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Netherlands: the government wants to propound the suppling up of the law on layoffs
Unions are threatening to boycott this year's main social meeting, a summit on involvement in the labour market planned for June 27. This reaction follows the government's announcement, on June...
22 June 2007
EU: the European parliament adopted in a first reading its report on supplementary pension rights’ portability
The European parliament adopted on June 20 in a first reading its report on the portability of rights to complementary pension. Eurodeputies are in harmony with the governments negotiating within...
21 June 2007
Italy: unions and managers are negotiating the pension reform
A global agreement before June 28, day planned for the presentation of the economic and financial programming document: this is the government's goal. However, numerous topics are dividing social...
21 June 2007
Luxembourg: a group of companies reaching the 1.000-employee threshold are in the scope of the law on joint management
In a decision passed on May 15, 2007, the administrative Court specified that the law on joint management, which is applied to companies with over 1.000 employees with their headquarters in...
21 June 2007
EU: European social partners’ common analysis of labour markets
European social partners are elaborating a joint analysis of the labour market and identifying its challenges. This initiative has several goals : give recommendations to EU and national public...
21 June 2007
Germany: Deutsche Telekom and the Ver.di union adopted a compromise on the transfer of 50.000 employees
After weeks of strikes and an eight-day marathon negotiation, Deutsche Telekom's management and the German services union Ver.di ended, on June 20, 2007, their quarrel on the modalities to...
20 June 2007
Germany: train drivers from the Deutsche Bahn could launch a strike at the beginning of July
The beginning of the summer period is about to be stormy in Germany. Indeed, the German train drivers' trade union (GDL) announced on June 19, that it would launch a strike at the beginning of...
20 June 2007
Germany: the large coalition adopted a compromise on the creation of branch minimum wages
After a new summit meeting in the night between June 18 and June 19 in Berlin, the two large parties in power - the social-democrats (SPD) and the Christian Unions (CDU/CSU) - could not agree on...
20 June 2007
Italy: employees from the private sector hesitate between leaving the TFR in the company and investing it in a pension fund
The June 30 deadline date is approaching but a majority of the 11 million Italian employees concerned has not yet decided what to do with their TFR ("trattamento di fine rapporto", elaborated in...
19 June 2007
Ireland: the Labour Minister announced a reform of procedures before employment jurisdictions
The Labour Minister, Tony Killeen, announced on June 14, a reform of the procedures before the Employment Appeals Tribunal (EAT*). This reform's goal is to speed up the procedures before...
19 June 2007
Netherlands: the Supreme Court limits the maximum load borne by employees
The federation of Dutch unions (FNV) is congratulating itself on a "historical" verdict, rendered on June 18, 2007 by the Supreme Court. A 23-kilogram limit was indeed set by the country's highest...
19 June 2007
EU: minimum wage differences remain between member States
In January 2007, 20 of the 27 EU member states had a national legislation establishing a legal minimum wage. It could strongly vary, from 92 euros a month in Bulgaria to 1.570 euros a month in...
19 June 2007
Germany: open-end strike started in the building sector in Lower Saxony and Schleswig Holstein
Agreement too high. Arguing the difficulties of the small and medium-size firms in their regions, the two regional associations (members of the ZDB federation) esteem that the federal wage rate...
18 June 2007
EU : no-fault liability is not the only way, according to ECJ, to ensure the effective character of the employer’s responsibility for health and safety
The directive defines the scope of responsibility and not the nature of the responsibility. For the CJEC the directive defines the scope of responsibility but does not define the nature or the...
18 June 2007
Nokia Siemens Network: management agrees to negotiate the creation of a European Works Council (EWC)
e-europnews June 19, 2007, n°070535 – www.eeuropnews.com
18 June 2007
EADS: interview with Frédéric Agenet, industrial relations’ manager
The EADS group signed, last April, with its European work's council, an intention letter with a view to extending the council's to representatives of employees working in countries located outside...
18 June 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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Catherine Chavanier (CDC Habitat): “Social dialogue on AI facilitates its deployment”
In February, CDC Habitat (10,500 employees) signed a two-year framework agreement governing social dialogue on AI. Catherine Chavanier, HR Director of the subsidiary of CDC (Caisse des dépôts et...
20 March 2026
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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
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France: bioMérieux’s new disability agreement pivots towards mental health
The news. On 6 January 2026, bioMérieux—an in vitro diagnostics specialist employing 4,400 people in France—signed a new four-year agreement “relating to the employment...
4 March 2026
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United Kingdom: launch of consultation on protection against detriment for industrial action
The British government launched a public consultation on 26 February regarding new protections for workers against "detriment" related to industrial action, scheduled to take effect in October...
12 March 2026
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France: Club Med includes “multiculturalism” in its professional equality agreement
In December 2025, Club Med and the CFTC, Unsa, and FO trade unions signed an agreement on professional equality and working conditions. It introduces measures addressing AI, pay transparency, and...
23 March 2026
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Germany: controversial collective bargaining compliance act adopted
On 26 February, the Bundestag approved the Tariftreuegesetz (collective bargaining compliance act), aimed at strengthening collective agreements and tackling social dumping by tying certain public...
26 February 2026