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Denmark: an employment fair for immigrants
The former Copenhagen Stock Exchange hosted Tuesday nearly a thousand immigrant job applicants, during the first employment fair specially designed for "new Danes", who have trouble to integrate...
31 August 2006
Latvia: government decides to maintain employer contribution that finance wage guarantee institution
Latvian government has decided to maintain the amount currently paid by the employers to the wage guarantee institution which protects employees against their company insolvency. (Réf. 06836)
31 August 2006
Great Britain: employers don’t want to pay for the retirement of temporary workers
Some major employers, particularly in retail and hospitality, are lobbying ministers to introduce a waiting period of a year before an employee in a new job starts to gain from compulsory employer...
31 August 2006
Germany: Angela Merkel wants a reform of employees participation
Thirty years after its adoption by the Bundestag, the law on employees particpation in the company is being highly challenged. During a congress organized on 30 August by the German trade union...
31 August 2006
Luxembourg: the demographic ageing of border regions threatens the country’s labour market
A recent report highlights the potential consequences for Luxembourg of a decreasing working population in border regions. (Ref. 06833)
30 August 2006
Lithuania : the most popular ways to motivate employees
The most common means for motivating employees are free courses, training and paying the phone bills, but those are only effective when employees receive a substantial salary. (Ref. 06832)
30 August 2006
Great Britain: British companies want to benefit « without obstacles» from Rumanian and Bulgarian workers
A pressure group warned the government, this Wednesday August 30, against the restrictions to "open door" policy toward immigrants of future EU countries of, estimating that limitation of future...
30 August 2006
Spain : the CCOO battle on the issue of risks prevention at work
The main Spanish trade union Confederation launched a public awareness campaign inviting workers to seriously consider the psychosocial risks threatening them. With this campaign, the trade...
30 August 2006
Slovakia : unions ask government to amend labour law
Answering to the social priorities setted by the new government (see our article n°06811), the Slovak Confederation of Trade Unions demands maximum working hours for employees and limitation of...
30 August 2006
Spain: Spanish companies’ forecasts in respect of employment growth are optimistic, foreseeing an increase of 1.5% until mid 2007
The official statistics on the state of the employment market at the end of the second quarter 2006 show that in relation to the same period last year an increase of 4.8% has occurred, with almost...
29 August 2006
Greece: the government wishes to be more involved in the social dialogue
The Greek government started a series of meetings with trade unions and employers. It expressed its wish to pay more attention to social partners and to foster social dialogue. (Ref. 06827)
29 August 2006
Luxembourg: the anti-smoking law comes into force
Workers protection. Initially the question of worker’s protection should have been addressed in a different legislative text, but the highest administrative authority (Conseil d’Etat) has...
29 August 2006
Daimler Chrysler reduces the duration of its Board Members’ mandates
“This change only refers to renewal of positions. The maximum duration of the mandate was already limited to three years within the framework of a first appointment to the board” said a spokesman...
28 August 2006
Agfa Gevaert announces 1560 job cuts in Europe
The group installed, in Antwerp, announced a vast restructuring in order to safeguard the company's competitiveness. Belgium is the country the most concerned by this process. (Ref. 06824)
28 August 2006
Poland: the American company Dell creates 12,000 jobs
Dell is going to create 12,000 jobs in Poland. Following negotiations, the American company is moving into Lodz, the second largest town in the country with a million inhabitants. This investment...
28 August 2006
The European social Diary of August 29 to November 23, 2006
We provide you with a weekly diary on the main events involving social Europe and institutional appointments. You can forward us your schedules of events to the following address...
28 August 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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France: Cabinet adopts pay transparency bill
After several months of delay beyond the European deadline of 7 June 2026, French Labour Minister Jean-Pierre Farandou finally presented the bill transposing the Pay Transparency Directive to the...
10 September 2026
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Germany: IG Metall demands 5% pay rise amid severe pressure
Despite the crisis hitting the automotive industry, the leadership of the German trade union IG Metall announced on Wednesday 23 September that it would be asking for a 5% pay increase as well as...
23 September 2026
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Italy: Crédit Agricole introduces a handbook on managerial behaviour
The document adopted in mid-July by Crédit Agricole Italia and the main banking trade unions goes beyond the proper use of meetings and emails. This six-point handbook aims to foster constructive...
3 September 2026
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Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
The Spanish Ministry of Labour has opened a consultation on the transposition of the European directive on salary transparency and the reduction of the gender pay gap. This decision follows a...
8 September 2026
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EU: Commission proposes a list of worker-related criteria for public procurement
The news. On 9 September, the European Commission published a proposal for a regulation aimed at unifying European public procurement law, which accounts for 15% of European GDP. It is notably set...
17 September 2026
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United Kingdom: government “names and shames” companies that fail to pay the minimum wage
The news. On September 3, the UK government published a list of employers penalised for failing to comply with the National Minimum Wage. Nearly 660 companies were named, including fast-food chain...
4 September 2026