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This study about seven member States (Germany, Austria, Belgium, Spain, France, the United Kingdom and the Netherlands) is the first one e-europnews carried out for its subscribers. This first...

25 September 2007

EU: towards a new consultation of social partners on the revision of the EWC directive

Urged by the European economic and social committee, the European Parliament and trade unions, the European Commission should launch, before the end of the year, a second consultation of European...

25 September 2007

Bulgaria: launching of the first programs paid for by the European social fund

The Department of Labour and Social Policy published call for to tender in the field of the development of human resources which will be paid for by the European Social Fund (ESF). (Ref. 070791)

25 September 2007

Spain: railway trade unions secured their involvement in talks on the transfer of the management of suburban trains to the regions

The trade unions UGT, CCOO as well as the drivers' union Semaf had called for 6 days of strike to protest against the transfer of the management of suburban trains (Cercanias) from the central...

24 September 2007

Luxembourg: two programs on training for health and security published

Two decrees published on August 24, 2007 determine training programs for health and security coordinators on temporary or mobile sites and for employees appointed to health and security. The...

24 September 2007

Italy: Maserati’s new company agreement is signed

For a duration of four years (2007-2010), the new company contract plans the increase of the results bonus, an improvement in apprenticeship contracts as well as the establishment of new...

24 September 2007

Renault: the group works council will be informed of Renault-Nissan’s new Moroccan factory

Nissan and Renault's CEO, Carlos Ghosn, announced on September 1, 2007, that he wanted to build a new "low-cost" factory in Morocco in Tangier's free trade zone by the second semester of 2010. The...

24 September 2007

Luxembourg: opening of the labour market to workers from eight new EU eastern member States

The government decided, on September 20, 2007, to open all the sectors of Luxembourg's labour market to workers coming from eight new eastern European countries which entered the EU in 2004. The...

24 September 2007

Volkswagen-Porsche EC: Volkswagen’s central WC is trying to block the creation of the Porsche Holding EC through a summary proceeding

War broke out between VW's central WC and the Porsche group's management. On September 17, 2007, the WC lodged a complaint to the Stuttgart labour court against the agreement on staff...

24 September 2007

EU: the CJEC to rule on the possibility to subordinate the performance of a public works contract to the respect of the minimum wage remuneration prescribed by the workplace collective agreement

In its conclusions rendered on September 20, the Advocate General Bot offered the Court to retain that a national legislation which subordinates the award and the performance of a public works...

23 September 2007

EU: the European Commission is looking into the automotive sector

The European Commission's DG "Employment and Social Affairs" is organizing, on October 17 and 18, 2007, a "restructuring forum" dedicated to the automotive industry. This first forum, dedicated to...

21 September 2007

Portugal: temporary work agencies are in the labour inspectorate’s bad books

After many control operations, the General Labour Inspectorate (IGT) suspended the activity of 195 temporary work companies and caused 60 others to shut down. Since the enforcement, in May 2007...

21 September 2007

Spain: government and representatives from the judicial system signed an action protocol to support the fight against industrial accidents

The Labour minister and the minister of the Interior signed, with the chairman of the general council of the judiciary and the State public prosecutor, a framework protocol which aims at setting...

21 September 2007

France: tight schedule for President Sarkozy’s vast social reforms program

On September 18, the French President Nicolas Sarkozy made the inventory of the social reforms the government will start working on with social partners. The reform of special pension schemes...

21 September 2007

Netherlands: ABN Amro employees are worried about their future

Gathered in an extraordinary general meeting on September 20 in Rotterdam, shareholders from the ABN Amro bank have been informed of the two buy-out offers upon the group and of the opinion of the...

21 September 2007

EU: European trade unions criticize the “energy package”

The European Public Services Union (EPSU) and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) strongly criticized the measures contained in the "third energy package" presented by the European...

20 September 2007

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