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Spain: Seat is cutting 1,200 jobs but planning a 5-billion euros investment plan
Seat, Volkswagen's Spanish subsidiary, is planning the cut of 1,200 jobs in Martorell, in Catalonia, as part of an industrial reorganization plan which includes an investment of almost 5 billion...
5 March 2007
Great Britain: it is Unilever’s turn to close its retirement plan based on final salaries
The Anglo Dutch giant announced the closing of its retirement scheme indexed on final salaries for those who will integrate the company after 2008. With 7,000 employees, 40,000 pensioners and...
5 March 2007
For the European Court of Human Rights, unions are free to choose their members
Questionned by a British union condemned because it had excluded one of its members, who belonged to an extremist party, because of his racist actions, the ECHR judged that the freedom of...
2 March 2007
Belgium : revival of social dialogue between Arcelor-Mittal’s social partners
Lakshmi Mittal, CEO of Arcelor-Mittal, visited, for the first time, the Liege steel basin since his takeover on Arcelor succeeded. He promised to think about the arguments brought forward by...
2 March 2007
Airbus: an overview of the national reactions after the presentation of the Power 8 plan
The reactions, following the introduction of the European aircraft manufacturer's reorganization plan, are obviously varied according to the countries and to the planned job cuts' scope at the...
2 March 2007
Alcatel Lucent: the union coordination is calling for an action day on March 15
Alcatel-Lucent's European trade union coordination met, on March 1, 2007, under the auspices of the European Metalworkers's Federation (EFM) following the announcement, on February 9, of job cuts...
2 March 2007
Germany: Deutsche Telekom confirmed that 50,000 employees will be transferred to a new subsidiary
On the occasion of the presentation of annual results to the press and to analysts, on March 1, 2007, René Obermann, Deutsche Telekom's chair, presented its new strategy, confirming the transfer...
1 March 2007
Luxembourg: the Minister of Employment evaluates de situation on the government’s restructurings policy
The Minister for Labour and Employment, François Biltgen, explained, on February 20, 2007, the policy that the Luxembourgish government chose in terms of restructurings. This intervention is...
1 March 2007
EU: the ETUC is criticizing the European strategy in terms of health and security at work
After denouncing the fact that it was not consulted before the introduction of the new strategy on health and security at work, adopted on February 21 by the European Commission (see our story...
1 March 2007
Inditex: the textile group’s union representatives participate in a series of meetings with the Turkish and Portuguese suppliers
Representatives from the Spanish textile company which owns Zara went to Istanbul and Porto, accompanied by union and sales officers, in order to meet some local officers. They informed their...
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1 March 2007
Poland: the labour inspectorate and unions signed cooperation agreements on the prevention of work accidents and occupational diseases
Three representational unions (union forum – FZZ, Solidarnosc and the Polish union alliance – OPZZ) signed, on February 26, bilateral cooperation agreements with the National Work Inspectorate, in...
28 February 2007
Great Britain: a good practices code against age-related discriminations
A good practices guide in order to avoid age-related discriminations has just been published, financed by the Ministry of Trade and Industry, and co-written by the union confederation TUC and the...
28 February 2007
Alcatel-Lucent: the European Works Council obtained to postpone the information and consultation procedure
After voting, during its plenary meeting on Friday, February 23, a motion allowing it to institute legal proceedings against Alcatel-Lucent's management for not respecting the information and...
28 February 2007
EADS: the European federation of metalworkers is adopting a protest platform
During the meeting of the union coordinators of the European federation of metalworkers (EFM) which took place in Brussels on February 27, the participants adopted a protest platform with 17...
28 February 2007
Poland: a union campaign to increase low wages
The Polish unions NSZZ-Solidarnosc announced a large national campaign on the theme: "low wages, barrier for Poland's development" which will start next spring. According to them, low wages have...
28 February 2007
Spain: unions and employers from the textile sector want to promote the CSR together
Unions and employers from the Spanish textile, the Fedecon, constituted a work group with the consumers associations and the NGOs in order to promote social responsibility in the sector. The Setem...
28 February 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...
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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...
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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