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Sweden: negotiations in steel and metal are over
“Red” agreement. Agreements are given a defined color depending on the businesses they affect. The “red” agreement (röda avtal) is for private undertakings affiliated with the Stål och Metall...
23 March 2012
EU: Advocate General Mengozzi invites the ECJ to maintain jurisprudence on the time at which the obligation to consult arises in case of collective redundancies
Unclear jurisprudence. In this case, the Court of Appeal of England and Wales asked the ECJ clarify its jurisprudence on the time at which the obligation to consult workers’ representatives...
22 March 2012
Italy: Giorgio Squinzi, new President of the Confindustria employers’ organization
“My goal is to be everyone’s President” Giorgio Squinzi said at a press conference yesterday morning, March 22, after he was elected as the new President of the Confindustria employers’...
22 March 2012
Austria: spring collective bargaining schedule in the industry
The PRO-GE and GPA-djp unions released their schedule for the spring collective negotiations in manufacturing. They affect about 120,000 employees. As negotiations in the electrical and...
22 March 2012
EU: interviewe of Romuald Jagodzinski, ETUI researcher and coordinator of the 2012 Benchmarking Working Europe edition, the report of the European Trade Union Institute on the Europe 2020 strategy
Romuald Jagodzinski. First, the study shows that inequality is not only a matter of income inequality. Inequality is multidimensional. There are inequalities between generations, between specific...
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22 March 2012
Germany: Employment Minister wants to make it easier to combine work and retirement more flexible for people on early retirement
Additional income allowed. According to the German press, Ursula von der Leyen’s bill provides for more flexible conditions to combine work and retirement for people on early retirement...
22 March 2012
Austria: temporary work agencies angry at temporary work bill
Measures which could cost businesses a lot. The temporary work bill, currently at the center of heated debates in Austria, should serve to transpose the directive on equal treatment between...
21 March 2012
Italy: consultation on labor law reform ends with another union break
Mario Monti, President of the Italian Council, said, “It will be the government’s reform, and we will be liable for it before Parliament.” His ‘technical’ government could succeed where...
21 March 2012
EU: adoption of a legislative package on the posting of workers and the right to strike
No supremacy between the right to strike and economic freedoms. Brought about by controversial rulings by the Court of Justice of the European Union (ECJ), subjecting the right to strike to the...
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21 March 2012
Germany: cooperation framework agreement between Bulgarian and German unions to improve the working conditions of Bulgarian workers in Germany
Inhumane working conditions. Gathering unionists and political decision-makers from Germany, Poland, Bulgaria and Romania, the international conference was dedicated to the risks and...
21 March 2012
Portugal: CGTP calls for general strike on March 22 against austerity and the Labor Code reform
General strike. The CGTP issued a 24-hour strike notice for March 22 to protest against the government’s austerity policy and Labor Code reform. The union organization believes that the...
21 March 2012
Italy: banking unions demand pay ceiling for senior and top managers
Limiting top managers’ pay would “shield banks from unfair competition on compensation escalation” and would add “equity and social justice” to the actions taken by the government, the Bank of...
20 March 2012
Germany: Verdi (services) and EVG (rail) unions sign cooperation agreement ending their rivalry in the transportation industry
Longstanding rivalry. Christine Behle, member of Verdi’s management and in charge of the Transport department, told Planet Labor that the rivalry between Verdi (formerly ÖTV) and EVG (formerly...
20 March 2012
PSA/GM Alliance: the EWCs and unions of the two carmakers coordinate to assess the consequences of their alliance on employment
Coordination under the auspices of the EMF. In a press release published today, March 19, the European Metalworkers’ Federation announced that leading figures from the European worker...
19 March 2012
Great Britain: new minimum wage rate for adults and apprentices as of October 1, 2012
Minimum wage. The independent Low Pay Commission (LPC), a statutory body whose role is to advise the Government on the National Minimum Wage, gave the government its 13th report on February 15. ...
19 March 2012
Germany: regions are trying to attract skilled workers
the growing importance of the shortage of skilled workers in Germany. These past few years, over 700 networks gathering different roleplayers (chambers of commerce, employment agencies, towns...
19 March 2012
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Spain: already well on the way to pay transparency?
Spain is preparing for the implementation of its national law transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, which will take effect on 7 June 2026. The legislation marks another step forward in...
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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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EU: Court of Justice largely upholds directive on adequate minimum wages
On 11 November, the Court of Justice of the European Union upheld most of the directive on adequate minimum wages, rejecting Denmark’s claim that it infringed on national sovereignty over wage...
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Romania: parents of children with disabilities granted up to eight days of remote work per month
On 9 October, the Romanian parliament adopted a bill aiming to bolster support for parents of children with disabilities up to the age of 18. The legislation, which came into force on 12 October...
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Germany: report previews draft bill to transpose EU Pay Transparency Directive
On Friday 7 November, Germany’s commission for a 'less bureaucratic implementation' of the EU Pay Transparency Directive — made up of employer and trade union representatives — submitted its...
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