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Denmark: SAS airlines breaks off negotiations on a new wage cutting plan
an Airlines System (SAS) announced, on Monday, July 6, a halt to the negotiations on a new wage cut after the first one in January. Norwegian and Swedish unions accepted it provided that the 39...
France: key measures of the interprofessional agreement on “managing the consequences of the economic crisis on employment”
rs agreed on a series of extraordinary measures – with short-time working as a centerpiece – aimed at downplaying the social impact of the crisis. (Ref. 090722) Improving short-time...
Netherlands: department store staff deprived of pay raise to save jobs
ment of the V&D Dutch department store individually asked its 11,500 employees to voluntarily give up the 3.3% pay raise provided for in the collective agreement, proposing that it be...
ArcelorMittal: final European framework agreement on anticipating change
Save jobs and ArcelorMittal’s future. The agreement starts with a commitment linked to the current worries of the company’s employees. “ArcelorMittal intends to preserve all the tools and plants...
Great Britain: employers propose an alternative to layoffs by “pausing” employees
for six months maximum and give them twice the amount of unemployment benefits: this is the suggestion made by the CBI (Confederation of British Industry) on July 6, 2009. It is aimed at helping...
Italy: Constitutional Court annuls provision which allowed avoiding the reintegration of precarious workers
ndard”, the provision was introduced by the Berlusconi government in August 2008 to reduce the costs of disputes between former employees on a fixed-term contract and the Italian post. The...
British Airways: management to inform and consult EWC for national measures
on on June 30, the British airline’s staff and management representatives signed a declaration of principles on consultation and information for national restructuring measures. The...
Italy: collective agreements may be renewed via separate agreements
ns to renew national collective agreements (CCN), which follows the union break caused by the reform of the conventional system, started with the presentation of separate platforms in electricity...
Spain: government tries to complete agreement on the reform of the labor market with the social partners
inst the clock and trying to revive social dialog by organizing bilateral meetings with employers and unions. It proposed measures which should please both parties…without success. The...
Denmark: DA warns about the coming shortage of skilled workers because or retirement and early retirement
ansk Arbejdsgiverforening), the largest employers’ organization in the country, provides that, in 2020, 110,000 specialists will have left the Danish labor market and won’t have been...
Germany: Deutsche Bank spying scandal takes on another dimension
After acknowledging, on May 25, that its security service spied on some employees in the past, the Deutsche Bank promised an “uncompromised explanation” of this case and commissioned the Cleary...
EU: new age discrimination case presented to ECJ
on July 7, 2009, Advocate General Yves Bot asked the Court of Justice of the European Communities (ECJ) to declare that the provision of the German civil code, which provides that employment...
Business: is teleworking bad for productivity?
technologies, remote work and networks increasingly influence labor organization, Alex “Sandy” Pentland, Professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) presented his...
Sweden: government proposes simpler holiday act
ed a bill simplifying the holiday act and which should allow businesses, especially SMEs, the cut their staff management costs. This bill is part of a broader reform of labor law, launched by the...
Netherlands: energy social partners sign temporary collective agreement awaiting more visibility
loyers’ organizations in the energy sector concluded a new collective agreement for a temporary period of ten months because of the crisis. They are also waiting for the results of a study...
Great Britain: 3,000 fake job applications to investigate discrimination in recruitment
Pensions (DWP) sent around 3,000 fake job applications between November 2008 and May 2009, answering real job offers published in the press or online. The goal was to see employers’...
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