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Spain : a study on wage increases and their mechanisms
According to a Mercer HR Consulting study, Spanish wages should increase by 4.1% next year (down from 4.6% this year.) This rise, judged reasonable given the expected inflation rate of 3.5%...
14 September 2006
Social affairs discussed at the 6th ASEM summit
The summit of the ASEM forum, which meets every two years, took place in Helsinki on September 10th and 11th. Leaders of 38 countries notably discussed the creation of a regular cooperation...
13 September 2006
Denmark: an operation to seduce youngsters of foreign origin
The Confederation of Danish industries (Dansk Industri, DI) and the ministry of Integration launched a campaign this week to encourage young persons of foreign origin to work in the industrial...
13 September 2006
Belgium: FGTB organizes second «day of temporary workers’ rights»
On September 13th, 2006, the socialist FGTB labour union launched a debate with employers on temporary work, the respect of the legislation and workers' safety. (Ref 06892)
13 September 2006
Spain: the new prosecutor in charge of safety at work reveals his plan
The newly established prosecutor for issues of safety at work said he wanted to toughen the sanctions for offences to the legislation, and says he is personally favorable to the regularization of...
12 September 2006
Danish Crown: redundancy plan for Grinsted’s slaughterhouse’s 700 employees
The Danish Crown cooperative, which produces 90% of pork meat in Denmark and is set to close at the end of September, is helping the 700 employees working at the Grinsted slaughterhouse, in...
12 September 2006
Great Britain: a president for the brand new Commission for equality and human rights
One year before the new CEHR, the Commission for Equality and Human Rights becomes effective, in October 2007, the government has just appointed Trevor Philips for chairman. He is a British...
12 September 2006
Poland: foreign investments create jobs
Following the American group Dell (computers), which created 12,000 jobs in Lodz (see our article n° 6822), other foreign – though smaller – companies have announced investments in Poland...
12 September 2006
Austria: employment agency acknowledges the failure of its «combined wage» experiment
While Germany dreams to create 350 000 jobs with the introduction of a combined wage, Austria has stopped the experiment started in February 2006 and which ended with the creation of 213 jobs...
12 September 2006
CJEC asked to preclude the exclusion of certain categories of workers from the calculation of the threshold considered to set employees’ representatives
The Advocate general Mengozzi delivered his conclusions, last September 12th, on a French case opposing the five Trade Union Confederations to the government. The latter adopted an order...
12 September 2006
Krynica (Poland), “Davos” of Eastern Europe, is becoming a major event
1300 political leaders, businessmen, financiers, researchers, consultants have just attended the 16th economic Forum of Krynica, thermal station in southern Poland. 35 countries were represented...
12 September 2006
Nestlé: a social plan for Dutch workers affected by a relocation
The Swiss group Nestle, which decided to close a plant in the Netherlands as part of a relocation in the Czech Republic and in Ukraine, introduced a job saving plan to Dutch employees. The main...
11 September 2006
EMCEF : Jean François Renucci elected Deputy Secretary General
At the meeting of its Executive Committee held on 7 September 2006 in Brussels, EMCEF unanimously elected Jean-François Renucci as new Deputy Secretary General. He will replace his colleague...
11 September 2006
Great Britain : reactions to the CJEC judgement on work rests
Following a CJEC ruling that was a blow-up to the UK government (see article n°06865), employees are no longer allowed to work more than six hours without a break. Businesses were ordered to...
11 September 2006
EU: employment rate far from the 70% objective for 2010
According to Eurostat's last survey on the working force in 2005, 197.5 million people worked in the European Union in 2005, which means a 63.8% employment rate, half a point above the 2004...
11 September 2006
Finland: social partners asked to propose a plan to boost employment
The Finnish government, via the social democrat minister Eero Heinaluoma, asked the union organizations, at the beginning of August, to submit to the government a plan in favor of employment. He...
11 September 2006
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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...
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
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