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Belgium: a study on telecommuting to help collective bargaining
The ministry for Employment published a study entitled "telecommuting and collective bargaining" intended to help the two sides of industry to negotiate on this topic. This document includes case...
12 April 2006
Germany : companies want to hire more
Since 2001, the prospects as regards employment were never as good as today. But "old" workers' chances of finding a job are still low. These are the main conclusions of a study involving 806 top...
11 April 2006
Publication in Official Journal of the European Union of legislation relating to road transport activities
Further to the vote of the European Parliament in favour to the legislation relating to road transport activities (ref.0693) and its adoption by the Council, 2nd February (06108), both of the...
11 April 2006
Hungary : Labour court rules in favour of a Philips unionist
Philips Hungary Ltd. failed to respect the legal procedures when firing a unionist, according to a Labour court order from March 8th. (Ref.06350)
11 April 2006
Czech Republic : difference between women and men unemployment rates is the 4th biggest in the EU
The difference between unemployed women and men in the Czech Republic was 3.3 percentage points last year and was the 4th highest in the EU, according to recent data from the German statistic...
11 April 2006
Lithuania: 17% of the working population is getting shadow wages
In Lithuania more then 17% of working population admits earning part of their wage “in envelopes”. According to the trade unions, the lack of unionist in the companies partly explains this...
11 April 2006
Slovenia : draft Services Directive is far from Slovenia’s position
According to the Slovenian minister for economy Andrej Vizjak, the new proposal on services Directive, adopted by the European Commission on 4 April (see our article 06330), is shifting away from...
11 April 2006
Great Britain: immigrant labour no longer frightens employers
British employers are less and less reluctant to hire a foreign employee because the value of immigrant workers overrides the fear related to the image, according to a survey of the Institute for...
11 April 2006
France: the government scraps the very controversial “first job contract”
President Jacques Chirac decided to replace the highly disputed “first job contract” (CPE) by a device in favour of the professional integration of young people with difficulties. This will...
11 April 2006
Slovakia : KIA and PSA to create 2000 jobs
According to the plans, the South-Korean and French companies will create approximately 2000 jobs in Slovakia before the end of 2006. Both factories plan to launch the production this year : this...
10 April 2006
Slovakia : lack of skilled labor in the automobile industry
The booming automobile industry of Slovakia and related sectors suffer from a lack of skilled workers. Around 16 000 skilled workers will be missing this year, according to employers'...
10 April 2006
The Commission gives a description of the questions raised by the implementation of the directive on workers’ posting
Ever since the very controversial "services" directive, several initiatives were launched to examine the application of directive 96/71 on workers' posting, within the framework of the...
10 April 2006
Netherlands: Mitsubishi makes trade unions furious in Nedcar
The management of Nedcar, a subsidiary company of Mitsubishi Motor Corporation (MMC), sent, last 6 April, 22 trucks to the factory of Born, to remove the completed production there. This is a...
10 April 2006
Great Britain: the press comments on the pensions reform
Press review of 1 to 7 April 2006. Retirement pensions were very much discussed this week, with the publication on April 4 of the 3rd Turner Commission Report, asked by the Government to submit...
10 April 2006
Germany: strikes end in the public sector of Bade-Wurtemberg
Press review of 1 to 7 April 2006. The German press commented this week on the agreement, signed on 5 April 2006, between the trade union Verdi and the employers' organization of communities...
7 April 2006
Netherlands: trade unions worry about the opening of borders to the East
The FNV Bondgenoten, the country’s most important trade union, opposes the opening of the Dutch labour market to new EU workers, fearing the threat of unfair competition. (Ref. 06341)
7 April 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
Italy’s labour market continues to suffer from limited pay transparency and a persistent gender pay gap. The forthcoming implementation of the EU pay transparency directive — still awaiting...
14 October 2025
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France: social conference on labour and pensions to proceed without main employers’ group
The preparatory meeting ahead of the social conference on labour and pensions, which is set to decide on the pension system model and the funding thereof, was held on 4 November at France's labour...
5 November 2025
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Candice Guillot (Talan): “Our recruiters save just over 80 hours per year on administrative tasks thanks to AI”
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
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France: insurance sector becomes first to sign agreement on employment of older workers
On 25 June 2025, France Assureurs – the employers’ association for the insurance industry – and five representative trade unions signed the sector’s first three-year agreement aimed at promoting...
6 October 2025