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Great Britain: a review on practices as regards workplace representatives
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has published the conclusions of a broad investigation on companies' practices as regards workers' representation. This document, which must be used as a...
22 January 2007
Spain: CC.OO proposes to control the entry of labour immigrants by a system of annual quotas according to market demands
During the presentation of a working paper entitled "Immigration and labour market, proposal for the regulation of migratory flows", the secretary-general of the trade union CC.OO, Maria Fidalgo...
22 January 2007
Poland: the social pact of TP SA, discussion with Jacek Kallaur
The management of TP SA (France Telecom group) and the trade unions of the company have signed a social pact valid three years, on December 9th 2006 (see story n° 061253) and an implementing...
22 January 2007
Germany: the construction workers’ trade union asks for a 5.5% wage increase in 2007
The federal tariff commission (Bundestarikomission) of the IG BAU announced, on Thursday January 18th 2007, that it would request a wage increase of 5.5% for the 680 000 employees of the sector...
19 January 2007
Great Britain: Amicus wants to create a transnational trade union
Amicus, the most important trade union of the private sector, currently merging with the TGWU in order to create a huge trade union with 2 million members (see story n°061182), has also signed...
19 January 2007
EU: ETUC addresses memorandum to German Presidency on expectations regarding social matters
The European Confederation of the trade unions (ETUC) addressed to the new presidency of the European Union a memorandum in which it draws the attention of the presidency on the social priorities...
18 January 2007
Lithuania: trade unions oppose government’s plans to invite workers from non-European countries
Lithuanian trade unions categorically oppose the government's plans to call on employees from third countries. This plan aims at compensating the labor shortages due to the massive emigration of...
18 January 2007
Germany: the DGB wants a vast reform of the low-wages sector
During its annual press conference held on January 17th in Berlin, Michael Sommer, president of the German trade-union Confederation (DGB), asked the government for an in-depth reform of low wages...
18 January 2007
CJEC : States cannot exclude certain categories of workers from the calculation of staff numbers for information and consultation
The ordinance n°2005-892, taken by the French government, which excludes workers under 26 years old from the calculation of enrollment thresholds, used in particular for the setting up of work's...
18 January 2007
Luxembourg: transposition of the European directives relating to the fight against discriminations
The two European directives adopted in 2000 in order to fight against discriminations were finally transposed by Luxembourg by a law of November 28th 2006. It transposes directive 2000/43 from...
18 January 2007
Luxembourg: difficult negotiations on the collective agreement for the banking sector
The Association of Luxembourg banks and bankers (ABBL) considers necessary to reduce the wage bill in order to increase banks’ profits and recommends a deep reform of the methods of compensation...
17 January 2007
Germany: trade union IG-Metall invites employees to protest against the project of retirement age at 67
The German metalworkers' trade union IG Metall began, on January 16th 2007, in the Saar, its campaign to protest against the bill raising the legal retirement age from 65 to 67 (see story nº...
17 January 2007
Sweden: reform of sickness leaves in sight
The abuse of sickness leaves and its impact on the under-evaluation of unemployment was an important issue in the election campaign of summer 2006. The new government already announced various...
16 January 2007
Spain: large companies show SMEs how to apply CSR
An association gathering the largest Spanish companies involved in sustainable growth publishes a guide to encourage SMEs to engage corporate social (CSR). (Ref. 070037)
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16 January 2007
DHL: trade union ver.di wants to extend its power within the world’s leader for express delivery and logistics
From January 10th to 12th, the German trade union for services ver.di invited 45 colleagues from Germany, China and the United States to a new conference in Leipzig. Objective: to build a...
16 January 2007
World : ITUC creates Council of Global Unions, starts working on three joint initiatives
Following the creation of the International Trade Union Confederation last November, the latter created, on January 9th and 10th, together with the international sectoral federations and the ITUC...
16 January 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...
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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Spain: new terms and conditions for in-company training contracts
On 25 November, Spain's Council of Ministers approved a regulation on training contracts. This text defines the terms and conditions for hosting work-study students and interns doing professional...
1 December 2025
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EU: Commission issues first recommendation on human capital as part of European Semester
In parallel with the European Semester adopted on 25 November, which proposes guidelines to member states on economic policies for the coming year, the European Commission has adopted an...
25 November 2025
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France: sectors feel economic slowdown to differing degrees
The latest data on France’s occupational sectors (branches professionnelles), covering the year 2023, show how employment trends are shaping workplace dynamics. After a more favourable period for...
19 December 2025
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Germany: apprenticeship openings fall sharply in manufacturing and chemicals
From 1 January 2026, Dutch collective agreements for temporary employment agencies will alter the employment conditions of temp workers. Agencies will be required to pay these workers at least the...
15 December 2025