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Ireland: SIPTU union threatens to block negotiations for the national wage agreement
A few days only before social partners' meeting with the Prime Minister to discuss the future national wage agreement, the SIPTU union officially confirmed that it would sign no further agreement...
12 February 2008
Germany: first step towards minimum wage in the temporary sector
Two employers' federations in the temporary sector - BZA and IGZ - and the German confederation of trade unions DGB sent, on February 11, 2008, their official request for minimum wage in the...
12 February 2008
EU: ETNO and UNI Telecom adopt a statement on social responsibility
During the last sectoral social dialogue committee which took place on December 4, 2007 in Warsaw, European social partners in the telecommunications sector, the ETNO for employers and the UNI...
12 February 2008
Hungary: the ITF calls on the Hungarian government to respect its commitments towards railway workers
The International Transport Workers' Federation (ITF) sent, on February 7, a letter to Transport Minister Kakosi Csaba, asking him to honor the commitments the government took towards workers in...
11 February 2008
Great Britain: Government must increase ethnic minorities’ employment rate
A study carried out by the National Audit Office - NAO - which scrutinized employment policies aimed at integrating workers from ethnic minorities, recommends more targeted professional...
11 February 2008
Denmark: Government and social-democrats comparing jobplans to face the workforce shortage
Pensioners and students will earn more, active seniors will get tax abatements and compensation allowances for part-time workers will be reduced; these are the main elements in the government's...
11 February 2008
Spain: dismissal for temporary disability is not discrimination
In a decision rendered in November 2007, the social chamber of the Spanish Supreme Court rejected the request for avoidance of a dismissal lodged by an employee on a sick leave after an infarct...
11 February 2008
Slovakia: social partners can’t agree for the renewal of the collective agreement in the mechanical engineering industry
Social partners from the mechanical engineering industries' sector have not yet signed the collective agreement for 2008-2009. Unions are asking for a 7% increase, which they justify by the...
11 February 2008
Austria: negotiations on flexible working time started
Since January 1, 2008, Austrian social partners can negotiate, at both branch and company level, an extension of usual daily and/or weekly working time, respectively to 12 hours a day and 60 hours...
11 February 2008
Germany: the conflict between Porsche SE and Volkswagen’s EWC on staff representation still on
After failing to reach an out-of-court settlement with Porsche Automobil Holding AE, VW's EWC just obtained the deferment to April 29, 2008 of the appeal originally planned for February 13...
7 February 2008
Portugal: increased appeal to fixed-term and part-time work
The annual report of the Portuguese National Statistics Institute for 2006 shows an increase in fixed-term contracts and a casualization of employment in the past three years, in a context where...
7 February 2008
Great Britain: Employment Retention Bill
Despite the government's active policy to integrate disabled people, employees with a handicap are not enough protected by law. John Robertson, labour MP, proposed a bill to keep this category of...
7 February 2008
Bulgaria: workers from Kremikovci’s metallurgy factory still on strike
The 3.000 workers of the biggest metallurgy industry in Bulgaria - national pride from the communist era - have been on strike for two weeks. They are asking for better working conditions and...
7 February 2008
Sweden: Ericsson to fire 1.000 and maybe more throughout the world
The Swedish telecom carrier Ericsson announced, on February 1, 2008, that, after a disappointing third trimester and a 16% decrease in profits in 2007, the company needs to save 4 billion crowns...
7 February 2008
Portugal: social partners’ reaction to the White Paper on labour relations
The White Paper on labour relations (see our article No. 080025) which announces an important reform of the labour code - already deeply reviewed in 2003 - was presented on December 27, 2007 to...
7 February 2008
Italy: renewal of the economic part of the national collective agreement for chemistry’s SMEs
On January 28, Union chimica-Confapi for employers and the Filcem-Cgil, Femca-Cisl and Uilcem-Uil unions signed the renewal of the economic part of the national collective agreement of small and...
6 February 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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Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying
Under pressure from new US tariffs, many countries have presented texts in recent weeks to ban the import of products made with forced labor. A real breakthrough for workers' rights or a mere...
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France: EDF served formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations
The news. On 23 September, Greenpeace France announced that it had served EDF with a formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations due to the risks of harm...
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24 September 2026
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Slovakia: a bill to “clarify” personal data protection measures
The news. The Slovak government approved a bill on personal data protection on August 26, 2026. This text aims to clarify existing regulations regarding employees’ rights and...
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7 September 2026