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RR Donnelley: UNI Global asks for a global framework agreement
In a letter sent to the executive officer of the international printing group RR Donnelley, signed by 14 union organisations around the world, the trade union federation UNI Global asks for the...
19 November 2007
Great Britain: flexible work, pension rights and dispute resolution on the government’s programme
In her annual speech delivered on November 6, the Queen announced the labour government's programme for the coming months. Labour law is involved, with three key-measures: extending flexible work...
19 November 2007
Italy: increased metalworkers’ mobilisation for the second national strike for the renewal of their national collective agreement
Over 200.000 participants to the 14 regional demonstrations and a support rate of almost 90% to the 8-hour national strike. These are union results for the Friday November 16 mobilisation for the...
19 November 2007
Germany: IG Metall threatens Airbus to strike to ensure the future of employees from four factories on sale
In the "Augsburg Declaration", presented on November 14, 2007, the IG Metall union, Airbus Germany's central works council and the WC of Airbus' Augsburg factory set their conditions so that the...
16 November 2007
Areva: implementation of agreement on equal opportunities, interview with Maureen Kearney
After the European Commission's approval to pay for the implementation plan for the agreement on equal opportunities within the group (see our story No. 070947), Maureen Kearney, secretary of...
16 November 2007
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
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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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France: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill
After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...
10 September 2026
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Germany: IG Metall demands 5% pay rise amid severe pressure
Despite the crisis hitting the automotive industry, the leadership of the German trade union IG Metall announced on Wednesday 23 September that it would be asking for a 5% pay increase as well as...
23 September 2026
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Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...
8 September 2026
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EU: Commission proposes a list of worker-related criteria for public procurement
The news. On 9 September, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation aimed at unifying European public procurement law, which accounts for 15% of European GDP. It is notably set...
17 September 2026
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United Kingdom: government “names and shames” companies that fail to pay the minimum wage
The news. On September 3, the UK government published a list of employers penalised for failing to comply with the National Minimum Wage. Nearly 660 companies were named, including fast-food chain...
4 September 2026
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Spain: approval of decree on employees’ right to clear information on working conditions
The Spanish government validated, on September 8 in the Council of Ministers, the decree transposing the European directive on transparent and predictable working conditions. This text requires...
9 September 2026