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Spain: Michelin’s management and unions sign an agreement avoiding job cuts
The inter-center works council and the management of Michelin Spain signed an "exceptional framework agreement 2009" to cope with the bad economic prospects and adapt production to market needs...
9 December 2008
EU: the directive on temporary work was published in the Official Journal
The directive on temporary work, adopted on November 19, 2008, was published in the Official Journal of the European Union on December 5. In this dispatch, we are explaining the provisions of this...
8 December 2008
China: analysis of the new labor dispute law and its impact after six months of its application
The law on mediation and arbitration of labor disputes, adopted on December 29, 2007, entered into force on May 1, 2008, and brought about major changes to the previous mechanism for settling...
8 December 2008
Spain: the government launches its plan for the revival of employment 2009-10 as a matter of emergency
Employment enhancement measures. This exceptional credit will mostly be allotted – up to €8 billion – to a public local investment fund aimed at immediately developing investments into public...
8 December 2008
Belgium: the labor market will remain closed to Bulgarian and Romanian citizens until 2012
The Council of Ministers of December 5, 2008 adopted a draft royal decree which extends the transitional period for Bulgarian and Romanian workers for three more years, from January 1, 2009 to...
8 December 2008
Belgium: financial empowerment of businesses in terms of continuous training
The Council of Ministers of December 5, 2008 approved a Royal Decree which "increases businesses' responsibilities in terms of continuous training" said the Minister for Employment, Joelle...
8 December 2008
Portugal: the government grants 900 million euro to the automobile sector
The Portuguese government is coming to the rescue of the automotive sector by unfreezing an extraordinary 900 million euro grant. The plan defines four major intervention axes: stimulate...
8 December 2008
Hungary: Labour courts take news approach when considering collective redundancies
Number of employees concerned
8 December 2008
EU: Parliament and Council reach a compromise on the recast of the EWC directive
Representatives from the European Parliament, the Commission and the French presidency reached an agreement on a compromise on the recast of the EWC directive. The text, which notably settles the...
7 December 2008
Denmark: four businesses awarded for improving the workplace
Improving MSDs. In order to resolve the problem of conducting numerous repetitive tasks, the medical devices supplier Coloplast developed a method which can be implemented in factories in Denmark...
7 December 2008
Great Britain: HSE publishes draft strategy on health and safety at work
The Health and Safety Executive (HSE) has opened a three month consultation period with the publication of a document outlining its draft strategy "The Health and Safety of Great Britain - be part...
5 December 2008
Slovakia: class action against discrimination introduced by Parliament
Legal antidiscrimination protection. Generally speaking Slovak
antidiscrimination law already provided relatively adequate antidiscrimination protection,
once the country had implemented EU...
5 December 2008
Netherlands: CEOs’ bonuses targeted by the new code of good behavior of listed companies
The Frijns Commission, which advises the government on amendments to make to the Tabaksblat code of good behavior for businesses, is going to announce, on December 10, 2008, new recommendations...
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5 December 2008
France: focus on the working time reform
More flexible extra hours. The law of August 20, 2008 brings more flexibility into the overtime system, thus enabling the company (or establishment-level) agreement to define a quota of extra...
5 December 2008
EU: the EU27 about to develop a residence and work permit for highly-skilled workers
In early 2009, the 27 EU States intend to finalize the creation of a European blue card for highly-skilled workers. This card, oftentimes compared to the American green card, should help these...
5 December 2008
Great Britain: TUC demands additional measures for the respect of minimum wage
The UK's Trades Union Congress (TUC) has called on the Low Pay Commission (LPC) - which is going to issue recommendations to the government in early 2009 - to propose new measures to improve the...
4 December 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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France: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill
After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...
10 September 2026
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Germany: IG Metall demands 5% pay rise amid severe pressure
Despite the crisis hitting the automotive industry, the leadership of the German trade union IG Metall announced on Wednesday 23 September that it would be asking for a 5% pay increase as well as...
23 September 2026
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Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...
8 September 2026
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EU: Commission proposes a list of worker-related criteria for public procurement
The news. On 9 September, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation aimed at unifying European public procurement law, which accounts for 15% of European GDP. It is notably set...
17 September 2026
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Spain: approval of decree on employees’ right to clear information on working conditions
The Spanish government validated, on September 8 in the Council of Ministers, the decree transposing the European directive on transparent and predictable working conditions. This text requires...
9 September 2026
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France: bioMérieux strengthens its end-of-career support measures
The news. In vitro diagnostic specialist bioMérieux (4,400 employees in France) and unions CFDT, CFE-CGC, and CGT signed a new agreement on June 18, 2026, dedicated to end-of-career...
10 September 2026