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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
Great Britain: the main changes in the new transfer of undertakings regulation
The amendment of the Transfer of Undertakings, Protection of Employment Regulations: TUPE, dating from1981, came into force last April 6. In accordance with the Community legislation that it...
18 August 2006
Lithuania: trade unions exhort new government to work on social dialogue
Lithuanian Trade Union Confederation (LPSK), trade union "Solidarity" (LPSS) and Lithuanian Labour federation (LDF)addressed Mr. Gediminas Kirkilas, leader of the newly elected government, a...
18 August 2006
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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
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France: government submits draft on pay transparency
On 6 March, the French government sent social partners a draft bill to transpose the EU Pay Transparency Directive. The text provides details on the implementation timetable, corporate...
9 March 2026
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Spain: report proposes democratising employee participation
On 2 February, Spanish labour minister Yolanda Diaz presented the conclusions of a report on democracy in the workplace. The document, which calls for employees to be given a say in...
25 February 2026
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Italy: Deliveroo and Glovo targeted by justice over courier working conditions
The Milan Public Prosecutor's Office has ordered two of Italy's leading food delivery platforms, Foodinho (Glovo) and Deliveroo, to be placed under judicial administration. According to...
9 March 2026
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Germany: menopause issues finally gain corporate recognition
With 12 million women over 40 in the labour force, German companies and occupational health professionals are beginning to adopt support policies for those affected by menopause-related issues...
19 March 2026
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Sweden: government delays transposition of Pay Transparency Directive
On 11 March, the Swedish government announced it is postponing the transposition of the Pay Transparency Directive. Having originally targeted an entry into force on 1 July 2026, it has conceded a...
16 March 2026
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Valérie Decaux (La Poste): “Our older workers policy is based on individualisation to move beyond age-related-stigmatisation”
La Poste Group (nearly 200,000 employees in France) unveiled its first senior employment agreement in late February. The text outlines measures for early retirement assistance, workplace...
10 March 2026