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Great Britain: McDonald’s or Network Rail get degree powers
The government allowed company's trainings to be validated by the organization in charge of delivering national degrees. Employees from McDonald's, Flybe or Network Rail will now be able to get...
Netherlands: liberalization of the postal market leads to social arm wrestling
Dutch unions are still trying to get the same guaranties as German unions on hourly minimum wage for the postal sector's employees before its liberalization in six months. Negotiations on working...
Czech Republic : green card project for non-EU skilled workers
The Czech Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, in cooperation with the Ministry of Industry and Trade and the Ministry of Interior, are currently preparing a green card project to attract...
EU: CJEC to rule if Directive on equal treatment also protects parents of disabled children
In his conclusions rendered on January 31, 2007, the Advocate General Poiares Maduro invited the Court of Justice of the European Communities to rule that a mother suffering from discriminatory...
Germany: the Deutsche Bahn and the GDL end a 10-month conflict
After a final agreement for a new collective agreement, on Wednesday, January 30, 2008, the train drivers' union GDL and the Deutsche Bahn officially buried the longest conflict in Germany's rail...
Italy: towards a single collective agreement for the service and transport sector
The agreement signed between the two social partners completes the negotiation started following an agreement signed with the Ministry of Labour on November 21, 2007 and that envisages the...
Nokia: EMF to investigate on the management’s respect of the procedure of information and consultation of workers
During a social coordination meeting, on January 30, 2008, the European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) and its affiliated unions decided on "a coordinated response to management's announced...
Germany: new initiatives to facilitate compatibility between work and family life
Demographic pressure, output and shortage of labour. "In Germany, the question of conciliation between work and family life is more and more discussed within companies, for demographic and labour...
EU: budget headings for social dialogue
The European Commission's Directorate General for Employment, Social Affairs and Equal Opportunities published calls for proposals to get Community grants for promoting social dialogue. These...
EU: European Globalization Adjustment Fund for Portuguese workers in the car industry
The European Commission approved, on January 30, 2008, the 2.4 million euros requested by Portugal for assistance under the European Globalisation adjustment Fund (EGF) for the 1,549 workers...
Italy: social partners renewed the national collective agreement of SMEs in the metallurgy
On January 25, the Fim-Cisl, Fiom-Cgil, Uilm-Uil unions and the employers' association Unionmeccanica-Confapi signed the agreement for the renewal of the national collective agreeement of small...
Poland: negociations on implementation of the EU agreement on work-related stress
In January 2008, social partners launched negotiations on implementation of the EU Framework agreement on work-related stress, concluded by the European social partners in 2004 (see our article n°...
Slovakia: social partners sign declaration on Euro adoption
On January 23, 2008, the government, trade unions, employers' associations and municipalities' representatives signed a declaration on the agreement to adopt and use Euro in Slovakia. It notably...
France: the law on the statute of the European Cooperative Society and the protection of employees in the event of insolvency was adopted
The national assembly approved, on January 16, 2008, the bill concerning the enforcement of the European legislation concerning the statute of the European Cooperative Society and the protection...
Great Britain: more and more seniors willing to work after 65
In the next 15 years, more and more seniors will want to work after 65, according to a study carried out by the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD), an organization which...
EU: CJEC to rule whether employees away on sick leave are still entitled to paid leave
In her conclusions delivered on January 24, 2008, the advocate general Verica Trstenjak proposes that the Court judges that a worker away on a sick leave during the reference period is still...
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