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Italy: tourism social partners sign a unitary agreement for the renewal of the sectoral collective agreement
Tourism social partners – Filcams CGIL, Fisascat-Cisl and Uiltucs-Uil for unions, AICA and Federturismo (affiliated with Confindustria) for employers – signed, on July 9th, a unitary agreement for...
EU: Commission proposes directive on the conditions of entry and residence of third-country nationals for the purposes of seasonal employment
Objectives. The draft directive adopted by the European Commission on July 13th is in line with Europe’s immigration policy, particularly the Policy Plan on Legal Migration of 2005. It aims to...
EU: draft directive to facilitate the transfer of third-country skilled workers within a multinational group
This draft was already mentioned in the Policy Plan on Legal Migration in 2005, with that on the conditions of entry and residence of seasonal workers adopted the same day (read future article)...
EU: European metal employers reply to the consultation on the review of regulations on electromagnetic fields
Launched on May 20th, the second stage of consultation for the review of the directive on the protection of workers from risks related to exposure to electromagnetic fields should help update...
Germany: collective negotiations started in the rail sector and promise to be complicated, and risky for users
The issue of containing “social and wage dumping” caused by the arrival of private rail operators in Germany is going to prevail during the collective negotiations which started on Monday, July...
Italy: Fiat launches the industrial program for its Pomigliano d’Arco site
After two weeks of “suspense,” on Friday, July 9th, Fiat officially launched its restructuring program, “Fabbrica Italia.” During a meeting with the leaders of the Fim-Cisl, Uilm-Uil, Fismic and...
Great Britain: BT avoids a strike by granting an annual 3% wage increase
Successful negotiations. BT initially offered to increase wages by 2% this year and 3% net year (see our dispatch No. 100422). However, the CWU threatened with a historical strike and got a better...
Netherlands: EUR 1M fines for failing to comply with short-time working
The outgoing Minister for Labor and Social Affairs, Piet Hein Donner, acknowledged that 149 Dutch businesses – without giving names – broke short-time working regulations. The fines inflicted go...
Italy: Labor Minister publishes employee “participation code”
On Wednesday, July 7th, Minister for Labor Maurizio Sacconi sent the social partners the first draft of the “profit-sharing code,” an “open” document which will be improved and updated via their...
Germany: IG-Metall and government want to intensify the debate on “personalized” working time
More flexible working time to defend regular employment. “We need a creative policy for working time management to take work-life balance into account” declared Helga Schwitzer, member of the...
Dekra: the German certification company becomes a European company
Involvement with the supervisory board. Within the framework of the transformation into a SE, the company maintains its dual structure as well as an equal supervisory board. For the first term...
Greece: adoption of the pension act and general strike
Big mobilization. This 24-hour strike paralyzed maritime, rail and air transport throughout the country. Over 80 domestic and international flights were cancelled and 110 were delayed because air...
Italy: formal internal opposition building up within the CGIL
Analysis. For the founders, the Fiom’s “clear” position on the restructuring of Fiat’s Pomigliano site (see our dispatch No. 100480 on the opposition of the plan providing a drawback on social...
Portugal: CGTP calls for national day of protest
Day of struggle. The CGTP ruled out full paralysis of the country but wants to “issue a warning against attempts to reform the Labor Code and the possibility of wage cuts,” declared Carvhalo da...
EU: new regulations supervising banks’ remuneration policies
The European Parliament adopted, on July 7, 2010 (625 votes for, 28 against and 37 abstentions) the report presented by socialist MEP Arlene Mc Carthy on the draft directive regarding capital...
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