The Portuguese government is holding further meetings with social partners to discuss revisions to labor law, with a new meeting scheduled for March 3rd, following previous discussions in July and September.

Employer organizations, CFDT, and CFTC in France have reached an agreement to reduce unemployment benefits following conventional employment terminations, aiming for up to 900 million euros in savings.

Social partners in Portugal remain far from a final agreement on parental leave, despite technical approximations, with the government continuing to invest in reaching a consensus ahead of a March 3 meeting.

Following a wave of public outcry, the proposal to cut higher pensions in order to fund increases for those on the lowest payouts appears to have been quietly dropped. During discussions at the Labour Advisory Body, all social partners — both employers and trade unions — made clear they would not accept such a solution, […]

Cyprus moved a step closer this week to adopting a long-delayed EU directive on adequate minimum wages, as the updated draft law was presented to social partners, with key disagreements between employers and unions still unresolved. The proposed Adequate Minimum Wages Law of 2025 aims to improve living and working conditions by ensuring that statutory […]

Cyprus's Labour Minister announced that a proposal to cut Social Insurance Fund pensions above €1,700 should be dropped, following strong opposition from trade unions, social partners, and the public.

Mário Mourão, leader of the Portuguese trade union UGT, expressed dissatisfaction with the government's labor package negotiations, stating that any consensuses reached so far are merely 'minor issues'. Technical meetings with social partners are set to resume.