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Germany: the leader of the first rail union becomes staff manager at the Deutsche Bahn AG
At the beginning of May, Norbert Hansen, president of Transnet, the DB's main union, resigned from his position to become staff manager at the DB AG. This unexpected "transfer" was criticized from...
20 May 2008
Spain : new Court’s decision on the two-salary-scale clause
Facts. The Supreme Court disallowed Repsol’s two-scale-salary scheme and ordered the company to pay the 6.000 employees harmed by wage differentials, i.e. a total cost of about €24 million. The...
19 May 2008
France: the anti-discrimination law permanently adopted
The Parliament permanently adopted, on May 15, 2008, a law fully transposing five anti-discrimination directives. The Commission blamed French law for several deficiencies, which are now solved...
19 May 2008
Italy: the Fiom rejects the draft reform of the conventional system
With 75.5% of the votes, the Cgil's federation of metalworkers, the Fiom, rejected the draft reform of the conventional system adopted by the three union confederations Cgil, Cisl and Uil (see our...
19 May 2008
International: trade union guide on GRI guidelines to prepare sustainability reports
During a conference in Amsterdam on May 7 and 8, organized by Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), Guy Rider, general secretary of the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) presented a...
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19 May 2008
Great Britain: Gordon Brown presents his legislative program 2008/09
Fight against all form of discrimination, enhanced flexible working for parents, equal treatment for agency workers: a series of measures with an impact on the labor world was presented, on May...
19 May 2008
Czech Republic: President Vaclav Klaus vetoes the anti-discrimination law
While the Parliament adopted, in April, a law transposing, a little late, the European laws concerning anti-discrimination, the president of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus, announced on May 16...
19 May 2008
BP: agreement with the EWC on information and consultation within the framework of relocation
The management of the BP group announced the consolidation of its European Customer Service and Finance Center into a single structure, Business Service Center, which will be located in a...
16 May 2008
Sweden: liberalization measures for migrant workers
If the Swedish Parliament adopts a bill which the government presented at the beginning of May, it will be easier for citizens coming from outside the European Union to come work in Sweden from...
14 May 2008
Denmark: to stop the ‘member hemorrhage’, the LO union wants to leave its offices to go back in the field
To recruit new members and strengthen the union's role on the workplace, the members of the trade union confederation LO is multiplying initiatives. Several unions in Copenhagen are testing a...
14 May 2008
Great Britain: the Prime Minister supports the bill to keep disabled people active
The bill aiming at keeping disabled people active was supported by 183 MPs. The Prime Minister even seems in favor of the bill, which improves its chances of being adopted in spite of the...
14 May 2008
Spain: new collective agreement at the REE
The CCOO and UGT metal secotor federations signed, on May 13, the 9th collective agreement of the electricity company Red Électrica de España (REE), which will regulate the working conditions of...
14 May 2008
Italy: good practices in terms of safety at work
On May 1 - which, in Italy, was dedicated to safety at work - the union confederation Cgil evaluated the most innovative agreements and initiatives on this issue. The protocol concluded for the...
14 May 2008
Argentina: debate on private use of the internet at work
An Argentinean court ruled that using the internet for private reasons during working hours was not a reasonable ground for dismissal. Argentineans consider it normal to surf on the web at work...
14 May 2008
EU: the date to transpose the Directive on electromagnetic fields postponed
Directive 2008/46 of April 23, 2008, which provides for a four-year postponement of the deadline for transposition of Directive 2004/40/EC concerning minimum health and safety requirements...
14 May 2008
Belgium: a collective agreement transposes the provisions on employee participation of the directive on cross-border mergers
The Belgian social partners, gathered at the National Labor Council on April 29, 2008, adopted a collective agreement (CCT) to transpose article 16 of Directive 2005/56 of October 26, 2005 on...
13 May 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