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Portugal: work on a new social security code began
reform of the labor code, the social partners are opening talks on the social security code, to provide a single reference document throughout the country. In addition to gathering scattered...
Denmark: the Muslim faith isn’t very popular on the workplace
that Muslim religious symbols and practices have nothing to do on the labor market. This is the observation of a recent survey carried out by the weekly journal of the LO union. The two largest...
France: carmakers sign agreements to avoid layoffs and maintain pay during partial unemployment
carmaker Renault and four union organizations (CFDT, CFTC, CFE-CGC and FO) signed a “social crisis agreement” aimed at saving “8.000-10.000 jobs in France in 2009.” The...
Siemens: the German multinational launches a real policy on diversity management
ng the Chinese Jill Lee to the post of “chief diversity officer,” Siemens announced the launching of several internal networks in charge of promoting women and young managers of high...
9 April 2009
EU: comprehensive note on the future EWC directive
he European Commission to present its draft revision of the EWC directive. Once started though, it only took a few months to be adopted. The compromise reached in December 2008 will be permanently...
Great Britain: businesses failing to pay damages to their employees after ruling will be blacklisted
Justice, the list will contain the names of individuals or businesses which, having failed to honor damages defined by employment tribunals in favor of an employee, forcing the latter to go back...
Poland: conclusions of the second social summit
summit was organized on the initiative of President Lech Kaczynski. Gathering, notably, the Prime Minister, union and employers’ representatives, economists, local governments, this summit...
Brazil: President Lula da Silva asks workers to reduce their claims and help businesses
z Inacio Lula da Silva, used his past as a union leader to urge workers from his country and elsewhere to abandon improvements to their working conditions during the crisis. “This is no time...
Argentina: State pays for the wages of almost 40.000 workers to stop dismissals
After an agreement signed in March between the Argentinean government and the French carmaker Peugeot-Citroen, one in three workers of the Tres de Febrero, close to Buenos Aires, receives 600...
Lithuania: union revival against the crisis
ans surveyed by the Baltic Surveys Institute said they trusted their unions (32% don’t). These results are much higher than those obtained by the government (23%) and the Parliament (15%)...
Great Britain: new labor dispute resolution procedures enforced
usinesses and employees will have to follow procedures detailed in the code of practice on disciplinary and grievance procedures developed by the Acas. In-depth examination of a long-awaited...
Italy: Fincantieri employees mobilized after the refusal of signatory unions do a referendum on the company agreement
Uilm Uil signed the company agreement with the management of shipbuilding company Fincantieri. The Fiom-CGIL rejected it and demanded employee consultation via a referendum. The signatories...
PPR: EWC rejects restructuring plan announced for France
f PPR met for an extraordinary session in Paris, about the restructuring which will affect people employed by Fnac and Conforama in France. Although it only affects employees in one country, the...
Hungary: individual employers and large businesses subject to the same strict liability for damages to their employees
Exception for individual employers. The invalidated provision established an exception from employer’s strict liability (i.e. no-fault liability) for damages caused to employees in connection with...
Netherlands: employers criticize partial unemployment
system, which replaces the Arbeidstijdverkorting (ATV, working time reduction) since April 1, is far from getting unanimous support. Employers from large groups badly affected by the crisis...
Poland: job cuts at Arcelor-Mittal Poland revive the debate on the future of metallurgical industries
the major drop in orders on the steel market, Arcelor-Mittal Poland increased the number of job cuts, which may exceed the 1.480 initially planned for 2009. Representatives of the metallurgical...
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