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Corporate practices: how the Rudus construction materials manufacturer managed to significantly cut the number of industrial accidents on its production sites
uction company which employs about 1,300 people. It produces concrete, coated macadam and asphalt and operates in Finland, the Baltic countries and Russia. Bought, in 1999, by Irish multinational...
21 November 2011
Netherlands: Philips wants to spread efficiency premiums
lips, wants to bring variable pay from 7 up to 12% of annual earnings for the group’s 14,000 employees in the Netherlands. Unions and the works council are currently discussing the new...
21 November 2011
Great Britain: unions press ahead with the national strike on 30 November
In early November, the David Cameron administration made two concessions on its draft public pension reform to soften unions: the first increasing the accrual rate – the percentage of salary...
21 November 2011
United States: discrimination complaints soar
Created in 1975, the institution also rejoiced with the 10 percent decrease in its pending charge inventory, “the first such reduction since 2002.” The agency also reminded that, “In previous...
18 November 2011
Great Britain: new government measures for apprenticeship and vocational training
nment announced a GBP 1,500 (EUR 1,755) subsidy for businesses recruiting apprentices aged 16-24 and the creation of a GBP 250 million (EUR 292 million) fund to help businesses develop vocational...
18 November 2011
Germany: Alcatel-Lucent Network Services employees sign company framework agreement with the support of the IG-Metall
High employee mobilization. The IG-Metall claims that the employees of Alcatel-Lucent Network Services GmbH, in Düsseldorf, were not covered by a collective agreement. They were paid depending...
17 November 2011
Romania: private managers for national businesses
Until now, the
authorities appointed the managers of national businesses. Because of
disastrous results in most of these companies - in 2010, the 35 biggest State
firms made €10
billion in...
17 November 2011
EU: home stretch for the creation of the first European Sector Skills Councils
textile social partners will officially launch the first European Sector Skills Council. Trade should follow, and many other sectors (automotive, chemistry, steel, construction…) also want...
17 November 2011
Italy: report shows green economy “resists the crisis”
“The experience of the 370,000 businesses which, from 2008 to present, invested into ecotechnologies once again proves that this crisis can be overcome by banking on innovation, quality and...
17 November 2011
Germany: construction employers and unions want to improve workers’ safety on the sites
A plea mostly for SMEs. “Ensuring safety on the site is a common task for which both employers and employees are responsible. Everyone must be careful, assess risks and fight them on time...
16 November 2011
EU: European Commission Work Program 2012
e European Commission adopted its Work Program 2012, devoted to “European renewal.” The Commission announces a Green Paper on Restructuring and Economic Adjustment, the comet tale of...
16 November 2011
EU: European social partners to open talks with a view to reviewing the working time directive
federation (ETUC) and several employers’ organizations (BusinessEurope, the European Center of Enterprises with Public Participation – CEEP, and the UEAPME – SMEs) informed...
15 November 2011
Venezuela: new Organic Labor Law and creation of an official pro-Chavez union
Over 5,000 union representatives from all sectors met on Thursday, November 10, during the “Unity Conference” to proclaim the creation of the Bolivarian Socialist Workers Force, a new official...
15 November 2011
International: pharmaceutical unions improve their network
“Growth.” During the meeting, unions expressed concern as regards employment and working conditions in the sector. There are more and more mergers, buyouts and restructurings, notably to face...
15 November 2011
International: employees as demotivated as when the crisis broke out
“Employee satisfaction worldwide, or engagement, continues to be sluggish and remains at the lowest level since 2008” according to Aon Hewitt, the HR consulting businesses of Aon Corporation...
15 November 2011
EU: interview of Nicole Notat, President of Vigeo, the European CSR rating agency, about the European Commission’s communication on Corporate Social Responsibility
lanet Labor, Nicole Notat, President of Vigeo, the European CSR rating agency, is giving us her reading of the communication adopted by the European Commission on Corporate Social Responsibility...
14 November 2011
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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
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Germany: report previews draft bill to transpose EU Pay Transparency Directive
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