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Portugal: the government is preparing a plan to support the automotive sector
Faced with the chain decreases in activity in November in Portugal, the government is considering taking measures to support the car industry soon. (Ref. 080936)
27 November 2008
EU: the Commission launches European recovery
To create demand
for labor the Plan invites Member States to consider reducing employers’ social
charges on lower incomes and calls on the Council of Ministers to adopt, before
the 2009 Spring...
27 November 2008
EU: the social partners in the textile sector agree on early restructuring management
After a joint work program on restructurings, the European social partners in the textile sector reached a report "to prepare for better anticipation and management of industrial changes and...
26 November 2008
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
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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