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Telefonica: the follow-up meeting of the international framework agreement focuses on outsourcing and job precariousness
The trade-union alliance within the Spanish telecommunications group Telefonica, affiliated to the world trade-union confederation UNI, met, on January 18th and 19th 2007, in Santiago de Chile, to...
31 January 2007
EU: the granting of tax advantages just for retirement contributions paid to institutions established in Denmark is against the Community legislation
According to the CJEC, the Danish regulation granting tax advantages only for retirement contributions paid to Danish institutions is an obstacle to the freedom of movement of services and...
30 January 2007
Great Britain: beginning of a consultation to reform the pension system for occupational diseases and work accidents
The Minister for Employment and Social Reform announced the launching of a preliminary consultation on the revision of pensions granted following an occupational disease or a work accident...
30 January 2007
Belgium: workers of the Volkswagen factory of Forest obtain guarantees following a two-days strike
Last 24 January, the employees of Volkswagen's Forest factory started a strike because of uncertainties facing the future of the factory. They obtained guarantees, and resumed work on January...
30 January 2007
Poland: job cuts will continue in 2007 at Mittal Steel
Management of Mittal Steel Poland informed that it had obtained the postponing of the deadline for the reduction of manpower within the Polish subsidiary companies of the group, required by the...
30 January 2007
Denmark: the flexicurity model is under pressure
Structural evolution of society, labour shortages, sustained high growth - but not for a long time, according to OECD forecasts : Danish flexicurity, so admired in Europe, would be under pressure...
30 January 2007
Deutsche Telekom: UNI global union asks for a world framework agreement on fundamental labor standards
The trade unions of the German telecommunications group Deutsche Telekom, affiliated to the world trade-union confederation UNI Telecom, met in Berlin, in order to develop a strategy leading the...
30 January 2007
EU: the European social partners present the first assessment of the implementation of the agreement on gender equality
The European social partners present, this Tuesday January 30, 2007, the first annual report on the implementation of the framework of actions for gender equality on the occasion of the launching...
30 January 2007
VolkerWessels: signature of an international framework agreement on workers’ rights
The Dutch company of construction and related activities, VolkerWessels and the International union of building and wood workers (IBB) signed, last 22 January, a framework open-ended agreement...
30 January 2007
Spain: employers and trade unions agree on wage moderation and a framework for collective bargaining in 2007
The main employers' and trade-union organizations signed, on Thursday January 25th, a preliminary cross-industry agreement on collective bargaining 2007 (ANC 2007). According to the text signed by...
29 January 2007
Belgium: self-employed workers and employees will be better defined by the law
The law-program of December 27th 2006 creates a framework law which clearly defines the general criteria of distinction between the statutes of employee and self-employed worker. This to clarify...
29 January 2007
Belgium: proposal to open a right of action in favor of posted employees
During the Council of Ministers of January 26th 2007, the Minister for Employment, Peter Vanvelthoven, approved a preliminary draft law which grants posted employees a right to take legal action...
29 January 2007
Austria: the federal congress of trade unions undertakes reform but ends with a disagreement
Only shade in all this, the non-election in the directorate of Fritz Neugebauer, president of the powerful trade union of civil servants (GÖD). He is the only "black and Christian" trade-union...
26 January 2007
Poland: a social Pact difficult to negotiate
The Polish government wants to equip the country with a true social pact. To this end, a conference has just gathered, in Warsaw, the Polish members of Parliament and different European Commission...
26 January 2007
Great Britain: CJEC ruling on retirement pensions failure at Allied Steet and Wire satisfies both parties
The decision of the CJEC taken on last January 25th (see story n°070075), on the government's obligations regarding the guarantee of unpaid retirements pensions by bankrupt schemes, satisfied...
26 January 2007
EU: States must guarantee a correct level of protection of the vested pension rights in the event of insolvency of an supplementary company pension scheme
In a case judged on last January 25th, the CJEC affirmed that the State was not due to finance itself the pensions due within the framework of an supplementary company pension scheme, insolvent...
26 January 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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Italy: Enel signs agreement to manage the effects of AI on work
An agreement signed at the end of July by the electricity company Enel (31,000 employees) and the unions Filctem-Cgil, Flaei-Cisl, and Uiltec is pioneering in the Italian energy sector. It aims to...
7 September 2026
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France: Bayer puts female health and inclusive parenthood at the centre of its equality policy
In a new agreement on gender equality highlighted by mind RH, Bayer commits to strengthening its parenthood policy. Furthermore, the company is anticipating pay transparency and introducing...
25 September 2026
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France: final document on the work of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference
After six months of discussions between French social partners, the guarantors of the Labour, Employment and Pensions Conference submitted the conclusions of the discussions to the Prime Minister...
17 September 2026
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Germany: Volkswagen cancels almost all collective bargaining agreements signed with IG Metall
The Volkswagen brand announced on 30 September that it is terminating 10 of its 13 internal collective bargaining agreements, effective 31 December 2026. The announcement, which the carmaker...
1 October 2026
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Germany: working time dispute between Mercedes and the IG Metall Union
The news. At the beginning of September, Mercedes-Benz asked employee representatives and the IG Metall union to agree to an increase in the weekly working time from 35 to 40 hours, without any...
16 September 2026
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Germany: major day of union action in the automotive industry ahead of collective bargaining
A few weeks before the start of collective bargaining in the German metalworking sector, the IG Metall trade union mobilised nearly 175,000 workers across more than 200 industrial sites on 21...
22 September 2026