formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations
The news. On 23 September, Greenpeace France announced that it had served EDF with a formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations due to the risks of harm...
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24 September 2026
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Slovakia: a bill to “clarify” personal data protection measures
The news. The Slovak government approved a bill on personal data protection on August 26, 2026. This text aims to clarify existing regulations regarding employees’ rights and...
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7 September 2026