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Netherlands: crisis digs a hole in union coffers
Planet Labor, May 26, 2009, No. 090565 – www.planetlabor.com
26 May 2009
Sweden: controversial draft bill on the protection of private life
Ban on gathering some personal information. The current law provides that employers may have access to the criminal records of applicants under certain circumstances. They can also get information...
26 May 2009
EU: Brussels thinks about after 2010
Go on with structural reforms and more. Structural reforms are more topical than ever. The lack of credits is going to push businesses to look for flexibility elsewhere explained European...
25 May 2009
Spain: CCOO and UGT present a joint document with proposals to change the economic growth model
Planet Labor, May 25, 2009, No. 090562 – www.planetlabor.com
25 May 2009
Germany: big bosses fight for their remuneration
A bill which “assaults” the economy. Discussed since February 2009, the bill on managers’ income in Germany is about to go into Parliament. Because of the economic crisis and coming elections...
25 May 2009
Italy: 16th Cisl Congress under the sign of workers participation
Worker participation. The Cisl advocates a new labor humanism based on “responsible ethics” and “participative union relations” for a “new and balanced relation between capital and labor, calling...
25 May 2009
Great Britain: new wave of strikes to defend national/local preference for recruitment
This story is quite similar to the strike at the Lindsey refinery in February (see our dispatch No. 090140).
25 May 2009
Chile: Parliament adopts the Equal Pay Act
Objective criteria to justify the pay gap. “Employers will have to respect the principle of equal remuneration between men and women performing the same job. Criteria such as aptitude, quality...
25 May 2009
Italy: first national assembly of the CGIL’s “labor chambers” and many local initiatives against the crisis
“Second Italy.” After the meeting, it came out that there is a “second Italy” as Gugliemo Epifani, CGIL general secretary, put it. Indeed, unlike the government with national unions, local...
22 May 2009
Poland: social partners and government agree on anticrisis package
The anticrisis package, divided up into 13 points, was developed by the social partners in March (see our dispatch No. 090287) to counteract the negative impact of the crisis on employment. Based...
22 May 2009
Germany: whilst the corruption scandals are still rife, a response model is beginning to take shape in businesses
New cases revealed almost daily. Last week, Rüdiger Grube, the new boss of Deutsche Bahn, announced that four members of its executive personnel and several other managers have left the company...
21 May 2009
Netherlands : a measure to protect research and development jobs
lized one of their promises made at the time of the social agreement passed at the end of March in face of the crisis: it will give 280 million euros to the protection of jobs in research and...
21 May 2009
EU: return to the unsuccessful revision of the working time directive
The Commission’s original sin. The objective of the directives in 1993 and subsequently in 2003 was to protect the health and safety of workers. Since 1993, European legislation has established...
21 May 2009
Italy: the collective agreement at Ilva adjusts to the crisis
The national unions Fim, Fiom and Uilm, the national union coordination of Ilva, “judged positively” the draft agreement reached with the management on May 13 and which will be submitted to the...
21 May 2009
Great Britain: employers, unions and government praise union representatives’ positive influence
Honor union representatives. “In today's difficult economic climate, it is more important than ever that all resources available to the workplace are well deployed. We believe that modern...
20 May 2009
EU : uncertainties about Irish social requirements on the Lisbon Treaty
n summit where the Twenty-Seven should set the date for the holding of a new referendum in Ireland about the Lisbon Treaty, the discussions between member States block over the requirements of the...
20 May 2009
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