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Great Britain : recruiters do not use very much 2.0 web technology
Only 10% of the 582 human resources and recruitment managers consulted use the social network sites to attract candidates with only a minority making use of blogs, videos or an alternative...
Unicredit : the EWC sets up two commissions on training and equal opportunities
The management of the group and the EWC have set up two joint commissions, one on training, apprenticeship and the development of skills, the other on equality of opportunity and...
Germany: the IG-Metall union signs tariff agreements for BMW’s temp workers
The Bavarian section of the IG-Metall announced on April 21, 2008 that it signed with 16 temp agencies wage agreements granting temporary workers employed by BMW the wage levels negotiated in the...
EU: first joint statement of the steel industry’s social partners
The European steel industry's employers (Eurofer) and the European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) adopted a joint declaration as part of the Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee on Steel, so that...
Portugal: the procedure for the reform of the Labor code began
Reaction of the social partners. Evidently, the social partners’ reactions have been very diverging, which suggests trouble in reaching a compromise on this reform. Indeed, employers’...
Belgium: amendments to the social balance sheet
Two royal decrees of February 10, 2008, amend the development of the social report which must be handed out by companies who have to return their annual accounts. One of the decrees allows the...
Netherlands: large groups commit in the suburbs
The Hague's Municipality organized a special "participation" summit, during which several large groups committed to invest in four suburbs around the city, Transvaal, Schilderswijk, ZuidWest and...
24 April 2008
Rhodia: the international framework on CSR renewed
The French chemistry group Rhodia (15.000 employees) and the International Federation of Chemical, Energy, Mine and General Workers' Unions (ICEM) signed, on march 25, 2008, the renewal of the...
Germany: the Grand Coalition wants to develop employees’ participation in the capital of companies
After about six months of talks, the conservative party (CDU/CSU) and the social-democratic party (SPD) presented, on April 21, 2008, the guidelines of a project to encourage employees to...
Italy: the Cgil’s representativeness questioned
After the results of the last legislative elections, which showed the Cgil's incapacity to bring its members' votes to the Democratic Party, the Confindustria's outgoing chair questioned its...
Vinci: evaluation of the diversity audit carried out in six EU countries
The French group Vinci, world leader in construction, had the social rating company Vigeo audit its policy of diversity and equal opportunities (see our article No. 070353). An internal document...
22 April 2008
Italy : the women of the Fiom relaunch the « female issue » in the metal sector
Following the results of the survey  (see article n°080191), which also revealed “a deep-seated discontent” among the female workers in the sector, the 104 participants at this event, aptly named...
Great Britain: consultation for better cooperation between businesses and universities
The government has just launched a consultation on the strengthening of the relationship between employers and universities, so the latter can train graduates with the skills needed on the labor...
Sweden: LO union at loggerheads with the government
The LO union, contrary to its habit of backing the Social Democratic Party, was scarcely heard in the election campaign which brought to power a centre-right coalition in September 2006. The union...
Germany: the specter of an unlimited strike at the Deutsche Post is coming closer
After the "marathon negotiation" on the working conditions of the 130.000 employees and 55.000 civil servants working at the Deutsche Post failed on April 17 and 18, the services' union Ver.di...
EU: four sectors favor social clauses in public tenders
The European social partners of four industries – the private security sector (CoESS/UNI-Europa), the contract catering sector (FERCO/EFFAT), the cleaning industry sector (EFCI/UNI-Europa), and...
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