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France: lasting conflict on special pension schemes
The strike against the reform on special pension schemes has been going on since November 13 among railway workers and in the urban transports around Paris. Union confederations' leaders, on the...
16 November 2007
Denmark: social partners’ first reactions to legislative elections
After the early legislative elections of Tuesday November 13, Anders Fogh Rasmussen, leader of the liberal party Venstre and leader of the liberal-conservative coalition which has been governing...
16 November 2007
Italy: first employment agency managed by union
The Cisl is starting a pilot experience creating an employment agency in the city of Bolona and is thus becoming the first union to ever propose such an idea. After an experimentation phase, it...
15 November 2007
Germany: bill to “unblock” labour and social security courts
The Ministers' Council (Bundeskabinett) adopted, on Wednesday, November 13, 2007, a bill which concerns both labour courts and "social”"courts (cases depending from social security law). The bill...
15 November 2007
Germany: the federal labour court recognised the preservation of the company’s pension scheme in case of transfers
In a ruling rendered on November 13, 2007, the federal labour court gave satisfaction to an employee whose firm was bought off. It gave him the right to preserve the level of his company pension...
15 November 2007
France: CNE does not comply with ILO rules
Seized with a claim from the LO union, the ILO - International Labour Office - judged, in a report published on November 14, 2007, that the provisions of the ordinance 2005-883 of the French...
15 November 2007
EU: EWC creations and negotiations in the building sector
Whereas two German groups in the building sector signed agreements to create or renew EWCs, the French group Bouygues, also present in this sector launched the negotiation of a new agreement after...
15 November 2007
Italy: mandatory drug detection for some employees
The "Unified State-Regions Conference", which plays a prescriptive part in terms of health and safety at work, adopted, on October 30, a measure which plans regular drug detection for certain...
15 November 2007
Areva: implementation of the agreement on equal opportunities, interview with Laure Klock
After the European Commission's approval to finance the implementation plan of the agreement on equal opportunities within the group (see our article No. 070947), Laure Klock, in charge of Areva's...
14 November 2007
Areva: the European Commission to fund a plan to “implement” the European agreement on equal opportunities
The European Commission accepted to pay for the plan to implement the European agreement on equal opportunities adopted on November 16 (see our article No. 061207). This plan was jointly proposed...
14 November 2007
Netherlands: agreement on Unilever restructuring after three weeks of social conflict
After three weeks of scattered strike, work started up on November 10 at Unilever, after a compromise was reached between unions and the Dutch multinational company's management. Indeed, an...
14 November 2007
Austria: federal government reforms training leave’s access conditions and modalities
The Ministers' Council which took place on November 7 adopted the "Flexicurity-Paket" a series of measures enabling, among other things, access to the training leave (Bildungskarenz) after one...
14 November 2007
EU: EPSU to set up fund to pay for EWCs’ legal actions
The principle is acted but the intervention modalities yet have to be discussed. European Federation of Public Services Unions (EPSU) is currently creating a fund to finance the legal actions of...
14 November 2007
EU: bill on temp work resurfacing
Relaunched by the Portuguese presidency (see our article No. 070880), the discussions about the draft directive on temp work were subject to a turn of events during the negotiation session on...
14 November 2007
Great Britain: bill on temp work failed in Parliament
The labour MP Paul Farrelly could not get his bill to legislate on temp workers' rights through after the government refused to support it. Unions and labour MPs expressed their concern. (Ref...
14 November 2007
Germany: Franz Müntefering resigned from VP and Employment Secretary positions
Political clap of thunder in Berlin : the social-democrat Franz Müntefering, 67, announced, on November 13, 2007, that he would quit, as early as November, his double position of vice-president of...
14 November 2007
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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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Pascale Rauline (Axa EWC): “European charter formalises ongoing and accelerated social dialogue on AI”
On 27 November, Axa and its European works council (EWC) signed a charter setting out principles governing the deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) and guaranteeing social dialogue on the...
3 December 2025
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Germany: crisis-hit industries cast shadow over 2026 bargaining cycle
In 2026, collective wage agreements for nearly 10 million employees in Germany are set to expire. With upcoming negotiations in crisis-hit 'pilot' sectors such as chemicals and metalworking, the...
2 December 2025
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Bulgaria: government approves bill to encourage sector-level collective bargaining
On 26 November, the Bulgarian government approved amendments to the labour code designed to reinforce the legal framework for sector-level collective bargaining. The reform aims to stimulate...
2 December 2025
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EU: social partners in telecoms sign joint statement on AI
On 16 December, the social partners in Europe's telecommunications sector unveiled a joint statement on artificial intelligence. They propose an action plan for skills and commit to raising...
18 December 2025
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Germany: Erwin Hymer Group’s innovative and award-winning AI agreement
Fed up with negotiating separate agreements for each new artificial intelligence (AI) tool, the social partners at Erwin Hymer Group (8,900 employees) have instead secured a broad, overarching...
12 December 2025
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Italy: telecommunications sector introduces new measures to navigate major transformation
The agreement reached between Asstel, the employers’ association for Italy’s telecommunications sector, and the SLC-Cgil, Fistel-Cisl and Uilcom unions centres on strengthening labour relations to...
27 November 2025