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Germany: chemistry social partners launch the establishment of an agreement on demography in undertakings
Faithful to their reputation as pioneer social partners, the IG BCE chemistry union and the BAVC chemistry employers' federation presented, during a joint congress held on October 9-10 in Berlin...
13 October 2008
Italy: the two union confederations Cisl and Uil reach an agreement with employers on the reform of the conventional system
On October 10, the Confindustria employers' organization and the two unions, Cisl and Uil, agreed on guidelines on the reform of the conventional system. For the moment, there are no talks about a...
13 October 2008
France: circular on the status of posted workers
After the law of August 2, 2005 reforming the status of posted workers in France, two decrees passed on November 21, 2006 (especially for airlines, see our dispatch No. 061245) and on December 11...
13 October 2008
Spain: Unilever closes its Frigo ice cream factory in Barcelona
The food processing group Unilever announced that the production of the factory making Frigo ice cream in Barcelona would be transferred to its German factory. Unions announced action to protest...
13 October 2008
EU: the European Social Partners open two new bargaining sessions
At the end of the year, the European Social Partners will open two major bargaining sessions. The first one concerns the revision of the directive on parental leave, and the other the integration...
13 October 2008
Wabco: establishment of a European works council
The management of the brake system manufacturer Wabco (7.700 employees) - former subsidiary of the American group Standards -signed, on October 1, 2008, an agreement on the establishment of a EWC...
13 October 2008
Germany: unions approve the deferment of the privatization of Deutsche Bahn
Referring to the "extreme anxiety" which took over the financial markets, the German Minister of Finance and the railway company Deutsche Bahn announced, on October 9, the postponement of the...
10 October 2008
Germany: IG Metall and Dansk Metal organize cross-border placement services for their members
The IG Metall Küste (Küste = sea coast) signed, on October 7, 2008, a cooperation agreement with its Danish counterpart, Dansk Metal. The objective is to place workers - both active and unemployed...
10 October 2008
Spain: bank unions criticize the pressure and threats employees are faced with because of the financial crisis
Employees in the banking sector refuse to pick up the pieces of the financial crisis. Discontent is rising and unions are mobilizing. The representatives of the Comfia-CCOO de la Caixa and of...
10 October 2008
Netherlands: a ruling in favor of a jobless who refused a reasonable job offer
A ruling was rendered, on October 8, 2008 in Arnhem, which goes against the government's logic that the jobless should accept "reasonable jobs." (Ref. 080785)
10 October 2008
Germany: metal sector employers propose extending wage negotiations to 2009 on account of the financial crisis
Even before the onslaught of the financial storm, Gesamtmetall, the employers’ federation in the metal sector, was already shocked by the level of IG Metall wage claims. “They are out of their...
9 October 2008
Denmark: non-hiring clauses are legal if the employer gets the employees’ consent
Danish companies must now get the written consent of the employees concerned for non-hiring clauses (jobklausuler) to be valid, says a new law enforced on July 1, 2008. Unions wanted these clause...
9 October 2008
Argentina: the pay gap between employees and executives is reducing
The maximum pay difference between employees at the bottom of the scale and the senior executive of the same company was almost divided by half since the 1990s. In some businesses, this reduction...
9 October 2008
Italy: the referendum organized by the Fiom denouncing an agreement on the restructuring of Alenia Aeronavali failed
On September 9-11, 2008, the Fiom organized, on all the sites of Alenia Aeronavali (a company with a workforce of 1.300 belonging to the group Finmeccanica), a referendum to rescind the separate...
9 October 2008
EU: the ETUC wants a social progress clause in the EU Treaty
On the eve of the "Forum on workers' rights and economic freedoms" organized by the European Commission today, October 9, the European trade union confederation (ETUC) repeated its request for a...
9 October 2008
Netherlands: employees’ contribution to unemployment insurance removed
A social agreement, presented as "unique"; was signed on October 7, 2008 during the traditional fall negotiations between the social partners and the government. The Federation of Dutch trade...
8 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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Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying
Under pressure from new US tariffs, many countries have presented texts in recent weeks to ban the import of products made with forced labor. A real breakthrough for workers' rights or a mere...
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France: EDF served formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations
The news. On 23 September, Greenpeace France announced that it had served EDF with a formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations due to the risks of harm...
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24 September 2026
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Slovakia: a bill to “clarify” personal data protection measures
The news. The Slovak government approved a bill on personal data protection on August 26, 2026. This text aims to clarify existing regulations regarding employees’ rights and...
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7 September 2026