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Netherlands: Manpower is trying anonymous candidacy
The Manpower agency launched, on June 5, a national anonymous candidacies test, to favour the employment of immigrant workers. For six months, Manpower is going to offer to its customers willing...
Poland: towards a banning of smoking on the workplace.
A bill tending to introduce a general banning of smoking in public places - workplaces included - should soon be transferred to the Parliament's lower house for a first reading. The text, which...
EU: interview with Maria Helena André, deputy general secretary for the European Trade Union Confederation
Outside the European trade union confederation's 11th Congress, e-europnews questioned Maria Helena André, the trade union's deputy general secretary, about European social partners' projects on...
Belgium: publication of a comparative statement on the changes the new legislation on harassment and violence at work brought.
The Belgian Labour Ministry published on its website a comment on the new law on harassment and violence at work as well as two comparative documents between the new and the old legislation. (Ref...
Germany: Volkswagen is more productive, partly thanks to the increase in working time
One year after announcing the return of the 35-hour week (see our dispatch n° 06600) in its factories from western Germany, the car manufacturer Volkswagen announced, on June 11, 2007, that it...
Italy: employers from the metallurgy sector answer to the union platform for a renewal of the sector’s national convention
Encourage flexicurity and improve productivity before increasing wages. These are the words of the metallurgy sector's employers federation – Federmeccanica – to unions' unitary platform to...
Nike: the international trade union federation of textile is showing the American company’s CSR report as an example
According to the international trade union federation representing textile, garment and leather workers (ITGLWF), "Nike's CSR report is announcing a new role for social audit". In this report, the...
12 June 2007
EU: the European Metalworkers’ Federation renewed its leading team
During the first day of the European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF's) congress, on June 6, 2007, the 400 delegates from 68 affiliated trade union organizations representing 33 countries renewed...
Germany : thousands of employees from the insurer Allianz have to apply for new jobs
The restructuring of the largest German insurer entered its "hot" phase. About 13,000 employees from Allianz Deutschland AG received, on June 11, 2007, a list of jobs for which they can apply...
ArcelorMittal : interview with André Leclercq, vice president Employee Relations Europe
Whereas the agreement on the establishment of ArcelorMittal's EWC will officially be signed on July 9, 2007, André Leclercq, vice president Employee Relations Europe of the steel group and...
Spain: the pensions’ reserve fund will invest on the stock market in socially responsible investments
The government approved, during its Ministers' Council, the reform of the social security's reserve fund to give its management more flexibility. The reform, which received the approval of the...
EU: the European Parliament’s Committee on Social Affairs is vigorously debating on the modernization of labour law
Debates within the Parliament's Committee on Social Affairs on the draft report of the Polish deputy Jacek Protasiewicz (PPE-DE) about the green paper on the modernization of labour law are...
ArcelorMittal: the agreement on the European WC is settled.
The steel group ArcelorMittal (360,000 employees) ended the negotiation about its European WC last April (see our dispatch 070365) the agreement is now concluded and the signature ceremony will...
EU: BusinessEurope’s expectations for the Union’s Portuguese presidency
In a document given on June 8, 2007 to the Portuguese prime minister, José Socrates, whose country will be in charge of the EU's presidency starting next July 1, the managerial organization...
Nokia Siemens Network : calling for a European day of action on June 12
Following the trade union coordination meeting, organized under the auspices of the European metalworkers' federation (EMF,) on May 25, 2007, after the management announced the European...
Inditex: the Spanish textile group intervened to guarantee union rights at a Cambodian supplier.
The Spanish textile group Inditex intervened to defend union rights at a Cambodian supplier, notified the Spanish textile federation, Fiteqa-CCOO. The conflict had burst out several months ago...
11 June 2007
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Spain: new terms and conditions for in-company training contracts
On 25 November, Spain's Council of Ministers approved a regulation on training contracts. This text defines the terms and conditions for hosting work-study students and interns doing professional...
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EU: Commission issues first recommendation on human capital as part of European Semester
In parallel with the European Semester adopted on 25 November, which proposes guidelines to member states on economic policies for the coming year, the European Commission has adopted an...
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France: sectors feel economic slowdown to differing degrees
The latest data on France’s occupational sectors (branches professionnelles), covering the year 2023, show how employment trends are shaping workplace dynamics. After a more favourable period for...
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Germany: apprenticeship openings fall sharply in manufacturing and chemicals
From 1 January 2026, Dutch collective agreements for temporary employment agencies will alter the employment conditions of temp workers. Agencies will be required to pay these workers at least the...