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Spain: Leroy Merlin forced to observe the weekly rest period of 48 successive hours
Leroy Merlin is required to apply the right to a weekly rest of 48 continuous hours for its employees. Other wholesale chains are also being challenged by judges for the same problem. (Ref. 061079)
30 October 2006
Poland: trade union training courses to learn economics and finance
Brand new in Poland: during seventeen months, 1800 trade union activists will learn to read a balance sheet or will discover the secrets of management accounting. Starting this week, they will...
30 October 2006
Germany : privatization of Deutsche Bahn now seems uncertain
Once more, the parties of the big coalition (CDU and SPD) failed to agree, during an important meeting on October 26th in Berlin, on how to privatize Deutsche Bahn AG. The following day, Transport...
30 October 2006
Malta: government wants to change the mode of calculation of trade union enrolments
The Maltese government wants to reform the rules applying to trade unions as regards the determination of their enrolment. This comes after a controversy triggered by a trade union which had not...
27 October 2006
Spain: HR directors have less and less influence on companies’ strategic decisions
HR directors are losing power when it comes to firms' management and strategic decisions, according to a study conducted by the ESADE institute in Barcelona. The study found that HR directors do...
27 October 2006
Great Britain: 1 in 5 workers says he/she is victim of harassment at work
One in five British workers has been victim of harassment or persecution at work during the last two years, according to an investigation of the Chartered Institute of Personal and Development...
26 October 2006
Deutsche Telekom: 45 000 T-Com employees will be transferred to the new T-Service unit
Deutsche Telekom (DT) has just announced its intention to transfer some 45 000 employees of T-Com to its new subsidiary T-Service, with the aim to bring back salaries to a competitive level. DT...
26 October 2006
Germany : BenQ’s bankruptcy affects its outside contractors
The bankruptcy of the cell phone producer BenQ (ex-Siemens), means the loss of 1900 jobs out of 3000. The outside contractors are also affected and are starting to lay off. IG Metall says 6000...
26 October 2006
Germany: retirement at 67 years old takes form
The big coalition in power has set, on October 24th, 2006, the details of its retirement reform, which provides for a gradual increase of the legal retirement age from 65 to 67 years old between...
26 October 2006
Allianz SE : « participation » chapter now in the agreement on workers’ involvement in the European company
The German insurance group Allianz, which announced its transformation into a European company, concluded an agreement on the involvement of workers in the European company (see article n°06938)...
25 October 2006
Luxembourg: youths challenge the measures intended to reduce their unemployment rate
Youngsters in Luxembourg are very angry. This anger reminds that which took place in France earlier this year over the youths job contract intended to favor the integration of young persons on the...
25 October 2006
Lithuania: trade unions and employers propose to increase minimum wage
Trade unions and employers would like the minimum wage to be raised, from 600 litas (173.77 euros) to 700 litas (202.73 euros) on January 1st 2007, but the Government has not yet approved this...
25 October 2006
Latvia : Employers encourage government to set up migration policy
The country faces worrying labor shortages due to massive emigration. The employers' confederation LDDK is asking the government to change policies in order to reduce emigration and to increase...
25 October 2006
EU : the European Commission organizes its second seminary on transnational collective negotiation
The European Commission will organize, on November 27th, 2006, a second seminary bringing together the European social partners on the topic of transnational negotiations. The day will be devoted...
25 October 2006
Eternit: a foundation for asbestos victims in Switzerland
On September 14th, 2006, Eternit created a foundation to financially support the employees of the Swiss plants of Payerne and Niederurnen which are ill due to asbestos, as well as their family...
25 October 2006
Great Britain : trade union Amicus launches information and prevention campaign related to crystalline silica
This campaign is a part of the European Safety Week and multi-sectoral agreement on breathable crystalline silica signed by European social partners on last April 25th and which has come into...
25 October 2006
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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