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Belgium: adoption of a draft royal decree to strengthen the prevention of industrial accidents in risky businesses
The Council of Ministers of November 21, 2008 approved a draft royal decree which clarifies and amends the mechanism of the "aggravated risk" provided for in the law on industrial accidents of...
26 November 2008
Netherlands: strict conditions for the reduction of working time and partial unemployment
In order to prevent all kinds of abuses, the government announced, on November 24, 2008, rather strict modalities so companies could be assisted in reducing working time or even forcing their...
26 November 2008
Italy: detailed note on the Cassa Integrazione Guadagni, the partial unemployment insurance
The main “social shock absorber” in Italy, the Cassa Integrazione Guadagni (CIG), replaces employees’ revenues during a reduction or temporary suspension of a company’s activity. It was introduced...
26 November 2008
Denmark: the Ministry of Labor publishes a guide to reduce the gender pay gap
Via the dissemination of a guide on the gender divide of the labor market, the Minister of Labor wants to encourage businesses commit to reduce the gender pay gap which places Denmark last among...
26 November 2008
Poland: the social partners sign a joint declaration on stress
The trade unions (union forum, NSZZ Solidarnosc, OPZZ) and employers' organizations (Lewiatan, Confederation of Polish Employers, Business Center Club, Association of Polish Craftsmen) signed, on...
26 November 2008
Germany: the new leader of the Transnet rail union presents new conditions to the privatization of the Deutsche Bahn
Gathered at a congress on Sunday and Monday, the 326 representatives of the Transnet union - leading rail union with 230.000 members - elected Alexander Kirchner as their union's president. He's...
26 November 2008
China: labor contract law is far from being respected in businesses
By reporting the proof of repeated violations by his employer and obtaining winning his case at the arbitration committee, Huang Weimu - a migrant worker in the Guangdong Province - has become an...
25 November 2008
Spain: the right to flexible working hours for family reasons is only recognized as part of a reduction of working time
The Spanish Supreme Court has rendered two judgments denying employees the right to change the distribution of working hours for family reasons. In the absence of an agreement with the employer...
25 November 2008
France: the parent company must re-hire an employee fired by a Chinese subsidiary, even though the labor contract was over
The Supreme Court gave an unheard-of solution in a decision on November 13, 2008: a parent company is obliged to reintegrate an employee dismissed by a subsidiary located in China even though the...
25 November 2008
EU: the EMF communicates its expectations to the European Commission as to the support to bring the automotive industry
On November 24, 2008, during their meeting with the vice-president of the European Commission responsible for enterprise and industry, Gunter Verheugen, representatives from the European...
25 November 2008
Enel: agreement on the establishment of a European works council
The management of the Enel group - Italy's largest and Europe's second power company (73.500 employees) - and the special negotiating body reached an agreement on November 6, 2008, on the...
24 November 2008
Ireland: the social partners approve the national wage agreement
On November 17, 2008, the trade unions and employers approved the transitional agreement 2008-09 on wages (see our dispatch No. 080717) which is part of the second phase of the "Towards 2016...
24 November 2008
Czech Republic: pro-Family package proposed
The center-right Czech government has approved the long-discussed "Pro-Family Package" of new regulations designed to make life easier for working families with children. The package encompasses...
24 November 2008
Switzerland: UBS Outlines Variable Compensation Reform
In a move designed to bring about a "cultural shift" in the company, Switzerland's largest bank UBS has outlined a sweeping variable compensation plan reform. Notably, executive bonuses and...
24 November 2008
United States: the impossible health care reform, a major issue for the Obama administration
Barack Obama set the introduction of universal health care as one of his priorities. His program plans the creation of a new public program, the National Health Care Exchange which will aim at...
24 November 2008
Austria: the round table with the Ministers in charge only partially defuses the postal conflict
After a summit meeting and demonstrations of employees of the Austrian post, the management of the company accepted to lower the 9.000 job cuts and 1.000 office closings planned by 2015. In spite...
21 November 2008
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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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Netherlands: new government seeks to “control” social costs
In his government policy statement to Parliament on 25 February, Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten announced several measures designed to "control" social costs. Notably, he proposed raising the...
5 March 2026
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Spain: a bill to regulate internships
On 3 March, the Council of Ministers approved the bill on the “Status for persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies”. The text limits the number of interns a company can...
13 March 2026
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EU: co-legislators aim to pivot European Globalisation Adjustment Fund towards restructuring anticipation
On 25 February, the Council of the EU and the Parliament reached an agreement on the Commission’s proposed regulation to expand the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). Under the...
2 March 2026
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Germany: launch of the “WE-Fair” alliance for binational training of skilled foreign workers
Germany continues to expand and diversify its initiatives to attract skilled foreign labour from outside the EU. In mid-March 2026, the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development...
26 March 2026
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Block to slash workforce by nearly half
The news. In his latest shareholder letter, Jack Dorsey, CEO of payment service provider Block (formerly Square), announced plans to slash the company’s workforce “by nearly half, from...
6 March 2026