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Denmark: Danish women subject to 6% wage drop when they have children
Having children costs Danish women a lot of money. In average, they lose 6% of the salary they would have gotten if they did not have any. On the other hand, Danish men's wages increase when they...
BASF: agreement on workers’ involvement in the future European Company
After several months of negotiation (see our article No. 070584), the German group's management and the special negotiations’ body (SNB), which gathers the company'’s staff representatives...
EU : chemistry social partners work out their new programme
Rapidly matured thanks to REACH, the European social dialogue in the chemical sector - bringing together the employers' organization ECEG and the EMCEF union federation - is now tackling new...
Italy: Pirelli Tyre signed a framework agreement with unions in preparation for the creation of its innovative pole in the Turin region
Unions are very satisfied with the signature of the framework agreement with Pirelli Tyre about employment management and the improvement of working conditions, in preparation for the creation of...
Germany: companies not ready for population ageing
Whereas population ageing is going faster, a study from the Institute for employment research (IAB) which depends from the National Employment Agency shows that many companies taking measures to...
Romania: minimum wage increase for January 1, 2008
On November 13, after several months of negotiations with social partners, the government announced the amount of the single minimum wage which will come into effect on January 1, 2008. The latter...
Netherlands: law on dismissals won’t be softened
Any attempt to soften the law on dismissal is going to be cancelled : the Parliament opposed it on November 21, ordering a commission to make a report on this topic for June. This delaying...
Italy: low results for TFR assignment to pension funds
In spite of the principle "silence equals consent" about the assignment of TFR ("trattamento fine rapport", the part of the salary paid with interests when the person leaves the company) to...
Siemens: staff representatives want a “global advisory committee” and a global framework agreement
On October 25 and 26, 2007, Siemens' staff representatives from 17 countries gathered in Frankfurt for the third time since 2005. Their goal is to create a global advisory committee for staff...
EADS: information and consultation procedure for relocations outside the EU
EADS' management and European works council completed the committee's constitutive agreement through a specific information-consultation procedure when there are relocations outside the European...
EADS: EWC gets code of conduct in terms of confidentiality
Members from EADS' European works council agreed to adopt a code of conduct regarding the respect of the confidentiality of information the management gives the committee. The text was adopted by...
Italy: Vodafone social partners agreed on activity transfer’s conditions
The management of the telephone company Vodafone Italy signed, with the three main telecom unions, an agreement concerning the transfer of one of the company's activity branches to the Comdata...
RR Donnelley: UNI Global asks for a global framework agreement
In a letter sent to the executive officer of the international printing group RR Donnelley, signed by 14 union organisations around the world, the trade union federation UNI Global asks for the...
Great Britain: flexible work, pension rights and dispute resolution on the government’s programme
In her annual speech delivered on November 6, the Queen announced the labour government's programme for the coming months. Labour law is involved, with three key-measures: extending flexible work...
Italy: increased metalworkers’ mobilisation for the second national strike for the renewal of their national collective agreement
Over 200.000 participants to the 14 regional demonstrations and a support rate of almost 90% to the 8-hour national strike. These are union results for the Friday November 16 mobilisation for the...
Germany: IG Metall threatens Airbus to strike to ensure the future of employees from four factories on sale
In the "Augsburg Declaration", presented on November 14, 2007, the IG Metall union, Airbus Germany's central works council and the WC of Airbus' Augsburg factory set their conditions so that the...
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