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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
Spain: the hold-up risk must be integrated into the prevention plan
In a decision delivered on March 12, 2007, the national hearing qualified hold-ups of professional risk. In this case which concerns the Caja de Ahorros bank, it forces the employer to integrate...
4 April 2007
Air France-KLM: the European works council will be consulted on the group’s organization principles
The plenary meeting of Air France-KLM airline's European WC, which will take place between May 17 and 19, will notably concern the committee's consultation on a plan for the management's new...
4 April 2007
Michelin: the European works council get the right to be informed and consulted on a restructuring plan
The management from the French pneumatic producer Michelin, representatives from its European works council, and the European union federation EMCEF met on April 3, 2007, at the federation's...
4 April 2007
Netherlands: the postal group TNT is going to negotiate job cuts
The Dutch postal group TNT (162,000 employees in the entire world, 58,000 in the Netherlands) announced on April 3, 2007, 6,500 to 7,000 jobs cut in the Netherlands by 2010, and even up to 11,000...
3 April 2007
Germany: the IG Metall is suspecting Siemens of financing an “anti-union” and is pressing charges
The metallurgy union and Siemens' works council pressed charges, on April 2, 2007 against the German multinational company in the corruption case which already lead behind bars Wilhelm Schelsky...
3 April 2007
EU: the European Parliament will soon adopt its report in the first reading of the draft directive on the portability of the supplementary pension rights
The European parliament should speak out on April 23, in a first reading, for or against the proposal for a directive on the portability of the supplementary pension rights. The draft report...
2 April 2007
Spain: static electricity present in the new headquarters of Gas Natural might have sickened over 200 employees
The number of victims from the "sick edifice syndrome" is already as high as 204 out of the 1,000 employees working at the headquarters of the company Gas Natural in Barcelona and the management...
2 April 2007
Poland: a bill on the penal responsibility of companies breaking labour law
e-europnews April 3, 2007, n°070305 – www.eeuropnews.com
2 April 2007
Germany: a 3.5% raise for building workers
The IG BAU, the building union, agreed this weekend with the central union of building companies (ZDB) on a 3.5%wage increase for almost 700,000 employees. It is the second large wage settlement...
2 April 2007
Belgium: increase of the minimum cross-industry income
During the National Labour Council which met in a plenary session on March 30, 2007, social partners adopted a labour collective agreement with a view to realizing the first step wanted by the...
2 April 2007
Estonia: the new government wants to enhance flexibility on the labour market
The new coalition government in power in Estonia announced that it wanted to increase flexibility on the labour market. In the meantime, public authorities are concentrating on the reasons of the...
2 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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France: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill
After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...
10 September 2026
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Germany: IG Metall demands 5% pay rise amid severe pressure
Despite the crisis hitting the automotive industry, the leadership of the German trade union IG Metall announced on Wednesday 23 September that it would be asking for a 5% pay increase as well as...
23 September 2026
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Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...
8 September 2026
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EU: Commission proposes a list of worker-related criteria for public procurement
The news. On 9 September, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation aimed at unifying European public procurement law, which accounts for 15% of European GDP. It is notably set...
17 September 2026
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United Kingdom: government “names and shames” companies that fail to pay the minimum wage
The news. On September 3, the UK government published a list of employers penalised for failing to comply with the National Minimum Wage. Nearly 660 companies were named, including fast-food chain...
4 September 2026
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Spain: approval of decree on employees’ right to clear information on working conditions
The Spanish government validated, on September 8 in the Council of Ministers, the decree transposing the European directive on transparent and predictable working conditions. This text requires...
9 September 2026