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Airbus SE : the aeronautics group uses European and international social dialogue as a transformation lever
an international social dialogue forum in place, the Airbus Global Forum, in order to ‘strengthen a feeling of belonging across the Airbus entities’ and as a ‘lever for change...
26 September 2018
EU: evaluation study on the implementation of Directive 2009/38/EC on the establishment of a European Works Council is now available online
The European Commission has finally made its evaluation study on the implementation of recast Directive 2009/38/EC on the establishment of a European Works Council available online. The report had...
26 July 2018
Asahi Breweries Europe Group: agreement to establish an EWC
On 06 June and following months of negotiations involving support from the European Federation of Trade Unions in the Food, Agriculture and Tourism (EFFAT), Asahi Breweries Europe Group (ABEG)...
20 June 2018
General Electric puts a EWC structure in place comprising a central committee and business committees to fit GE’s multiple business operations companies structure
These EWC negotiations had a number of goals, not least to learn from the GE acquisition of Alstom’s energy business and provide representation for all European employees within the group’s...
28 February 2018
Cargill: agreement signed on the establishment of an EWC, under 2009 directive
The agreement establishing the European Works Council at Cargill was signed on 7 February by the US food and agriculture corporation. The anticipation agreement that previously governed the...
16 February 2018
SNCF: signs amendments to the SNCF EWC agreement
On 29 June 2017, the French rail company signed its first amendments to the 2012 agreement that established its European Works Council.
19 October 2017
Total: EWC agreement renewed
On 30 June 2017, oil and energy group Total renewed and amended the agreement governing the functioning of its European works council, in order to take into account how it has evolved since 2013.
18 October 2017
ENGIE: latest EWC agreement put online
ENGIE's EWC agreement has undergone its second amendment since it was initially put in place following the Gaz de France | Suez merger (for more on the agreement itself c.f. article No. 090489). ...
12 September 2017
LafargeHolcim: signs an agreement establishing an EWC
Signed on 27 March, the agreement puts an EWC in place for the new group that resulted from the merger in 2015 of two cement giants, one Swiss and one French, and places it under Belgian...
29 March 2017
Bonduelle: a new EWC agreement
In a press statement published on 28 March, EFFAT, the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism Trade Unions announced a new EWC agreement for the French vegetable processing producer...
29 March 2017
Legrand: signs an amendment to its EWC
The amendment signed on 22 June amends the 21 November 2000 agreement, which has already undergone two revisions (first in 2008 and then in 2013).
15 December 2016
Visteon: the automotive electronics supplier has renegotiated a new EWC agreement placing it under British law
Transferring Visteon’s EWC to operate under British law has been one of the American global automotive electronics supplier’s longstanding goals (c.f. article No. 120351). Significant changes in...
15 December 2016
RATP signs an agreement to institute a European Works Council
On 22 November, RATP, France’s local transportation group, together with its SNB signed an agreement to put an EWC in place. RATP operates in Europe and across the world, primarily via its...
23 November 2016
Verallia: agreement to put an EWC in place
On 23 September 2016, Verallia, a world leader in glass packaging and former Saint Gobain subsidiary (sold in 2015), concluded an agreement (subject to French law) that institutes a European Works...
15 November 2016
Whirlpool: the new European works council agreement covers the entire EMEA region
Following the US domestic appliance manufacturer’s purchase of its Italian competitor Indesit, the signatories agreed to apply article 13 of the European Directive 2009, which intends for complete...
31 March 2016
Renault: the new EWC agreement, signed with the SNB, is placed under European Directive 2009/38
On 24 March, the French automaker together with the SNB signed a new EWC agreement. In taking up the procedure right from the start the goal was to establish an SNB according to the terms in the...
31 March 2016
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Spain: new terms and conditions for in-company training contracts
On 25 November, Spain's Council of Ministers approved a regulation on training contracts. This text defines the terms and conditions for hosting work-study students and interns doing professional...
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Germany: bill adopted to step up fight against illegal employment
On Thursday 13 November, Germany's Bundestag passed a bill to modernise and digitalise the country’s system for tackling undeclared work and financial crime. In future, the relevant department at...
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EU: Commission issues first recommendation on human capital as part of European Semester
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EU: legislative deal struck to ease international recruitment in shortage occupations
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