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Portugal: the reform bill on the regulations concerning industrial accidents is worrying victims’ associations
The ANDST - national association for victims of industrial accidents - denounced the proposals included in the 88/X bill which updates the effective legislation on industrial accidents, to take...
11 September 2007
Sweden: a bill on prohibition of age discrimination is to be discussed
The Swedish government will present in Spring 2008, a bill forbidding discrimination of workers because of their age, in order to fully comply with the European directive on equal treatment, for...
11 September 2007
France: the reform of extra hours’ tax and social system
A law "in favour of work, employment and purchasing power" is reforming extra hours' social and fiscal system in order to make them more attractive both to employees and employers. It also...
11 September 2007
Italy: focus on the case-law over lay offs for personal use of the cell phone lent by the company
From the North to the South, Italian courts pronounced rulings on litigations about dismissals motivated by the abuse of the company's cell phone. The last in date is a ruling by the Court of...
11 September 2007
Spain: workshop-schools to train African immigrants in their country of origin
The Spanish Minister of Labour and Social Affairs, Jésus Caldera, finished, on September 7, a series of visits to western Africa. The goal of these trips was to convince local governments to...
11 September 2007
Denmark: prevention in terms of security at work is suffering
The goal for 2010 to reduce by 20% the number of sick leaves due to work accidents, pursued by the government with the 2005 reform, is suffering from a shock. From 2005 to 2006, deadly work...
11 September 2007
Atos Origin: interview with Jean-Pierre Fieux, the group’s former human resources manager
The French company Atos Origin signed an agreement on the establishment of its European Works Council (see our article n° 070750). Jean-Pierre Fieux, who was then the vice-president in charge of...
10 September 2007
France: a bill on the status of the European Cooperative Society and protection of employees in the event of the insolvency of their employer
The Minister of Labour, Social Relations and Solidarity presented at Council of Ministers on September 7, 2007, a bill aiming at implementing disposals of community law on the status of European...
10 September 2007
Czech Republic: a bill on discriminations to comply with the Community law
The Czech legislation on equal treatment and protection against discrimination is heterogeneous and fragmented. Indeed, the Labour Code generally prohibits any form of discrimination in labour...
10 September 2007
EU: interview with Jean-François Lebrun, the head of the unit “working conditions, adjustment to change” at the DG Employment and Social affairs
At the head of the unit "working conditions, adjustment to change" of the European Commission's DG Employment and Social Affaires, Jean-François Lebrun explained e-europnews about the outlines of...
10 September 2007
Netherlands: as expected, the 36-hour week is going to end
The government should announce, on September 18, 2007, at the same time as its 2008 budget, the end of the 36-hour week, and a return to the 40-hour week. Maria van Hoeven, Minister of Economic...
10 September 2007
Germany: vivid polemic around minimum wage in the postal sector
The branch minimum wage, set up on September 4, 2007 by the Ver.di union and the employers' organization AGV – which is controlled by the Deutsche Post (see our story 070722), was vividly...
10 September 2007
Germany: the Hesse Land wants to forbid social dumping
Starting from 2008, the Hesse Land, led by conservatives, will only place public orders to companies which respect the wages set by secoral collective agreements in the building, industrial...
10 September 2007
Great Britain: unions are asking employers who prevent their employees from surfing the net to be more tolerant
"Let your employees surf on Facebook or MySpace during their breaks”, is asking the trade union confederation TUC. Whereas 50% of employers prevent their staff from using social networking...
6 September 2007
Luxembourg: details of the single status bill for blue-collar and white-collar workers
After long negotiations between social partners, the government of the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg presented to the Parliament, on August 3, the bill concerning the single status for blue-collar and...
6 September 2007
Luxembourg : results of the enforcement of the smoking ban act
Smoking ban act came into effect on September 5, 2006 (see our dispatch n° 02826). The Luxembourg's Health Minister is drawing a positive assessment of its enforcement. Most companies chose to...
6 September 2007
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Italy: decree-law adopted to increase workplace safety
On 28 October, the Italian cabinet adopted a decree-law on health and safety at work, aimed at preventing and reducing accidents. The text addresses both the powers and actions of supervisory...
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Spain: already well on the way to pay transparency?
Spain is preparing for the implementation of its national law transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, which will take effect on 7 June 2026. The legislation marks another step forward in...
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Romania: parents of children with disabilities granted up to eight days of remote work per month
On 9 October, the Romanian parliament adopted a bill aiming to bolster support for parents of children with disabilities up to the age of 18. The legislation, which came into force on 12 October...
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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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Germany: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
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