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Sweden: bonus to encourage fathers to share parental leave with mothers
Since July 1, 2008, a new law ("jämställdhetbonusen" or "equality bonus") came into force in order to encourage fathers to share parental leave with mothers. (Ref. 080668)
8 September 2008
Spain: professional experience to be validated
The government plans on adopting, in the coming weeks, a decree on the validation of professional knowledge for people who don't have official qualifications. Workers over 21, without a degree but...
8 September 2008
Germany: Lidl to pay heavy penalties for spying on employees
After the video surveillance scandal at Lidl, the different Lander's data protection authorities demand penalties amounting to several thousand Euros for the German discounter. Low-Saxony's...
8 September 2008
Netherlands: Companies liable when working with uncertified temp agencies
The Minister of Social Affairs and the Justice Minister have submitted a legislative proposal to allow temps to demand payment from the company which appeal to an uncertified temporary employment...
8 September 2008
Fiat: unions demand an international framework agreement
Italian metalworkers' unions - Fim-Cisl, Fiom-CGIL and Uilm -, the International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) and the union representatives of Fiat's Italian, Polish, Serbian, Turkish and...
8 September 2008
Brazil: thousands of workers on strike in the car industry
Wage negotiations with car manufacturers are stuck in several Brazilian regions. In the south, 8.500 workers came out on strike last week and Sao Paulo's plants - the country's largest...
8 September 2008
Great Britain: TUC report shows workers are dissatisfied
Pay in line with the cost of living, less stress and reduced working hours : these are workers' main claims, according to a report published by the Trade Union Confederation TUC on September 1...
8 September 2008
Belgium: amendment of the conventional prepension system
Two Royal Decrees issued on August 12, 2008 on conventional prepension were published in the Official Gazette (Moniteur Belge) on August 28, 2008. In keeping with the Generations Pact - the...
8 September 2008
EU: first employers’ reactions against an extension of maternity leave
Revealed by a German daily, a first draft directive prepared by the services of the European Commissioner in charge of Employment and Social Affairs, to extend maternity leave from 14 to 18 weeks...
4 September 2008
Germany: after the agreement on gradual early retirement, the IG Metall demands a 7% wage increase minimum
After months of conflict and on the eve of the beginning of the wage negotiations for the 3.6 million employees of the sector, the Social Partners of the metal and electronics sectors reached an...
4 September 2008
EU: the Parliament wants to bind employers to develop action plans to reduce the gender pay gap
On September 3, 2008, in a resolution adopted by a crushing majority (562 for, 65 against and 6 abstentions), the Parliament adopted the initiative report of the Spanish MEP Iratxe Garcia Pérez...
4 September 2008
Great Britain: the communication workers union takes over TV
This is an unseen event: the first union channel was launched on July 31, 2008. The idea came from the Communication Workers Union (CWU) which is trying to appeal to young workers by exposing on...
4 September 2008
EU: MEPs are discussing the “social package” of the European Commission
On September 2, 2008, MEPs expressed themselves on the series of propositions presented by the European Commission at the beginning of July as part of its "social package." This debate is a...
3 September 2008
Italy: Venice’s criminal court renders a historical verdict against seven Fincantieri managers for deaths caused by asbestos
21 years and four months in jail in total, this is the accumulative sentence of the seven leaders of the former Breda (Fincantieri) who the Venice court deemed responsible of negligent homicide...
3 September 2008
Denmark: the government is trying to bring back the early retirement issue but is faced with major opposition
The offer to move voluntary early retirement (efterlønnen) which is one of the Commission's recommendations concerning the labor market, and which was presented during a first tripartite meeting...
3 September 2008
Finland: the construction site of the EPR atomic reactor threatened by a strike
After some irregularities at a subcontractor of the Bouygues Company, the Finnish union of building workers is threatening to launch a strike on the construction site of the EPR atomic reactor...
3 September 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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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: 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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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