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Lithuania: amendment to law to protect young parents from loosing their professional skills
In Lithuania parents on parental leave with babies under 1 year old might soon have a right to work part-time job and be entitled to parental allowance. (Ref. 070325)
10 April 2007
Poland : a bill about telework before Parliament
Under the present regulation it is possible to perform telework in the framework of a regular labour contract, however in practice it concerns only a small percentage of employees. The bill is...
10 April 2007
Renault: the group’s committee has been consulted on the commercial subsidiaries ‘ restructuring in Europe
Consulted on the evolution plan for the organization of commercial subsidiaries in Europe, the group's committee adopted, on March 7, 2007, a declaration in which it asked Renault's management to...
10 April 2007
Renault : the group works council defines its strategy for the next four years
Wage policy. Considering the wage differentials from 5 to 10 in western Europe, the committee deems that “union organisations represented on a group committee as at Renault are able to develop a...
10 April 2007
Belgium : closure indemnity for employees of companies with 5 to 9 people on payroll
e-europnews April 11, 2007, n°070322 – www.eeuropnews.com
10 April 2007
EU : European Commission partially endorses training aid to General Motors Belgium
The European Commission has agreed, on April 7th, a part of an aid the Flemish Region intends to grant to support training at General Motors Belgium in Antwerp. However, the Commission also found...
10 April 2007
Poland: new management methods, new productivity
The role of western firms. In many cases, foreign companies set up in Poland are at the origin of this boost in productivity due to increased motivation of workers, new technologies and new...
6 April 2007
Ireland: publication of a code of pratice for prevention of moral harassment in the workplace
The law introduces a system of employers’ responsibility as well as of employees’ for behaviour constituting harassment. The Code recalls that according to current legislation, the employer has...
6 April 2007
Belgium: age no longer an influence on wage
Exceptions. The age criterion may still be applied in the case of certain categories of workers for whom it would be beneficial on the labour market. The categories concerned are young employees...
6 April 2007
RR Donnelley: introduction of union coordination within the first world-publishing group
The international union federation, UNI Graphic, established, during a meeting last March 29 and 20 in Nyon (Switzerland,) a union coordination within the first publishing group, RR Donnelley. The...
6 April 2007
Spain : the new law on equality between women and men commented
After almost a whole year of debate before the Spanish Parliament, the Law on Equality between women and men (L.O. 3/2007 of 22 March 2007) has been finally approved. This law, in force since...
5 April 2007
Denmark: controversy about Chinese flight attendants employed out of collective agreements
The Scandinavian airline SAS is confronted to an opposition from the Danish union for the cabin staff for appealing to Chinese flight attendants not submitted to the kingdom's collective...
5 April 2007
Netherlands: parliamentary debate on pension funds’ practices
A debate took place in the Dutch parliament on April 4, 2007, on the pension funds' financial transparency and practices in terms of investment. Deputies also mentioned the fact that these funds...
5 April 2007
Lafarge: international union federations denounce the fact that the Korean subsidiary is not respecting the group’s CSR commitments
The International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM) and the Building and Wood Workers' International (BWI) denounced the violation of workers' and union...
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4 April 2007
Poland: the government and social partners are giving the green light for negotiations on the new social pact
After several months' blockade (see our story n°06981, 061005, 070082), social partners and the government signed, on April 3, 2007, a joint declaration which officially launches negotiations on...
4 April 2007
Bauer Verlagsgruppe: the German publishing group established a European works council
The German publishing group Bauer Verlagsgruppe signed, on December 14, 2006, with a special negotiations group including eight members from six different nationalities, an agreement on the...
4 April 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