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European social agenda from June 9 to December 31, 2008
We offer an agenda of the main events concerning social Europe and institutional meetings. You can send your scheduled events to the following address: planetlabor@planetlabor.com (Ref. 080474)
6 June 2008
Germany: DGB wants to enhance whistleblowers’ protection
On June 4, 2008, the Bundestag's MPs debated, for the first time, the bill aiming to enhance the protection offered to whistleblowers. The Confederation of German Trade Unions (DGB), thinks that...
6 June 2008
Coca-Cola: IUF launches global union alliance
The International Union of Food, Farm and Hotel (IUF) gathered, on May 22 and 23, representatives from over 100 union organizations with members in 32 countries where Coca-Cola is present. On the...
6 June 2008
Germany: the federal government adopts an “action plan” against illegal work
Facing a strong come back of illegal work, the federal government adopted, on June 4, 2008, during the Council of Ministers, a program to fight against illegal labor. The role and the liability of...
6 June 2008
Italy: unions to mobilize after Telecom Italia announced 5.000 job cuts
The three single trade unions of the sector already called in the National Telecom Coordinating unit as well as the structures concerned, for a meeting on June 10. They are already mobilizing all...
5 June 2008
Austria: chemistry social partners agree on a 3.9% wage increase
The conference with the chairmen of the works councils of the Austrian chemical industry, which took place in Vienna on June 3, agreed to the wage agreement which union and employers' negotiators...
4 June 2008
Netherlands: the Frijns Commission wants to amend the code of good corporate behavior
The Frijns Commission, responsible for ensuring the respect of good corporate practices, is getting hot under the collar. In its annual report, presented on June 4, 2008 to the Minister of...
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4 June 2008
Italy: the Sodalitas Social Award, a ‘barometer’ of the growing interest in corporate social responsibility
The Sodalitas Social Award was awarded on May 29 during the meeting entitled "Sustainability and social responsibility". Revealing Italian companies' growing interest for this field, this national...
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4 June 2008
Spain: Inditex signs its first gender equality plan
The Spanish textile group signed, on May 22, 2008, an agreement negotiated with trade unions to enforce an active policy of equal treatment between men and women at its logistics platform in...
4 June 2008
Denmark: the new bill on “non-hiring” clauses vividly criticized
Unions say it doesn't protect employees enough, while employers say it goes too far. The new bill introduced by the Minister of Labor, Claus Hjort Frederiksen, on the non-hiring clauses, concluded...
4 June 2008
Great Britain: study about carbon nanotubes’ risks on health
A study carried out by the university of Edinburgh sound the alarm concerning the dangers represented by carbon nanotubes. These first industrial products resulting from nanotechnologies could be...
4 June 2008
Great Britain: Google named best place to work
Careful selection of employees, who are pampered and stay in the company for a long time : these are the reasons for the keen interesting the young American company. A study carried out by the...
4 June 2008
EU: the Parliament is discussing a draft resolution for the posting of workers
The members of the Committee on Employment and Social Affairs of the European Parliament debated, on May 29, on the draft resolution for the future of collective agreements after the Laval, Viking...
4 June 2008
Arcelor-Mittal: global agreement on health and safety at work
The steel group Arcelor-Mittal (310.000 employees) and three union organizations – the International Metalworkers' Federation (IMF), the European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) and the American...
4 June 2008
Lafarge: safety month in all the sites of the group
The French group Lafarge (90.000 employees), world leader in construction materials, will organize, in June, a "safety month" in 76 countries where the group is present. At every site, "one or...
3 June 2008
Italy: union and renewal praised at the end of the Cgil national organization conference
The Cgil's national organization conference, which was held from May 29 to May 31, ended with the approval, by a large majority, of the two documents – one political, the other organizational –...
3 June 2008
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8 December 2025
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31 October 2025
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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