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Poland : the reform of Labour inspection ahead
The President of the Republic himself, Lech Kaczynski, former professor of Labour's rights, just brought in a bill before the Parliament. This project aims at guaranteeing the respect of the...
28 June 2006
France : the employer is responsible even without an offence in case of moral harassment
The employer is responsible for the moral harassment schemes committed in his company, even if he did not committed any offence. This is what decided the Court of Cassation in an order that should...
28 June 2006
Netherlands: back to 40 hours a week ?
Jan Laurens Brinkhorst, the Minister of Economy, declared on June 26 in the newspaper De Volkskrant that Dutch workers must "work again forty hours a week". (Ref. 06658)
27 June 2006
Netherlands: agreement on the restructuring of Nedcar
Confronted to trade unions' protests, Nedcar, owned at 100% by the Japanese group Mitsubishi, has reached an agreement on the restructuring : no dismissal will take place before April 2007. (Ref...
27 June 2006
Hungary : Vodafone condemned for invasion of privacy of its employees
Vodafone's practive consisting in watching its employees 24 hours a day was the subject of a first legal proceeding condemnation, by a Hungarian jurisdiction (Ref. 06659)
27 June 2006
Spain: bill on gender equality is adopted by the government
The Council of Ministers approved, last June 23, the bill on gender equality. The draft law contains a series of measures including the lengthening of the paternity leave, the negotiation of...
27 June 2006
Great Britain: extension of parental paid leaves
The Work and Family Bill, which received the royal assent on June 21 and will come into effect on April 1, 2007, introduced new rights as regards parental leaves, but is not as ambitious as...
27 June 2006
Arcelor: European works council worries about the merger with Mittal
Following the announcement of the merger with Mittal, members of the European WC of Arcelor told e-europnews their fears concerning employment in spite of the commitments made by management Monday...
26 June 2006
Transnational negociation : the European federation of Metallurgy adopts a negociation procedure
As the assistant secretary of the European Metallurgy federation (EMF) has announced (see our articlen°06493), Bart Samyn, the executive comitee of the EMF has adopted, on June 14th, an « EMF...
26 June 2006
Belgium : introduction of teleworking in the civil service
The Council of ministers adopted on June 22nd, a bill of royal order relating to teleworking in the federal aministrative civil service. This bill aims at clarifying the modes of teleworking in...
26 June 2006
Belgium : reinforcement of the social contributions’ reduction for the taking on of an employee dismissed in the framework of a restructuring
The Council of ministers approved, on June 22nd, a bill of royal order aiming at promulgating the taking on of workers dismissed in the framework of restructurings. The aim is to reinforce the cut...
26 June 2006
Netherlands: the government wants to encourage work after the retirement age
Even if most employees do not want to work up to 65 years old (see our article of June 21), the government wants to encourage those who do not want to stop their career at the official retirement...
26 June 2006
Germany: Volkswagen wants to use its subsidiary company Auto 5000 as an example during negotiations with IG-Metall
To cleanse his mark VW, the German car manufacturer Volkswagen wishes to extend to its West German factories the “5000X5000"model , already used in its subsidiary company Auto 5000 GMBH. In this...
26 June 2006
Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for the Steel Industry to be launched
On 21 June 2006, the European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) and the European Confederation of Iron and Steel Industries (Eurofer) will get together in order to create a European Social Dialogue...
26 June 2006
Lego: no layoff in Denmark before 2007
The manufacturer of Danish toys announced, Tuesday June 20, the relocation of a great part of its production to Eastern Europe and Mexico. This is the last stage of a reorganization plan launched...
23 June 2006
Pretexting a test, Vodafone Hungary supervised its employees illegally
The employees sued their employer for the attack on their private life. The court's judgement on this case is expected today. (Réf. 06648)
23 June 2006
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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...
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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