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Klöckner & Co: the German group turns into a European Company
102 years after its creation, the Klöckner & Co company, the largest independent multi-metal distributor in the world, laid the foundation stone for its transformation into a European Company...
1 July 2008
Peru : vote of a law regulating subcontracting
The law regulating outsourcing activities was promulgated b the Peruvian President Alain Garcia after ratification by the Congress despite the discontent of the private sector. The text requires...
30 June 2008
Germany: the collective agreements signed in 2008 confirm the end of wage restraint
In its middle evaluation, the Institute for Economic and Social Research (WSI) of the Hans Böckler Foundation presents a summary of the industry-wide collective agreements signed in the first six...
30 June 2008
Austria: the telecom union is blocking the creation of a “civil servants’ parking lot” at Telekom Austria and Österreichische Post
At Telekom Austria (TA) and Österreichische Post (ÖP), two former public companies, almost 20.000 employees kept the almost sacrosanct civil servant status they had before the privatization. To...
30 June 2008
Poland: national strategy on health and safety at work 2008-2012
On June 23, the Council of Ministers adopted the national strategy for health and safety 2008-2012. Falling within the framework of EU policies on this topic, the strategy includes a series of...
30 June 2008
Denmark: 3F says Danisco is responsible for the “mercury scandal” at its Grindsted factory
Of the 80 victims of the "mercury scandal" of Danisco's Grindsted factory who met with the 3F union on June 25 in Billund, at least 50 are ready to defend their case in court. After this case...
30 June 2008
Great Britain: managers don’t overdo in terms of health and safety
According to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE), disproportionate health and safety management is much less widespread than the media suggest. The HSE mostly thinks that it is important to show...
30 June 2008
EU: the European Parliament criticizes the working time agreement
In 24 hours, the outgoing Slovenian presidency and the upcoming French presidency were arraigned by the members of the European Parliament's Commission on Employment and Social Affairs about the...
27 June 2008
EU: launching of the revision of the EWC directive
The European Commission adopted today, July 2, 2008, the proposal to revise the EWC directive. The major changes compared to the previous version – which Planet Labor had obtained (see our...
27 June 2008
EU: the EU Parliament strikes out at the Commission about working time
The Parliament's Committee on Petitions adopted, on June 25, an own-initiative report ordering the Commission to deal with the complaints it received for breaches of the European legislation on...
26 June 2008
Spain : unions and employers in the metal industry sign an agreement on safety at work
Information. Information will be communicated by visits of delegates to work sites in firms with 6 to 50 employees. Hitherto, visits by people appointed by the unions to companies without staff...
26 June 2008
Portugal : tripartite agreement on the reform of the labor code
The agreement signed on June 25 terminates tough negotiations lasting six weeks (from April 22 to June 4 followed by bilateral meetings). Confronted with unexpected threats of the UGT ( close to...
26 June 2008
Germany : the Siemens CEO finds his firm « too Germanic» and makes a plea for diversity
“Our 600 executives are mainly men, German and white. We are too unidimensional”, criticized Peter Löscher at the helm of the German electronics giant for almost a year. In fact, this observation...
25 June 2008
China : skilled workforce on the downturn and wages on the rise, China will soon no longer be “an employers’ paradise”
China, which introduced new labor regulations on January 1, 2008 (see article n° 070676), is beginning to witness the accumulation of worrisome signals in the employment sector. According to Cai...
25 June 2008
Sweden : the social partners to update the Saltsjöbaden agreement regulating social relations for the last 70 years
This basic agreement had been negotiated in 1938 at Saltsjöbaden, a village on the coast near Stockholm between the Swedish employers’ confederation and the LO confederation. It is part of a...
25 June 2008
Denmark : toward a law protecting the right of unions to collective bargaining
“We can fight social dumping by using the weapon of labor dispute”, said the minister of labor, Claus Hjort Frederiksen, on declaring on June 20, 2008 his intention to submit a bill taking into...
25 June 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...
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
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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Italy: three executives from luxury goods group Tod’s investigated over worker exploitation
Italian authorities are once again turning their attention to working conditions in the luxury goods supply chain. On 20 November, the Milan public prosecutor charged three senior executives of...
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28 November 2025
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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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28 November 2025