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Great Britain: ID cards for foreign nationals as of November 2008
Chief measure of the government's fight against illegal labor, biometric ID cards will now be mandatory for foreign nationals willing to enter or stay in the country. The trade unions, together...
2 October 2008
Portugal : the new labor code will be approved at the latest on November 7, 2008
The bill was adopted on its first reading thanks to the vote of the socialist MPs in majority. The two right-wing parties abstained, while the communists and the far left voted against. Two steps...
2 October 2008
Italy : union representation and work at the center of the UIL 7th conference
Created in 1950, the UIL is the third Italian union organization with over two million members and two levels of representation: 1° horizontally through its regional unions, 107 provincial...
2 October 2008
Valeo: the EWC organized transnational collective action
The European works council of the French motor vehicle equipment manufacturer Valeo (almost 70.000 employees in Europe) decided, during a bureau meeting on September 11, to call all the European...
2 October 2008
Great Britain: minimum wage increase on October 1
Hourly minimum wage for workers over 22 increased of 3.8% on October 1, 2008. It went from £5.52 (around €7) to £5.73 (around €7.30). Workers aged 18-21 will receive £4.77 (€6) instead of £4.60...
2 October 2008
EU: the European Commission chooses to postpone the revision of the directive on the involvement of employees in the European Company
Planned for this year, the revision of the directive which provides for the involvement of employees in the European Company will be delayed to 2009, when the directive on the regulations creating...
1 October 2008
EU: UNI-Finance asked financial groups to request extraordinary EWC meetings
Since the American financial crisis is moving on to the old continent, the European trade union federation UNI-Europa Finance asked its representatives on 51 European works councils in the finance...
1 October 2008
Denmark: agreement on using the internet and cell phones at work
The employers' organization Dansk Erhverv (DE) published an agreement signed on July 10, 2008 with the trade union confederation HK/Privat, which includes joint recommendations for a business...
1 October 2008
Netherlands: a bill to make companies responsible of the first six months of unemployment
The center-left governmental coalition wants to give companies the possibility to be responsible for the maintained payment of their dismissed employees for the first six months of unemployment...
1 October 2008
Germany: Ver.di and the Postbank sign a “home agreement” while the trial of strength in the banking sector is escalating
On September 25, the Ver.di union and the management of the Postbank reached an agreement on a moderate wage increase and a strengthening of job security. This is not always the case in the rest...
1 October 2008
GeoPost: agreement for the establishment of a European works council
The management of the GeoPost group (20.000 employees) which gathers the express parcel subsidiaries of the group La Poste present in 30 European countries (Chronopost International, DPD...)...
30 September 2008
Germany: a study reveals that 600.000 jobs were lost in the public sector after the liberalization of public services
According to the German union foundation Hans-Böckler, the public service lost 2.1 million jobs in 20 years. The job creations expected in the private sector are far from compensating this loss...
30 September 2008
Italy: Alitalia’s unions accept the recovery plan of the airline
After compromises on wages and the fate of precarious workers, the CGIL union signed, on September 25, 2008, the agreement on the recovery plan of the Italian airline Alitalia by the consortium of...
30 September 2008
Great Britain: government promises to stabilize the financial system
At the annual Labor Congress, Prime Minister Gordon Brown asserted his will to stabilize the financial system weakened by the collapse of several merchant banks. "Irresponsible" bonuses of the...
29 September 2008
Ireland: Facebook, the secret weapon against absenteeism
Facebook is about to become a true weapon to fight against absenteeism: a recent study shows that 83% of employers regularly visit social network sites, such as Facebook, to check the veracity of...
26 September 2008
Great Britain/Poland: interunion cooperation agreement between the TUC, Solidarnosc and OPZZ
On September 25, 2008, in London, Brendan Barber, leader of the TUC, Janusz Sniadek, leader of Solidarnosc and Jan Guz, leader of the OPZZ, signed a cooperation agreement aimed at providing...
26 September 2008
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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...
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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
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...
20 October 2025
On 17 July 2025, BPCE and its trade unions signed a second agreement on jobs and career management within the banking group. The text places generative artificial intelligence at the core of its...
15 October 2025
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EU: list of new CSRD reporting standards finalised
On 4 December, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) presented the revised list of reporting indicators under the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which...
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EU: co-legislators strike agreement on Omnibus Directive
The European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached an agreement on the night of 8 December on the weakening of the directives on corporate sustainability reporting (CSRD) and corporate...
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EU: Parliament formally adopts omnibus, diluting due diligence rules
On 16 December, the European Parliament formally approved the omnibus package amending the EU corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives. Their application has been pushed...
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Fashion brands accused of violating trade union freedoms in Asia
On 27 November, Amnesty International released a report denouncing widespread violations of trade union freedoms in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka by both governments and suppliers to...
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