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Airbus: union militants heard by the European Parliament’s left unitary political group
The European left unitary group/European Parliament green north left (GUE/NGL, 41 deputies out of 787, mainly representing the communist parties) organized an audition on Airbus and the Power 8...
30 March 2007
France: the Labour Ministry presented a second case to the European Globalization Fund (EGF) for the automotive sector
After asking for almost 500,000 euros -a request made for one of PSA's subcontracting firm - the French Labour Ministry transmitted a new case to the European Commission, in order to help a...
30 March 2007
Germany: the Labour Ministry is denouncing abuses carried out in terms of internships
The Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Franz Müntefering, criticized on March 28, 2007, abuses certain companies carry out in terms of internship. The Ministry created a website for the...
29 March 2007
Strabag: the European Works Council is opening to Serbian employee representatives
The Austrian construction and public works group -Strabag SE - extended the perimeter of its EWC to workers from companies it has purchased in Serbia. As for the EWC's chair, he visited the three...
29 March 2007
Total: a European-wide agreement on the development of small and medium-sized companies was signed
The management of the oil and gas group Total and the European union federations EMCEF, EMFCAI, and EFEER signed, on March 28, 2007, a European agreement concerning the support the French group...
29 March 2007
Germany: the reform of the low-wages sector is still stuck on minimum wage
Two summit meetings took place this week in Berlin. Despite pressures from some economic sectors and its "social" wing, the conservative party is still refusing an agreement on the introduction of...
29 March 2007
EU: European social partners are going to sign the agreement on harassment and violence at work
Cross-industry European social partners (the ETUC on the union side, BusinessEurope, the UEAPME - European association of craft small and medium sized entreprise - and the CEEP on the managerial...
29 March 2007
Sweden: the first arm-wrestling round between social partners is happening in the trade sector
Whereas polls are confirming a new a decrease in the center-right government's popularity, and on the eve of the three-year renewal of collective conventions (fall 2007,) the Swedish trade...
29 March 2007
Poland: non-competition clauses better supervised
Following the Supreme Court's successive rulings, Poland revised the bases of the 'non competition clause", notably when it follows the cessation of business relations. The main changes are...
29 March 2007
Ireland: companies with at least 100 employees are subject to the obligation of the workers’ representatives’ information and consultation
Little by little, Ireland which, just like Great Britain enjoyed a transitional period to apply the 2002.14 EU Directive on workers' information and consultation, has to extend the range of...
28 March 2007
EU: the common position on the regulation concerning public passenger transport services has just been published
The regulation bill concerning public passenger transport services by rail and by road, with a view to bringing more competition into public transportation, is planning dispositions as to staff's...
28 March 2007
Great Britain : the government launches consultation on the settlement of labour disputes
The consultation will end by June, 20 and will probably lead to a reform proposal by the government.
28 March 2007
Germany: with a 3% raise, metallurgy employers are putting their best offer in years
On the eve of the second round of wage negotiations in the metallurgy and electro technical sectors (3.3 million employees), on March 29, 2007, the sector's leaders calculated their offer for the...
28 March 2007
Spain: unions and Seat’s management are negotiating the cut of 1,500 jobs
Unions and Seat's management started talks about a staff adjustment which should lead to the cut of 1,500 jobs on a three-year period. One year ago, Volkswagen's Spanish subsidiary had already...
28 March 2007
Belgium: union confederations are requiring the extension of the right to information and consultation to companies with less than 20 employees
Whereas Belgium is two years late in the implementation of the directive on workers' information and consultation, the two main union confederations CSC and FGTB established a common front to...
27 March 2007
Alcatel-Lucent: hearing on April 3, 2007 on the EWCs information-consultation
In the middle of the arm wrestling game taking place between the group Alcatel-Lucent's management and union organizations which are contesting the restructuring plan the telecommunications...
27 March 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