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Belgium: total remodelling of the legislation concerning protection against violence and moral or sexual harassment at work
A law passed on January 10, 2007, published in the Moniteur Belge on June 6, 2007, is completely remodelling the legislation in force concerning protection against violence and sexual or moral...
7 June 2007
CPI: the publishing group is ending the negotiation concerning the establishment of a European WC
The book-printing group CPI, owned up to 65% by two investment funds - Electra Partners Europe and CVC Capital Partners - should conclude a negotiation to establish a European WC, with staff...
7 June 2007
Great Britain: the ghost of EU the directive proposal on temporary work is shaking managers and unions
Union organizations hope that Gordon Brown's arrival at the head of the British government will lead to a change in the course of governmental policy in terms of working conditions. They hope that...
7 June 2007
EU: unions from the postal sector are mobilizing in favour of a postponement of the sector’s total liberalization
Union organizations from the postal sector took part on a day of action and mobilization throughout Europe on June 6, under the aegis of the union federation UNI-Europa Post Logistic. The goal is...
6 June 2007
Lithuania: salaries has increased and become more transparent
Amount of employees who were paid 3000-4000 litas (869-1158 euros) monthly last year increased by 49 % - there were almost 55 thousand employees earning this much. 30 thousand people in Lithuania...
6 June 2007
Italy: unions of the metallurgy sector elaborated their unitary platform to renegotiate the national branch collective convention.
Approved by 88% of the employees during the referendum which took place at the end of May, the unitary platform elaborated by the metallurgy sector's main three unions (FIM-CISL, FIOM-CGIL...
6 June 2007
Germany: wage agreement for the 180 000 printing works’ employees
End-of-career part- time work. “We have also succeeded in extending up to 2009 the agreement on end-of-career part-time work”, confirmed to e-europnews a ver.di spokeswoman. This formula allows...
6 June 2007
Spain: risk prevention agents in small and medium-size companies
An outside risk prevention agent in the firm. Hitherto, the control and evaluation of risks was mainly oriented toward the big firms, omitting the small companies which represent nonetheless over...
6 June 2007
International: European and US centre-left parties call for regulation of investment funds for worker protection
In any case, this transatlantic demand illustrates the increasing concern in society about the practices of investment funds.
5 June 2007
Germany: the IG Bau union wants to launch a strike in the building sector
For the first time since 2002, the German building sector, experiencing full growth, is about to face a difficult strike. On June 4, two building employers organizations in Low-Saxony and at the...
5 June 2007
EU: toward the creation of three sectoral social dialogue committees
Education. In terms of its workforce, this important sector is also knocking on the door of the Commission for the installation of such a committee. A series of bipartite seminars with social...
5 June 2007
Bulgaria: strike in the largest glass production company.
Since May 19, 2007, workers of Trakia Glass Bulgaria, owned by the glassmaker Sisecam, are on strike to get renegotiation of the wage clause contained in the 2005 company agreement, in order to...
5 June 2007
EU: the union federation UNI-Finance is elaborating a pattern for a world framework agreement
The union federation UNI-Finance is currently elaborating a pattern for an international framework agreement which will be presented for negotiation within several groups of the financial sector...
5 June 2007
EU: action against MSD is a priority for Europe
A priority for the EU. According to Commissioner Spidla, it is necessary to tackle the problem immediately “because on account of demographic evolution, people will probably have to work longer...
5 June 2007
Italy: strengthen control and develop a central strategy to be able to face the increase in deadly industrial accidents
Figures are alarming. The INAIL (the national insurance institute against industrial accidents), has just published the data concerning deadly accidents on the workplace in Italy. They have gone...
4 June 2007
Spain: employees of the Volkswagen plant in Landaben (Navarre) accept the new company agreement and obtain the production of the new Polo
Flexibility in work organization. The agreement specifies that management will dispose of a credit of 6 then 7 working days which may be used, if necessary, to meet orders in production. The...
4 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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Netherlands: new government seeks to “control” social costs
In his government policy statement to Parliament on 25 February, Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten announced several measures designed to "control" social costs. Notably, he proposed raising the...
5 March 2026
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Spain: a bill to regulate internships
On 3 March, the Council of Ministers approved the bill on the “Status for persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies”. The text limits the number of interns a company can...
13 March 2026
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EU: co-legislators aim to pivot European Globalisation Adjustment Fund towards restructuring anticipation
On 25 February, the Council of the EU and the Parliament reached an agreement on the Commission’s proposed regulation to expand the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund (EGF). Under the...
2 March 2026
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Block to slash workforce by nearly half
The news. In his latest shareholder letter, Jack Dorsey, CEO of payment service provider Block (formerly Square), announced plans to slash the company’s workforce “by nearly half, from...
6 March 2026