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France: metallurgy sector agreement on emergency measures to deal with paid leave, rest days, and working hours
On 3 April the metallurgy sector’s employers’ body, the UIMM, along with the relevant trade union federations, the CFE-CGC, CFDT and FO (the CGT absent) signed an agreement on work organization...
7 April 2020
Germany: Government allows companies to practise ‘widespread interim work’
As the spread of Covid-19 and social lockdown continue, some sectors of activity have come to a halt alongside massive recourse to short-time working, while others such as commerce, logistics, and...
7 April 2020
Italy: UniCredit agree with trade unions on 5,200 early retirements to be partly made up by 3,500 hirings and the stabilization of precarious employment contracts
In less than two months, UniCredit banking group and the relevant trade unions have managed to conclude tense negotiations on 6,000 job cuts that are part of the bank’s 2023 strategic plan (c.f...
7 April 2020
Great Britain: Government adds clarity to its job support scheme
Furloughing (technical unemployment measure) in order to take of children at home to look after your children, furloughing alongside working for someone else, alternating furloughing periods...
7 April 2020
Solvay: global framework agreement on digital transformation signed
The global framework agreement on digital transformation at Belgian chemicals group Solvay was signed on 17 March after being “discussed and elaborated with the European Works Council (EWC) and...
6 April 2020
Mexico: without government aid, companies are told to negotiate with employees to curb impact of the Covid-19 crisis
“We have done away with the old counter-cyclical measures that only increased inequality and yielded wealth for some,” Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador (of the left leaning Morena...
6 April 2020
Covid-19 spurs on digital transition at Taiwanese companies
Taiwan is one of the countries that has been least impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. The island off the coast of China has recorded only 339 infections (as of 2 April), the vast majority of which...
6 April 2020
EU: European trade union federations issue joint recommendations to EWCs on “anticipating and managing the impact in multinational companies” of Covid-19
This list of joint recommendations, which were issued at the end of March by all of Europe’s trade union federations (Uni Europa, IndustriAll Europe, EPSU, EFFAT, ETF and EFBW), is aimed at staff...
3 April 2020
Brazil: government agrees to compensate workers placed on short-time working during health crisis
On Tuesday 1 April, Brazil’s economy ministry announced a series of emergency measures to protect jobs and wages during the Covid-19 health crisis (provisional measure no. 936). It sees the...
3 April 2020
United Kingdom: what companies are doing for their staff amid the coronavirus crisis
UK companies are finding themselves having to improvise in the face of the unprecedented Covid-19 health emergency, with some handing bonuses to overburdened staff and others opting to cut...
3 April 2020
Spain: Inditex keeps Zaragoza logistics centre up and running thanks to volunteer staff who will work two days
Trade unions and management of the main logistics centre of Spanish clothing giant Inditex, which owns Zara, have struck an agreement on how the site’s operations will be curtailed during the...
3 April 2020
France: crisis agreement struck at Renault includes solidarity mechanism to boost compensation during short-time working and prepares for resumption of activity
The CFE-CGC, CFDT and FO unions announced yesterday, on 1 April, that they are to sign a contract “of solidarity and for the future”, which guarantees 100% remuneration for employees placed on...
2 April 2020
EU: EU Commission seeks to mobilise €100 billion to support short-time working measures
After having adapted its budget and state aid rules, the European Commission is now proposing a ‘second wave’ of measures aimed at mitigating the economic impact of the Coronavirus pandemic...
2 April 2020
Poland: ‘Crisis Shield’ is definitively adopted
On 31 March 2020, Poland’s emergency ‘Crisis Shield’ law was published in the Official Journal. The law provides for a series of economic and social measures to deal with the consequences of the...
2 April 2020
Sodexo: launches a global employee support program with financing from senior group executives
In a press statement released on 02 April, French food services and facilities management company Sodexo announced, ‘Despite all our efforts, we know that this once-in-a-lifetime crisis currently...
2 April 2020
Chile: draft ‘Employment Protection’ bill finally adopted by parliament
In order to support companies and employees during the Covid-19 health crisis, the so-called ‘labour protection’ bill, submitted by government to the Senate last January, will be promulgated in...
2 April 2020
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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: austerity measures proposed in social security financing bill for 2026
Limits on sick leave, the end of social security exemptions for apprentices, and the introduction of additional birth leave: the 2026 social security financing bill, presented to parliament on 14...
16 October 2025
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Netherlands: ING cites AI as it plans to cut around 950 jobs
Dutch bank ING has informed the employment agency UWV that it may cut around 950 jobs by 31 December 2026. In its notification on 20 October, the lender said the planned reductions stem partly...
30 October 2025
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Romania: collective agreement extended to entire insurance sector
On 3 November, Romania’s National Tripartite Council for Social Dialogue approved the extension of the collective labour agreement signed on 23 May by the Confederation of Employers in the...
10 November 2025
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United Kingdom largely retained within scope of EWCs despite Brexit, study shows
A study published this month by the Institute for Economic and Social Research, the French trade union research organisation, examined how the involvement of British representatives in European...
7 November 2025
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Germany: legal battle at Tesla ahead of works council election
The Frankfurt/Oder labour court has postponed a mid-November hearing in the case between the IG Metall union and Michaela Schmitz, employee representative and head of the works council at the...
28 October 2025
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France: generative AI and older workers central to BPCE’s skills management strategy
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