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Austria: collective bargaining for 180.000 employees in the metal sector started
The first meeting between the sector's social partners will take place on Friday September 28 in Vienna. Even though they have not explicitly given figures, trade unions' claims are pointing...
27 September 2007
Denmark : one third of employees not covered by a collective agreement
According to a recent study, in spite of the important level of unionization in Denmark, one employee out of three is not covered by a collective agreement and four employees out of ten do not...
26 September 2007
Great Britain: a study to encourage companies to deal better with problems linked to alcoholism and drug addiction at work
Facing the escalation of drugs and alcohol at work and of its consequences on attendance and productivity, a recent study by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD) advises to...
26 September 2007
Germany : Metro group created a new company to get away from collective agreements
Whereas warning strikes started in the retailing sector after the ongoing branch collective negotiations failed, Metro, one of the most important retail groups in the world, has just created a new...
25 September 2007
EU: the Parliament adopted drivers’ certification as part of the third rail package
The European Parliament adopted, on September 25, 2007, the reports composing the "third railway package", that is to say the draft directives on the opening and the liberalization of the railway...
25 September 2007
Czech Republic: a bill to make the new Labour Code more flexible
The Chamber of Deputies should start dealing with the bill at the beginning of its autumnal session. The Bill is intended to come into effect during the first half of next year.
25 September 2007
Tools : compared study on industrial accidents and managerial liability
This study about seven member States (Germany, Austria, Belgium, Spain, France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands) is the first one e-europnews carried out for its subscribers. This first...
25 September 2007
EU: towards a new consultation of social partners on the revision of the EWC directive
Urged by the European economic and social committee, the European Parliament and trade unions, the European Commission should launch, before the end of the year, a second consultation of European...
25 September 2007
Bulgaria: launching of the first programs paid for by the European social fund
The Department of Labour and Social Policy published call for to tender in the field of the development of human resources which will be paid for by the European Social Fund (ESF). (Ref. 070791)
25 September 2007
Spain: railway trade unions secured their involvement in talks on the transfer of the management of suburban trains to the regions
The trade unions UGT, CCOO as well as the drivers' union Semaf had called for 6 days of strike to protest against the transfer of the management of suburban trains (Cercanias) from the central...
24 September 2007
Luxembourg: two programs on training for health and security published
Two decrees published on August 24, 2007 determine training programs for health and security coordinators on temporary or mobile sites and for employees appointed to health and security. The...
24 September 2007
Italy: Maserati’s new company agreement is signed
For a duration of four years (2007-2010), the new company contract plans the increase of the results bonus, an improvement in apprenticeship contracts as well as the establishment of new...
24 September 2007
Renault: the group works council will be informed of Renault-Nissan’s new Moroccan factory
Nissan and Renault's CEO, Carlos Ghosn, announced on September 1, 2007, that he wanted to build a new "low-cost" factory in Morocco in Tangier's free trade zone by the second semester of 2010. The...
24 September 2007
Luxembourg: opening of the labour market to workers from eight new EU eastern member States
The government decided, on September 20, 2007, to open all the sectors of Luxembourg's labour market to workers coming from eight new eastern European countries which entered the EU in 2004. The...
24 September 2007
Volkswagen-Porsche EC: Volkswagen’s central WC is trying to block the creation of the Porsche Holding EC through a summary proceeding
War broke out between VW's central WC and the Porsche group's management. On September 17, 2007, the WC lodged a complaint to the Stuttgart labour court against the agreement on staff...
24 September 2007
EU: the CJEC to rule on the possibility to subordinate the performance of a public works contract to the respect of the minimum wage remuneration prescribed by the workplace collective agreement
In its conclusions rendered on September 20, the Advocate General Bot offered the Court to retain that a national legislation which subordinates the award and the performance of a public works...
23 September 2007
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Spain: new terms and conditions for in-company training contracts
On 25 November, Spain's Council of Ministers approved a regulation on training contracts. This text defines the terms and conditions for hosting work-study students and interns doing professional...
1 December 2025
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France: sectors feel economic slowdown to differing degrees
The latest data on France’s occupational sectors (branches professionnelles), covering the year 2023, show how employment trends are shaping workplace dynamics. After a more favourable period for...
19 December 2025
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Germany: apprenticeship openings fall sharply in manufacturing and chemicals
From 1 January 2026, Dutch collective agreements for temporary employment agencies will alter the employment conditions of temp workers. Agencies will be required to pay these workers at least the...
15 December 2025