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Gras Savoye: agreement establishing EWC renewed
On April 4, the management of the reinsurance group and the special negotiating body renewed the agreement establishing a European Works Council, initially signed in 2009. The first deal already...
24 June 2014
FerroAtlantica: new agreement introducing a European Works Council
FerroAtlantica, whose headquarters are in Spain, operates in the field of electrometallurgy, energy, mining and photovoltaic solar power. The group has production centers in Spain, France...
10 April 2014
Teleste Group: establishment of an EWC
On March 4, the Finnish company specialized in broadband video and data communication systems and services, Teleste Group, signed an agreement establishing a European Works Council. An example...
10 April 2014
Unisys: new EWC agreement
On April 1, 2013, Unisys, the American information technology company, signed a new agreement for the operation of the European Works Council (17 EU/EEA countries + Switzerland). We are providing...
9 April 2014
Metro: new agreement for the Euro Forum (EWC)
On April 3, the management of Metro, the big German retail group, and the Select Committee of its EWC (Euro Forum) signed a new agreement to adapt the structure to the recast directive and to the...
9 April 2014
Gorenje: EWC set up in the Slovenian group
Gorenje is one of the biggest manufacturers of domestic appliances (small and large electrical appliances, heating, air conditioning). Established in Slovenia, this company has 10,895 employees...
4 February 2014
Prosegur: EWC established
Nearly one year’s negotiations was necessary to seal an agreement in November 2013 between the company’s management and the special negotiating body made up of employee representatives from Spain...
29 January 2014
Telefonica: European works Council agreement (previously O2 agreement) renewed
Contrary to appearances, Telefónica’s European works council agreement, renegotiated in November, isn’t the Spanish multinational’s but the one signed by the British subsidiary, Telefonica Europe...
15 January 2014
Safran: EWC agreement reviewed
On April 12, the international high-technology equipment manufacturer signed its first amendment to the EWC agreement of 2008, in order to add the novelties of the recast Directive 2009/38. Here...
15 October 2013
Xylem: agreement establishing the European Works Council
In May 2013, Xylem, a company specialized in water transport and treatment, introduced a European Works Council covered by Swedish law. (Ref. 130569)
27 September 2013
European Works Council: comparative study of three agreements in the transportation industry
Three transportation firms signed an EWC agreement in 2012 in order to adjust their structure to the new EWC Directive, 2009/38: UPS, British Airways and Kuehne + Nagel (K + N). Two of them are...
16 September 2013
GDF Suez: new EWC agreement uploaded
After Suez Environnement was “de-consolidated,” GDF Suez amended its EWC agreements at the end of May to take account of the impact this exit would have on the structure’s scope. Since the...
9 September 2013
Novartis: commentary of the new EWC (Euroforum) agreement
Since February 1, Novartis’ European Works Council, called Euroforum, has been ruled by a new agreement that adds to the structures’ operating rules the key novelties of the 2009/38 recast...
23 July 2013
Suez Environnement: new agreement sets up European Works Council
The approximately 70,000 European employees of Suez Environnement will no longer be represented by GDF Suez’s EWC on July 23. Following from its deconsolidation, the group operating in the field...
5 July 2013
Aperam: establishment of a European Works Council
The Luxembourg company created in 2011 after the subsidiarization of the stainless steel division of ArcelorMittal is about to set up a EWC. The negotiated agreement is tainted with the concern...
18 April 2013
Total: new amendment to the EWC agreement
On October, 8, the oil group signed, with three European trade union organizations (FECCIA, FECER and IndustriAll) and the representative French trade union organizations for the group, a new...
23 October 2012
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The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
8 December 2025
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
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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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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