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Italy: tourism employers suspend conventional wage increase and anger unions
Employers’ organizations in the tourism industry decided to suspend payment of the 3rd part of the wage increase provided for in the sector’s national collective agreement from April on. The...
24 April 2013
Denmark: transposing the European directive on agency work is becoming a tool against social dumping
Last week, the Minister of Labor introduced in Parliament the bill transposing the European directive on agency work into Danish law. The primary goal is to grant agency workers fair working...
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23 April 2013
Faurecia banks on career development for employees with key positions to ensure business success
The French automotive group Faurecia decided to implement the “supervisors and UAP managers program” in 2010, as part of its Excellence System. Unlike a program aimed at “high potentials”, the...
23 April 2013
Italy: Finmeccanica signs agreement on new industrial relations system to better manage future restructurings and improve competitiveness
Finmeccanica, one of the largest industrial groups in Italy, is banking on social dialogue and the involvement of employee representatives to better manage restructurings in some units. This...
23 April 2013
Sweden: agreement in the construction industry tries to define chain of responsibility in cases of subcontracting
The parties said that the agreement signed on April 8, 2013 between Sveriges Byggindustrier, the Swedish Construction Federation, and Byggnads, the Swedish Building Workers’ Union was a...
23 April 2013
Spain: competitiveness agreement at Ford Almussafes
The management of Ford’s plant Almussafes, near Valencia, and the UGT and CCOO unions signed a five-year draft competitiveness agreement to help secure the group’s industrial future. The...
23 April 2013
Portugal: new leader for the General Workers’ Union (UGT) and maybe a tougher stance
The General Workers’ Union (UGT), the second largest union federation in Portugal, has chosen a new general secretary. Carlos Silva, 51, a banking executive, wants to revive debates on collective...
22 April 2013
BASF and the Catalonian Government (Spain) agree to the first dual training program at the transnational scale
The chemical company BASF and the Catalonian Department of Education (Spain) have just reached an agreement by which students from a Catalonian vocational training school can pursue a dual...
22 April 2013
Austria: 2.8-3/2% wage increase with “free time” option in electrical engineering
The social partners in the electronic and electrical engineering industries reached an understanding, on Friday, April 19, for a wage increase between 2.8 and 3.2% depending on the categories. ...
22 April 2013
Spain: new agreement reviews the general convention in the construction industry
The National Construction Federation (CNC) and the FECOMA.CCOO and MCA-UGT unions signed the partial revision of the sector’s general agreement, which provides for a 0.6% increase in pay scales in...
22 April 2013
Norway: 2013 general agreement provides for a 3.4% increase protecting the buying power of lowest-paid staff
A general agreement was concluded after tense negotiations because of the mediators. Signed between LO (Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions) and its counterpart on employers’ side, NHO...
22 April 2013
Corporate practices: Enel’s occupational safety strategy
Coaching contracting and subcontracting firms, developing innovative training and information methods for employees, spreading the best practices and improving social dialogue… these are the key...
18 April 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
Germany: women’s full-time employment rate has dropped between 1991 and 2011
Figures published by the WSI Institute of Economic and Social Research in the Hans-Böckler Foundation show that, with increased labor market flexibility in Germany over recent years, more women...
18 April 2013
EU: national regulations imposing to draft employment contracts in a certain language on pain of nullity constitutes a restriction of the free movement of workers
In a judgment rendered on April 16, the ECJ ruled that national regulations imposing to draft employment contracts, even for cross-border services, in a certain language on pain of nullity...
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17 April 2013
EU: MEPs adopt ruling limiting bankers’ bonuses
On Tuesday, April 16, an overwhelming majority of MEPs approved, by 595 votes to 40, with 76 abstentions, the new regulations capping bankers’ bonuses. The new rules must be formally approved by...
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17 April 2013
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Italy: decree-law adopted to increase workplace safety
On 28 October, the Italian cabinet adopted a decree-law on health and safety at work, aimed at preventing and reducing accidents. The text addresses both the powers and actions of supervisory...
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Romania: parents of children with disabilities granted up to eight days of remote work per month
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