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Unilever: the EWC is opposed to the cut of 20.000 jobs
The day after the Anglo-Dutch group's CEO, Patrick Cescau, told the press about the suppression of 20.000 jobs mainly located in Europe in five years, the EWC published a declaration in which it...
21 August 2007
Italy: first results of the TFR’s allocations
Italian employees had up to June 30 to decide to maintain the TFR "trattamento di fine rapporto" - that is to say the part of the salary deferred and paid-in, along with the interests, at the time...
21 August 2007
Great Britain: investment funds representatives started talks with trade unions
Anxious to start dialogue with the booming private equity sector, trade unions and the association which defends the sector's interest finally sat around the same discussion table. (Ref. 070673)
21 August 2007
Spain: two awaited texts on road transport published
The royal decree which transposes the 2002/15 directive on the organization of working time of people performing mobile activities in road transport activities was published in the July 18...
21 August 2007
Italy: as expected, the plan encouraging companies to regularize illegal labour failed
Among the means the Prodi government carried out to fight against illegal labour, the legal provision of Finance Act 2007 instigating companies to regularize workers in compensation for a...
21 August 2007
EU: publication of the the “Rome II” regulation over the law applicable to non-contractual obligations
The European regulation 864/2007 of July 11, 2007 has been published in the Official Journal of the European union (OJEU) on July 31. This text, which is part of the process to integrate private...
21 August 2007
Tools : European social dialogue agreements
We provide our subscribers with all our resources. They are in general related to joint files of our articles. However, to facilitate your research, we also publish "tool" articles gathering of...
2 August 2007
Tools: agreements on workers’ involvement in a European Company
We are providing our subscribers with all of our resources. They are generally linked to our dispatches' attached files. However, to make your research easier, we are also publishing "tools...
1 August 2007
Tools: International Framework Agreements (IFA)
We provide our subscribers with all of our resources. Generally, they are linked to our stories' attached files. However, to make your research easier, we are also publishing "tools" dispatches...
1 August 2007
Poland: the government prepared several amendments to the Labour Code to comply with European Law
Under the threat of several actions for failure to fulfil EU obligations that the European Commission could soon introduce, the Polish Ministry of Labour and Social Policy decided to adapt to...
31 July 2007
Netherlands: a draft reform of employment contract regulations is to be discussed
The draft reform of employment contract regulations, prepared by Dutch government, has been submitted for opinion to the Labour Foundation (STAR), a joint consultative body. The law firm Loyens &...
30 July 2007
Poland: a bill on workers’ involvement in companies created through cross-border mergers
The Minister of Labour and Social Policy drew up a bill on workers' involvement in companies created through cross-border mergers, aiming at implementing into Polish law some disposals of the...
30 July 2007
Linde AG: negociation of a new European works council
Following the fusion, realized on September 6, 2006, between the German company Linde and the British company The BOC Group, the new company, The Linde AG (50.000 employees), specialized in gas...
30 July 2007
Fresenius SE : analyze of the agreement on workers’ involvement in the European company
The Fresenius group (107.348 employees,) specialized in medical and pharmaceutical supplies and services, transformed into a European company (Societas Europaea-SE) on July 13, 2007 (see our...
30 July 2007
Suspension of e-europnews’ information service
The e-europnews agency will suspend its information service from July 30 to August 17, 2007. As a consequence, you will not receive our information in your mailbox during this period. However, the...
27 July 2007
Alcan: the EWC was consulted on the friendly takeover plan of the Rio Tinto group
The Canadian group Alcan's European work's council met in an extraordinary session on July 25, 2007 in Zurich before the group's CEO, Dick Evans, in order to be informed and consulted on the...
26 July 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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EU: Commission launches consultation with social partners on quality jobs
On 4 December, the European Commission launched the first phase of consultation with social partners with a view to a European directive on jobs, which is scheduled for the end of 2026. It could...
4 December 2025
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EDF bans alcohol on all its sites
From 1 January 2026, French energy giant EDF (180,000 employees) will prohibit alcohol consumption at all internal and external corporate events, from social gatherings to seminars. The policy...
26 November 2025
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United Kingdom: government scraps plan to introduce ‘day one’ protection against unfair dismissal
The UK government announced on 27 November, in a statement, that it would not be introducing the right to challenge unfair dismissal (without cause) from the first day of employment in its...
3 December 2025
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Poland: bill adopted to amend definition of psychological harassment
On 27 November, the Polish cabinet adopted a draft amendment to the labour code aimed at simplifying the definition of psychological harassment at work, or “mobbing” (Article 94 3)...
4 December 2025
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EU: MEPs demand directive on algorithmic management
Members of the European Parliament have called for a directive on algorithmic management. Such legislation would introduce obligations for companies to inform employees, assess health and safety...
17 December 2025
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Austria: European rules on wage transparency expected to cause a cultural shock
With the gender pay gap in Austria being the second largest in the European Union (18.3%), the Austrian government has promised to introduce a bill next spring to transpose the European directive...
27 November 2025