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Great Britain: government wants to double the qualification period for unfair dismissal tribunal claims
Reaction to the reform has been mixed, with CBI director-general, John Cridland,
responding that the ‘Extending the qualifying period for unfair dismissal is a
very positive step. We have been...
4 October 2011
Denmark: “cooperation” and “renewal” on the menu of the new government’s program
iations, the leader of the coalition that won the legislative election of September 15th, Helle Thorning-Schmidt (social-democratic party) introduced, on Monday, October 3rd, her government and...
4 October 2011
Morocco: child labor at stake again
A problem hard to measure. In 2006, Human Rights Watch published the results of a survey which showed that approximately 600,000 children were working and that there were 66,000 ‘little maids.’ ...
3 October 2011
Danone: global agreement on health, safety, working conditions and stress
gned its ninth global agreement with the International Union of Food Workers (IUF). After social dialogue, diversity or even the steps to take in the event of a change in operations affecting...
3 October 2011
Italy: Fiat to leave Confindustria on January 1, 2012
, announced today October 3rd that it was leaving the Confindustria employers’ organization on January 1, 2012, which means that it will no longer be subject to the national metal collective...
3 October 2011
Spain: draft agreement on the 16th collective agreement in the chemical industry signed in spite of union division
luded, on September 29th, between Feique, the chemical employers’ organization, and Fiteqa-CCOO, the chemistry federation of Workers’ Commissions – the sector’s key union...
3 October 2011
Great Britain: enforcement of the agency workers directive and minimum wage increase
workers starting a new assignment will have the same rights as permanent workers in their company. Besides, minimum wage will increase by 15 cents (17.4 eurocents). (Ref. 110585) Agency workers...
3 October 2011
Axa: the French insurance group is the first in the industry to sign a European agreement on the anticipation of changes
insurance group, Axa, signed with Uni Europa and the four trade unions represented within the group, a protocol on the anticipation of changes. The latter places the European Works’ Council...
3 October 2011
Czech Republic: commentary of the amendments to the Employment Act
The Chamber of Deputies of Czech Parliament approved the Amendment to the Employment Act. It should come into effect on 1 January 2012 and brings material changes especially in the field of...
30 September 2011
Germany: GDL union says many train drivers are leaving businesses that refuse to sign the interconfederal agreement
L train drivers’ union and private rail companies since… the summer 2010 is starting to leave its mark. The GDL claims that more and more train drivers, infuriated by the...
30 September 2011
ArcelorMittal: European agreement on the anticipation of change and social dialogue put to the test
While the management of the steel group recently announced the temporary closure of some sites, the European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) and the EWC want to improve social dialogue on this...
29 September 2011
Romania: new employers’ representation structure
Four Romanian employers' organizations - Conpirom, Romanian Employers, the National Union of Romanian Employers and UGIR-1903 - created, earlier this week, a new merged structure. Christened...
29 September 2011
Czech Republic: commentary of the Labour Code amendment
Trial Period. The amendment provides for the possibility to agree on an extended trial period of managerial employees up to 6 months (instead of the current 3 months applicable to all employees)...
29 September 2011
Italy: union break at the Italian post
on break is the reverse of what is happening elsewhere. The CGIL signed an agreement with the group’s management on awarding the 2011 result bonus (PDR) early, while the SLP-Cisl...
29 September 2011
Germany: after negotiations failed, IG-Metall union calls Airbus’ 16,000 employees for strike action
union, which has been bargaining for over a year for the renewal of an agreement on the continuation of employment for the 16,000 employees of Airbus’ German subsidiary, announced, on...
29 September 2011
Germany: Daimler introduces “pay curve” as part of its corporate social responsibility strategy
proximately 160,000 employees of the German auto group Daimler AG will be able, on a voluntary basis, to give the cents of their net salary away to fund public interest projects in Germany and...
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