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EU: the Council wants to regulate golden parachutes and stock-options
After the Finance Ministers at the Council on October 6-7, 2008, the European Council itself now decided to ask the Member States to regulate managers' excessive remuneration, in Brussels on...
16 October 2008
Italy: the Council of Ministers approved the guidelines for the reform of the right to strike
Labor Minister, Maurizzio Sacconi, announced last week
his desire to speed up the presentation of his reform bill “in relation with
this period of strike action.” Consequently, on the same day...
16 October 2008
Denmark: tripartite agreement between the government and the Social Partners to reduce sick leaves
The establishment of a sound working environment, resuming activity during the illness, better dialogue between the employer and the sick employee… these are some of the initiatives contained in...
16 October 2008
Great Britain: Unite mobilized to protect banking jobs
Unite union welcomed the British government's decision to bail out struggling British banks and took this opportunity to renew its call to protect jobs in this sector, badly affected by the...
16 October 2008
Germany: the number of companies not covered by a collective agreement keeps increasing
According to a study published by the German Labor Market and Employment Research Institute (IAB) on October 9, 2008, only 52% of employees working in private firms in western Germany were still...
16 October 2008
Brazil: bank officers on strike throughout the country
Brazilian bank officers have been paralyzing their activity since October 8. They want better wages to recover their buying power and profit sharing. Banks employ over 430.000 people throughout...
16 October 2008
PFW Aerospace: a European works council for a former Airbus subsidiary
The management of the German aeronautical equipment manufacturer PFW Aerospace (formerly Pfals-Flugzeugwerke) signed, on September 6, 2008, with a special negotiating body, an agreement...
15 October 2008
Belgium: the social partners call for a law to encourage positive action
In an opinion adopted on October 10, 2008, the Belgian social partners request a legal intervention to legally secure positive action carried out at the level of sectors and businesses to promote...
15 October 2008
Belgium: interprofessional agreement on equal treatment
The Belgian Social Partners, gathered within the national labor council, adopted on October 10, 2008, a collective labor agreement regarding equal treatment at all stages of the labor relation...
15 October 2008
Spain: unions accuse car manufacturers of taking advantage of the crisis to sort out their structural problems at the expense of the workers
The two union confederations UGT and CCOO vigorously reacted to the announced job cuts at Nissan and Seat in Catalonia and to the change for the production plans of Renault in Valladolid. Whereas...
15 October 2008
Italy: the CGIL fears that the bill on labor relations’ litigations questions the reemployment obligation for workers unlawfully dismissed
According to the CGIL, bill 1441 - currently under discussion at the House of Representatives - is aimed at weakening article 18 of the status of workers which imposes the reemployment of workers...
14 October 2008
Germany: new improvement on the apprenticeship market
After a very good 2006-07 year, the signatory parties of the "National Training Pact" - the federal State and businesses (see our dispatch No. 070213) drew a new positive evaluation of the...
14 October 2008
Poland: a bill to facilitate appeal to agency workers
Parliamentarians presented a bill to soften regulations on the appeal to temporary work. It notably plans to remove obstacles to the employment of temporary workers after an economic redundancy...
14 October 2008
Spain: transposition of the agreement concluded by the European rail Social Partners on working conditions in interoperable cross-border services
Spain transposed the agreement signed by the European Transport Workers' Federation (ETF) and the Community of European Railways (CER) on certain aspects of the working conditions of mobile...
13 October 2008
Belgium: two preliminary draft bills on worker participation in companies born from cross-border mergers
The Council of Ministers approved two preliminary draft bills on worker participation in companies born from cross-border mergers. These two texts transpose into Belgian law European directive...
13 October 2008
Chile/Argentina: new agreement granting social security advantages to cross-border workers
Chile and Argentina signed an agreement which enables their citizens who contributed in both countries to receive their pension in the country of their choice. This project, qualified of...
13 October 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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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