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Germany: because of increasing lack of skilled workers, Germany is opening its doors to skilled workers from third countries
Appealing to the best talents. “Starting today, Germany is an immigration country” solemnly said Hartfrid Wolff, domestic policy expert for the liberal party, when presenting, before his...
28 March 2012
Germany: the GdF airline security union will not pay damages to the airlines
The right to strike reinforced by the decree. On April 6, 2009,air traffic controllers at the Stuttgart control tower stopped working for 6 hours to support their colleagues – ground traffic...
28 March 2012
Denmark: government presents 2012-2015 plan promoting CSR
“The government is expecting Danish businesses to act responsibly here and on the global market. First, it is the right thing to do, and second it brings about new growth opportunities.” This is...
United States: NLRB launches information campaign on employees’ rights at work
The information campaign is going to address rights regarding pay, working time, safety at work…. These rights, covered by the National Labor Relations Act, give employees the right to take part...
28 March 2012
Air France/KLM: new framework agreement supervising the restructuring of outstations in European airports
International outstations in European airports are subject to restructurings because of technological change and the search for synergies between KLM and Air France. To manage these...
27 March 2012
Austria: tourism unions call for a 20 percent increase in sectoral minimum wage
“Tourism is a key sector in the Austrian economy which employers keep presenting as a success story. The number of overnight stays and customers keeps breaking records. In spite of all this...
27 March 2012
Belgium: new Act to reduce the gender pay gap
Mandatory dialogue. In the future, businesses employing at least 50 people will have to draw up, every other year, “a detailed assessment of the remuneration structure (…) to determine whether...
27 March 2012
United States: UAW started gathering signatures to organize the Volkswagen plant
On Friday, March 23, Reuters announced that the United Auto Workers union (UAW) started, earlier this month, to ask employees from Volkswagen’s American plant in Chattanooga (Tennessee) to sign a...
27 March 2012
Opel: the carmaker’s European employee representatives united against possible future site closures
Standing united. Wolfgang Nettelstroth, spokesman for the IG-Metall metalworkers’ union in North Rhine-Westphalia, told Planet Labor that all of Opel’s European employee representatives agreed on...
26 March 2012
Great Britain: age discrimination can be justified on cost grounds
Discrimination on the grounds of age can be justified on economic considerations. Nigel Woodcock, formerly chief executive at Cumbria Primary Care Trust, was made redundant in 2007 following an...
26 March 2012
Italy: details of the draft labor market reform adopted by the Council of Ministers
Types of contracts. While aiming to promote stable employment, the government maintains the flexible contracts it deems “necessary to effectively face economic change and restructurings.” ...
26 March 2012
France/Switzerland: method agreement to save jobs at the Basel-Mulhouse airport businesses threatened to leave after a court ruling imposing French mandatory provisions for contracts under the Swiss labor law
The stakes were high as the Basel-Mulhouse EuroAirport is considered as the second largest employer in the region after Peugeot. Although they are located in France, businesses operating in the...
26 March 2012
Germany: Finance Ministry, employers and unions sign a pact against hidden labor in the textile industry
Fighting illegal labor together. In the pact’s foreword, Wolfgang Schäuble, German Minister of Finance, said that fighting against hidden and illegal labor was a “priority” for the federal...
26 March 2012
Great Britain: mobilization against the public sector pension reforms continues but cannot seem to find its gravity center
It was from amongst these unions that the 28 March date was identified as the next date for coordinated strike action. In the run up to the intended national strike, these unions carried out...
26 March 2012
Belgium: parental leave goes from 3 up to 4 months
Ministers adopted a draft royal decree planning to add one month to parental leave, in keeping with Directive 2010/18 which provides for four months’ parental leave. The draft also...
26 March 2012
Italy: mobilization against the reform of Article 18 is starting
Today, March 23, the 10th anniversary of the large demonstration the CGIL organized against the reform of Article 18, forcing the then Berlusconi administration to withdraw the bill, the Council...
23 March 2012
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