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Great Britain: ACAS launches consultation to make improve the representation of workers
In December 2008, the ACAS (Advisory, Conciliation and Arbitration Service, which notably helps improving industrial relations) published two documents for consultation in an attempt to modernize...
9 January 2009
Italy: Fiat sends its white-collar workers to partial unemployment
As announced in December (see our dispatch No. 081029), Fiat is sending some of its white-collar workers to partial unemployment. The employees concerned are the 1.200 workers of the Orbassano and...
9 January 2009
Italy: government proposes to reduce working time to prevent layoffs
“Fix employment within the company”. According to the Confindustria employers’ association, 600.000 jobs (1 million according to
unions) would be in jeopardy because of the crisis. In
this tense...
9 January 2009
EU: UNI-Europa Finance increases coordination for national bargaining and defines a procedure for transnational agreements
The economic context is driving the European sectoral union federation UNI-Europa Finance to improve its Strategy on Transnational Collective Bargaining at national level. For that purpose, it...
9 January 2009
Netherlands: 164 businesses benefit from compensated working time reduction
At the end of December 2008, the government postponed of two weeks companies' deadline to request the ATV (working time reduction plan, see our dispatch No. 081049). Unions and employers wanted it...
8 January 2009
France: a “label” awarded to businesses promoting diversity and preventing discrimination
Announced by the President of the Republic on December 17, 2008 during his speech on equal opportunities on the labor market, the “diversity label” is now operational, the commission in charge of...
8 January 2009
BNP Paribas/Fortis: cooperation between the two groups’ EWCs and unions
Whereas the fate of the takeover of the Belgian bank Fortis by the French BNP Paribas banking group is hanging on the court rulings expected in Belgium, the two banks' EWCs keep meeting "so these...
8 January 2009
Unicredit: the bank embarks on vocational training
The EWC and the management of the Unicredit group adopted, in mid-December a joint declaration on "training, learning and professional development". Training is set as a fundamental value for the...
7 January 2009
EU: the European social partners assess the implementation of their agreement on work-related stress
Unlike the autonomous agreement on telework, the first of this kind, the agreement on stress didn’t come in a totally new legislative and regulatory framework at the national level. Thus, its...
7 January 2009
Portugal: MPs to reexamine the new labor code after constitutional court ruling
The new labor code should have come into force on January 1, 2009, but it needs to be reexamined by MPs on January 21. This comes from a ruling by the constitutional court which rejected the...
7 January 2009
Belgium: the social partners adopt the 2009-10 interprofessional agreement
On December 22, 2008, the Belgian social partners adopted the 2009-10 interprofessional agreement, in cooperation with the government, which reconciles unions' major claims concerning the growth...
6 January 2009
EU: the Czech presidency presents its social priorities
The Czech Prime Minister, Mirek Topolanek and the Deputy Prime Minister, Alexandr Vondra presented, on January 6, 2009, at a press conference, the priorities and the program of the Czech EU...
6 January 2009
EU: the Court of Justice to speak on the information and consultation procedure for workers undergoing restructuring
While the number and intensity of restructurings should soar in 2009, the Court of Justice of the European Communities was seized with two cases which should enhance workers' right to be informed...
6 January 2009
Spain: the needed reform of employment services
The Spanish government is trying to reform the labor market to face the rapid unemployment increase - 42.7% in one year. The stakes include the modernization of employment services and the...
6 January 2009
Mexico: 4.6% minimum wage increase after lobbying by companies trying to moderate remunerations to save jobs
Unions are expressing their discontent after this increased deemed limited, below the inflation increase curve. According to the commission in charge of arbitrating negotiations and defining...
6 January 2009
EU: the European Commission evaluates its actions on restructurings
On December 16, 2008, the European Commission presented a report on restructurings in Europe. The document gives a detailed evaluation of actions carried out at the European level. With this...
6 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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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
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Germany: Volkswagen cancels almost all collective bargaining agreements signed with IG Metall
The Volkswagen brand announced on 30 September that it is terminating 10 of its 13 internal collective bargaining agreements, effective 31 December 2026. The announcement, which the carmaker...
1 October 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026