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WAZ : the German press and media group signed an international framework agreement
The management of the media group WAZ and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) signed, on July 4, 2007, the media sector's first international framework agreement. The parties...
24 July 2007
Netherlands: record compensation for an employee suffering from overwork
A Dutch tribunal ordered, on July 19, 2007, the highest compensation ever paid in the Netherlands for overwork, with a total amount of 237.000 euros net. The beneficiary is a 46-year old employee...
24 July 2007
Poland: Fiat’s management granted exceptional bonuses to employees from the site producing the Fiat 500
Following the strike threat formulated the day after the new Fiat model was launched (see our dispatch n° 070614,) the company's management granted exceptional bonuses to employees from the Tychy...
23 July 2007
Belgium: new measures in favour of professional outplacement for people over 45
The National Labour Council adopted, on July 17, 2007, a new collective convention in terms of professional outplacement. These new dispositions on professional outplacement come within the...
23 July 2007
Finland: a fusion plan for six unions is on the way
Six trade union organizations, affiliated to the Danish confederation SAK, should fusion before 2010 into a single organization, with almost 330.000 members. They just agreed on a timetable to...
23 July 2007
EU: the Commission published the communication on the wage gap between men and women
In accordance with what had been announced (see our dispatch n° 070577) the Commission published, on July 18, its communication entitled "Fight the wage gap between men and women" in which it...
20 July 2007
Italy : the FIOM-CGIL held the first national assembly of staff representatives for security
200 RIS – staff representatives dedicated to security – took part, on July 13, in Rome, in the national assembly organized by the Italian metallurgy union federation (FIOM). The goal is to build a...
20 July 2007
Schneider Electric: interview with Bart Samyn, assistant general secretary for the European Metalworkers’ Federation
In an interview granted to Liaisons sociales Europe (n°182, will appear on July 26,) along with Jean-François Pilliard, strategic resources and organization general manager for the Schneider...
20 July 2007
Schneider Electric: interview with Jean-François Pilliard, strategic resources and organization general manager
In an interview granted to Liaisons sociales Europe (n°182, will appear on July 26,) along with Bart Samyn, assistant general secretary for the European Metalworkers' Federation, Jean-François...
20 July 2007
EU: European social partners commit to a minimum on the conciliation between private and professional life
European social partners addressed a joint response to the second phase of consultation on the conciliation between private and professional life, launched on May 30, 2007, by the European...
19 July 2007
EU: the CJEC spoke out again on certain administrative formalities concerning the posting of workers
According to the court of justice, the obligation, imposed by the German regulation to foreign service providers, to translate certain social documents and keep them, is certainly a violation of...
18 July 2007
France: the state council validates the decree on the posting of workers in airline companies
In a decree passed on July 11, 2007, the State Council – the highest French administrative jurisdiction – validates a decree of application passed on November 21, 2006 as part of the August 2...
18 July 2007
Netherlands: a contested bonus leave for Numico’s chair after the takeover by Danone
Dutch unions are protesting against an 80-million euros bonus leave, qualified of "strange and absurd", Danone is going to pay Jan Bennink, CEO of Numico, a company of child food bought over by...
18 July 2007
Netherlands: social agreement for KLM-Air France’s flying personnel
Held up at the end of June, an unusual threat to strike among KLM-Air France's flying personnel looks like it might have paid off. Indeed, an agreement was found, on July 16, 2007, between the...
17 July 2007
Italy: social partners from the chemistry sectors negotiated guidelines to make it possible to derogate from the branch collective convention
After a year of negotiations, chemistry unions (FILCEM-CGIL, UILCEM-UIL, FEMCA-CISL) recently signed a compromise with the employer's federations Federchimica and Farmindustria, on guidelines for...
17 July 2007
EU: the European Parliament adopted the report on the modernization of labour law
During a vote in a plenary session on July 11, the European Parliament adopted, with a large majority, the report of the Polish deputy Jacek Protasiewiscz (PPE-DE) on the green book on the...
16 July 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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Import bans on forced labor products are multiplying
Under pressure from new US tariffs, many countries have presented texts in recent weeks to ban the import of products made with forced labor. A real breakthrough for workers' rights or a mere...
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France: EDF served formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations
The news. On 23 September, Greenpeace France announced that it had served EDF with a formal notice for failure to comply with its sustainability due diligence obligations due to the risks of harm...
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24 September 2026
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Slovakia: a bill to “clarify” personal data protection measures
The news. The Slovak government approved a bill on personal data protection on August 26, 2026. This text aims to clarify existing regulations regarding employees’ rights and...
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7 September 2026