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Finland: the legislation related to the CSR to be amended
Finland is about to amend the Social Enterprise Act, in force since 2004, supposed to solve the unemployment of people in difficulty but which appeared to be quite inefficient. (Ref. 06815)
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24 August 2006
Germany: the Federal Employment Agency forecasts a record surplus of 9 billion euros by 2006
It has been known since last spring that the Federal Employment Agency will finish the year with a very positive balance sheet. Officially, the BA announced a surplus of 4.5 bn...
24 August 2006
France: reform of the Department of Employment
New role supporting the implementation of rights at work. From now on the General Management of Work (DGT), which replaced ‘work relationship management’, “prepares, encourages and co-ordinates...
24 August 2006
Spain: 50% of employees are not managing to reconcile working and family life
Difficult to reconcile. A majority of waged workers in the private sector, 56.7%, recognise that it is difficult for them to take days off for family reasons. In the public sector, the number of...
24 August 2006
Slovakia: new Government promises changes
New Slovak Prime Minister, Robert Fico, in the government's statement released this month mentioned changes to the Labour Code and to the tax system and system of social benefits. The government...
23 August 2006
Lithuania: employees asked to say « no to envelopes»
The Lithuanian institutions of inspection launched several actions in order to fight against the practice of the "envelopes", i.e. dissimulation of part of the wages. The first devices set up at...
23 August 2006
Great Britain: Influx of workers from the new EU member states reignites the debate on immigration
The political debate. Faced with this massive influx, which reignites the debate over the weight of immigration, the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, Alistair Darling, appears to not be...
23 August 2006
Netherlands: the biggest pension funds come out against reforms
On 21st August, ABP, the biggest Dutch pension fund (with two and a half million members, of which 500,000 have reached retirement age), set the cat among the pigeons. Whilst the political parties...
23 August 2006
Lithuania: social priorities of the new government
Ms. Vilija Blinkeviciute, who has for the third time been appointed to a position of Minister of Social Security and Labour, says that newly elected Lithuanian government is not planning any...
22 August 2006
Finland: employers frequently violate basic rights of foreign employees
The Finnish newspaper Heslingin Sanomat gave a balance the investigations carried out by the inspectors in charge of monitoring the working conditions of immigrant workers. The results show a...
22 August 2006
Great Britain: working with Big Brother
The Scottish company Trisent has given unions the jitters by announcing the completion of a system of permanent location identification using everyday portable phones. This will allow for the...
22 August 2006
Latvia : government to implement social integration strategy
From 2006 till 2008, Latvian government plans to realize some efforts to facilitate the social integration especially for the population of moderate means. This includes children and young people...
22 August 2006
Germany: with 1,1 million new contracts in 6 months, the «Riester pension» by capitalisation is finally a success
Created in 2001, the "Riester pensions" (name of a former minister of social affairs) introduced a complement by capitalisation into the German system of retirement. Even if subsidies are granted...
21 August 2006
The Netherlands: the ruling party wants to return to a 40-hour working week
In the opinion poles, the CDA is narrowly behind the Work and Progress Party (Pvda, opposition), a party that also recommends drastic reforms. Wouter Bos, the opposition leader, saw his...
21 August 2006
Poland : a draft bill on responsibility for acts against employees’ rights
The Labour Inspectorate in Poland has been alarming for some time now that rights of persons performing economically dependent work are not observed. Despite of existence of penal regulations both...
21 August 2006
Netherlands: the trade unions ask for the end of frozen wages
Considering the growth's prospects, which should amount to 3,25% in 2006 (against 1,5% in 2005 and 0,3% in 2003), the Dutch trade unions asked, on August 11, for the end of the wages stagnation...
18 August 2006
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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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EU: Commission proposes loosening of AI regulations
On 19 November, the European Commission published a proposal for an omnibus regulation aimed at simplifying the AI Act in order to ‘ensure the swift, smooth and proportionate implementation’ of...
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EU: list of new CSRD reporting standards finalised
On 4 December, the European Financial Reporting Advisory Group (EFRAG) presented the revised list of reporting indicators under the EU Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD), which...
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EU: co-legislators strike agreement on Omnibus Directive
The European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached an agreement on the night of 8 December on the weakening of the directives on corporate sustainability reporting (CSRD) and corporate...
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EU: Parliament formally adopts omnibus, diluting due diligence rules
On 16 December, the European Parliament formally approved the omnibus package amending the EU corporate sustainability reporting and due diligence directives. Their application has been pushed...
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Italy: three executives from luxury goods group Tod’s investigated over worker exploitation
Italian authorities are once again turning their attention to working conditions in the luxury goods supply chain. On 20 November, the Milan public prosecutor charged three senior executives of...
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28 November 2025
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Fashion brands accused of violating trade union freedoms in Asia
On 27 November, Amnesty International released a report denouncing widespread violations of trade union freedoms in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka by both governments and suppliers to...
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28 November 2025