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Germany: BMW announces several thousand job cuts from 2008
After Volkswagen (20.000 job cuts) and Mercedes-Benz (9.700,) it is now BMW's turn to announce several thousand job cuts. The company justifies the measure by the need to react to the dollar's...
3 January 2008
France: more trades with labour shortages open to foreign workers
An interdepartmental circular letter sent on December 20, 2007 extends the list of trades with labour shortages opened to citizens from new EU Member States, bringing the number of these trades up...
2 January 2008
Telefonica Group: “code of conduct” on workers’ rights
The telecommunication group Telefonica, the trade union federation Uni Global and the Spanish unions UGT and CC.OO signed, on December 17, a "code of conduct" on workers' rights, renewing the...
2 January 2008
Spain: equality plan for Banesto
After the Santander bank (see our article No. 070841), the Banesto bank is now signing a gender equality plan to enforce the law on effective gender equality. It also aims at putting equal...
2 January 2008
Germany: Opel GmbH to pay retrospectively for extra company pension to 20.000 pensioners
After two rulings at the federal Labour Court rendered in 1993 and 2002 by virtue of the principle of equal treatment among workers, Opel negotiated with its EWC a retroactive payment of an...
2 January 2008
Italy: social partners from the electric sector renew their collective agreement’s economic part
The agreement to renew the national collective agreement was signed on December 18, 2007. Unions are satisfied with this text which grants an average 116 euros increase for the 2008-2009 period...
2 January 2008
Suspension of the news update
During this holiday season, we are suspending the news update from December 24 to January 1. We will meet again on January 2 for the new year. E-europnews' entire team wishes you a Merry Christmas.
21 December 2007
Sweden: reactions to the Court of Justice’s decision in the Laval Partners case
The decision of the Court of Justice of the European Communities concerning the case P Baltic Bygg and its parent company, the Latvian group Laval Partneri (see our article No. 071034), whose...
21 December 2007
Spain : the agreement which will supervise sectorial company negotiations in 2008 was signed
Social partners decided, for 2008, to renew the interprofessional agreement on collective negotiation signed in 2007, with a few novelties in terms of work-life balance, and harassment as part of...
20 December 2007
Germany: GDL breaks negotiations with the Deutsche Bahn and starts a new strike
The train drivers' union GDL unexpectedly broke the negotiations started on December 4 with the DB, which had enabled to stop strike movements in Germany. The union announced that train drivers...
20 December 2007
Sanofi-Aventis : final stretch to the creation of a European negotiation body
The European Mine, Chemistry and Energy Federation (EMCEF) is consulting its members about the draft agreement creating a European dialogue body within the pharmaceutical group Sanofi-Aventis...
19 December 2007
Denmark : the explosion of temp work changes the structure of the labour market
Same legislation for temp staff as for ordinary employees. Karin Retvig, chairwoman of the union HK Privat (157,000 members) declared to JP, “People are increasingly leaving fixed employment for...
19 December 2007
Italy : renewal of the economic part of the collective agreement in the energy and oil sector
The unions greeted the conclusion of this agreement which occurs in a context of tense relations between the employers’ union Confindustria and other employers’ unions, and amid renegotiation of...
19 December 2007
Germany: controversy on the introduction of minimum wage for temporary work
A few days after the Bundestag adopted, on December 14, 2007, a particularly disputed minimum wage in the postal sector (see our articles No. 071031 and 071004), a new conflict burst out among the...
19 December 2007
Italy : a serious accident at ThyssenKrupp Turin reactivates mobilization on safety at work
The fire which caused the lives of 5 workers in the night of December 6 could have been avoided, according to the unions, who accused the multinational of having progressively neglected safety...
19 December 2007
EU: new CJEC restrictions on collective action
In a decision rendered on December 18, the CJEC ruled that, as part of the posting of workers, unions' actions to impose on foreign service providers the respect of social standards that are more...
19 December 2007
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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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AI: uneven integration but a global challenge for the world of work
The adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) in business is profoundly transforming the world of work, and some occupations are now under threat. However, the full extent of its effects remains...
11 September 2026
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France: Ministry of Labour unveils plan to accelerate the rollout of AI
On 22 September, the French Ministry of Labour presented a plan named Impulsion IA 2027 aimed at accelerating the adoption of AI by companies and employees. It contains 12 measures applicable from...
22 September 2026
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Germany: AfD victory in Saxony-Anhalt raises concerns over labour supply and workplace cohesion
The rise of Germany’s far-right AfD, which could soon gain influence over migration policy in Saxony-Anhalt and, following elections on September 20, in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania as well, is...
15 September 2026
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Netherlands: towards a ban on housing cost deductions from migrant workers’ wages
The news. On September 10, Dutch Minister of Social Affairs and Employment Hans Vijlbrief (centre-left) sent a letter to the House of Representatives, stating that he intends to prohibit employers...
14 September 2026
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Denmark: introduction of a professional ID card for construction site workers
The news. On 3 September, the Danish Parliament adopted a bill introducing a mandatory professional ID card for people working on large construction sites. The card will include, among other...
15 September 2026
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UE: Commission proposes measures to facilitate “fair” worker mobility across the Union
The info. On 15 September, the European Commission adopted a series of measures aimed at encouraging “fair” worker mobility within the EU. It wants to remove the administrative...
16 September 2026