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Great Britain: incapacity benefits will be severely limited
The work and pensions secretary has announced the main measures of a forthcoming reform of incapacity benefit (IB). IB is due to the sick, the handicapped and people in incapacity: the government...
25 January 2006
Hungary : new rules for temporary staff
The main idea of the amendment is that temporary staff can no longer be a back-stair for employers. In many cases, employers had established a second firm specialised in providing the parent...
25 January 2006
Portugal: agreement on work conditions at Autoeuropa
In order to obtain the construction of new Volkswagen models, and thus to maintain employment, employees of the Portuguese company Autoeuropa, a subsidiary of the group, have negotiated an...
24 January 2006
EDF: seminar on European work councils
The EDF group and its European work councils, instituted in 2003, jointly organized a seminar, which took place between December 6 and 8 2005. It was devoted to the role of European work councils...
24 January 2006
Denmark: next spring should be tough for workers
The liberal-conservative government is due to make its proposals for a pensions reform next February. Just 18 months after the lowering of the retirement age from 67 to 65 years old, political...
24 January 2006
Great Britain: Department for Work could offshore some of its divisions in India
The civil servants’ main trade union (PCS) revealed to the press a confidential report from the Ministry for Work and Pensions on the possibility of relocating to India its call-center activities...
23 January 2006
Germany: the Bundestag again discusses a bill on discrimination
On January 20, 2006, German deputies, once more, failed to agree on a bill aimed at transposing in the German law four European directives which fight discriminations. (Ref. 0656)
23 January 2006
Latvia : changes in social sphere starting January 1st, 2006
Improving and developing the state’s social policy involving employment, social services and social assistance, social insurance and gender equality fields: these are the goals of the reforms that...
23 January 2006
Transitional periods for employment to remain
Next February 8th, the Commission will draw a balance over the free movement of workers from Central Europe, nearly 2 years after the last enlargement. Austria and Germany are againt the abolition...
23 January 2006
The work visa regime applied by Germany to nationals of non-member states posted by service providers established in other member states is contrary to the freedom to provide services
The Court of Justice of the European Communities has concluded that the German practice based on the checking of certain criteria, in advance of the posting, and restriction of posting to workers...
23 January 2006
EU employment ministers very tempted by Flexisecurity
During the informal Council of Employment and Social Affairs that took place on January 19-21 in Villach, Austria, the ministers committed themselves to go "forward together with the social...
23 January 2006
Germany: IG-Metall aks for a 5% rise in wages
The branch of metallurgy and electronics, which employs some 3,4 million people in Germany, should be affected by an important wage conflict soon. Taking up the recommendations made by its...
20 January 2006
Germany: bill to fight seasonal unemployment
On January 18th, the German government, in a cabinet meeting, introduced a draft law aimed at fighting the recurring rise of seasonal unemployment during winter months. It proposes to improve the...
20 January 2006
Germany: press review- January 14 to 19, 2006
The conference on joint management, which took place in Bitburg, has quite interested the press this week. It fed discussions that are currently agitating the country, involving this method of...
20 January 2006
Italy: press review January 12th to 19th 2006
The renewal of the collective agreement for metalworkers dominated the social scene last week. After the blockade of the country, which led to the reopening of negotiations, the conflict ended...
20 January 2006
Road transport: Commission reminds the deadline for installation of numerical tachographs
Jacques Barrot, vice-president of the European Commission, in charge of the transport policy, has written to Member States to explain and reaffirm the Commission’s standing on the introduction of...
20 January 2006
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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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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
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Argentina: labour reform passed by Parliament
Legislation deregulating the framework labour law was definitively adopted by Argentine Parliament on Friday 27 February. The CGT, the country's primary trade union federation, filed legal...
4 March 2026