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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
Italy: IBM Italia and unions around the negotiations’ table after the virtual strike
Union organisations are satisfied with the results of the virtual strike on Second Life (see our article No. 070805). On November 9, employees ratified the agreement bill concluded on October 26...
13 November 2007
Club Méditerranée: EWC wants better information-consultation
In a letter sent to Club Méditerranée's CEO - Henri Giscard d'Estaing - delegates from the group's European works council asked for better information-consultation when "villages" close for...
13 November 2007
EU : a report on the control of working time legislation for lorry drivers
This sixth report on the application of regulation n° 3820/85 measures the effectiveness of its implementation by member states in respect of maximum driving times, the minimum pauses for rest and...
12 November 2007
Italy: Cisl to reform collective bargaining system by strengthening company level
Changing social and union relation system, extending staff representation, redefining union democracy rules but mostly reforming the collective bargaining system by strengthening company agreement...
12 November 2007
Belgium: implementation bill for the directive on workers’ involvement in the European cooperative
During the November 9, 2007 Ministers' Council, the Employment Secretary presented the texts to implement the directive on workers' involvement in the European cooperative society. (Ref. 070930)
12 November 2007
Great Britain: disappointing statistics on health and safety at work
Last year, 2.2 million people would have suffered from work-related diseases and 241 employees were the victims of deadly accidents. The HSE - Health and Safety Executive - recently published the...
12 November 2007
Italy: successful mobilisation of autonomous unions against Prodi government’s policy
Over two million employees (union source) mobilized for the "general and generalized strike" which took place on November 9. It was organized by autonomous unions against the July 23 protocol (see...
12 November 2007
Spain: employers’ organizations opposed to the schedule for the increase of the minimum wage agreed by government and unions
The Labour Department received, on Thursday, November 8, unions' proposition to increase the interprofessional minimum wage (SMI) to 81 Euros in 2012. This measure should be forwarded to the...
12 November 2007
Austria : 3.1% wage agreement in trade, special agreement for UEFA Euro 2008
Starting on January 1, 2008, the 500.000 employee in Austrian retailing will get a 3.1% wage increase. Social partners also signed a special agreement which enables, among other things, to work on...
12 November 2007
Poland : a amendment to quicken procedures before labour courts
The projected amendments are more than necessary, since the cases before the Labour Court last no less than 6 months and in some larger cities even up to two years. Meanwhile workers often become...
9 November 2007
Germany: Berlin gets minimum wage
Berlin's Senate amended, on November 6, 2007, its law on public tender offers (Vergabegesetz). From now on, any company wishing to work for the Land will have to guarantee a 7.50 Euros gross...
8 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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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: Volkswagen cancels almost all collective bargaining agreements signed with IG Metall
The Volkswagen brand announced on 30 September that it is terminating 10 of its 13 internal collective bargaining agreements, effective 31 December 2026. The announcement, which the carmaker...
1 October 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026