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Italy: social partners in the craft industry of the metal sector signed the agreement for the renewal of their national collective agreement
Social partners signed, on February 27, the agreement for the renewal of their national collective agreement, which ended in June 2000 for the regulation part and in December 2004 for the economic...
3 March 2008
Finland: more industrial accidents in 2007
According to the first information received about the Helsinki area, where more than 25% of the Finnish population lives, industrial accidents increased of 4.3% in 2007, which confirms the past...
3 March 2008
Poland: the government wants to make the Labor Code more flexible
The Ministers' Council adopted, on February 28, a draft amendment for the Labor Code to "make labor law more flexible and more rational". This text notably plans to exclude companies with less...
3 March 2008
EU: towards a “restructuring package” under the French presidency
During a short speech, on February 28, 2008, in front of the Group II (employees) of the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), the European Commissioner in charge of Employment, Social...
3 March 2008
Great Britain: the government pressures beneficiaries of social allowances
The Work and Pensions Secretary, James Purnell, announced on February 29 a wide reform of the welfare system, with a much greater focus on payments by results when awarding welfare-to-work...
3 March 2008
Belgium: details on the protection of teleworkers in the event of industrial accidents
Social partners adopted, on February 27, as part of the national labor council, a national collective agreement to complete that signed on November 9, 2005 concerning telework, in order to give...
3 March 2008
Germany: unions accuse the Deutsche Post of avoiding minimum wage
In a pilot-project, from March 1, the Deutsche Post AG wants paper careers to deliver non-addressed advertisement instead of its own mailmen. The Ver.di and DPVKOM unions are furious and accuse...
3 March 2008
Italy: metalworkers approve their national collective agreement
75.13% voted "yes". This is the result of the referendum organized the Fim-Cisl, Fiom-Cgil and Uilm-Uil unions on the draft agreement for the renewal of the metal sector's national agreement...
3 March 2008
Finland: many employers don’t apply national legislation and collective agreements to foreign workers
Two years after the Finnish labor market was open to workers from the new Member States, the new services of labor and social legislation inspection in Finland underlined many abuses. (Ref. 080169)
29 February 2008
International: merger of UK transport union (RMT) and offshore union (OILC)
Members from the British union of Rail and Maritime Transport Workers (RMT) and those of the Offshore Industry Liaison Committee (OILC) voted, on February 14, in favor of a merger of the two...
28 February 2008
EU: ETUC presents its position on the Laval and Viking cases to MEPs
During a hearing organized by the European Parliament(s Commission for Employment and Social Affairs, on February 26, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) presented its position on the...
28 February 2008
France: report to define French-style flexicurity
Eric Besson, Secretary of State in charge of Prospectives and Evaluation of Public Policies, presented to the Prime Minister on February 26 the report entitled "flexicurity in Europe". This...
27 February 2008
Denmark: unions revive the issue of ethical investment by pension funds
The two union confederations LO and FTF are ready to amend the guidelines of the policy of the mandatory ATP (Arbejdsmarkedets Tillægspension - supplementary pension investment fund) after what...
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27 February 2008
Italy: €12m allocated to occupational safety trainings
Fondimpresa, the equal interprofessional training fund organized by the employers' confederation Confindustria and the three union confederations (Cgil, Cisl and Uil) allocated €12 million to pay...
27 February 2008
Netherlands: judges want to lower severance pay
A special group of magistrates is working on the revision of the "judges' method", which determine the amount of the benefits granted by the court to dismissed employees, revealed on February 26...
27 February 2008
Germany: Siemens confirms 6.800 job cuts in SEN subsidiary
It is now official. The German industrial conglomerate Siemens announced, on February 26, 2008, 3.800 job cuts worldwide, about 2.000 of which in Germany, within the business communications...
26 February 2008
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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