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EU: ten member States did not transpose the directive which makes the training of truck drivers mandatory
The European Commission addressed, on June 27, 2007, a motivated notice to the ten member States because they have not notified the dispositions taken to comply with the directive 2003/59 on the...
Alcan-Alcoa: the European Metalworkers Federation gathered unionists from both groups
Whereas the hostile offer launched by the American aluminum maker Alcoa to its Canadian competitor Alcan ends on July 10, the European Metalworkers Federation (EMF) gathered on June 21 in...
Porsche: the car manufacturer adopted the status of European Company
During an extraordinary general assembly on June 26, 2007 in Stuttgart, the luxury German car manufacturer Porsche AG's shareholders gave the green light to the transformation of the company into...
Great Britain: BBC managers gave up their bonus, because they failed to reach their racial diversity goals
All of the BBC's big bosses, that it the nine leaders of the executive committee, just gave up almost 600.000 euros of bonus, despite the results which gave them this right, because they did not...
Great Britain: productivity is still lagging behind
British productivity remains well below that of other European countries, according to a study by the center of economic performance, bound to the prestigious London School of Economics. (Ref...
EU: the European Commission advocates anticipating restructurings
During the last "restructuring" forum, especially dedicated to anticipation, which took place on June 25 and 26, 2007 in Brussels, the European Commission insisted on the need to anticipate...
Germany: extension of the aid to build up a professional pension.
Pressure trade unions, employers and lobbies exercised apparently paid off. After years of talks, Franz Müntefering (SPD), federal minister of Labour and Social Affairs, declared on June 25, 2007...
Netherlands: KLM’s flying personnel is threatening to go on strike
The flying personnel of the airline company KLM-Air France (that is about 8.500 people in the Netherlands) voted on June 22, with a 93% majority, against the plan for the new collective agreement...
Slovakia: the most important changes proposed to the Labour Code
e-europnews, June 28th, 2007, n° 070570 - www.eeuropnews.com
EU: the European Commission walks on thin ice with flexicurity
Several fairies leaned on the development of the communication on "towards common principles of flexicurity,", which should be adopted on June 27, 2007. The initial plan was subjected to many...
Italy: against Nokia Siemens Network’s restructuring plan, strikes follow strikes in the group’s facilities
Following last month's mobilizations to stop the German-Finnish multinational company's restructuring plan which plans layoffs and shutdowns in the country, the three main metalworkers' unions...
Spain: the decrease in wages’ weight in the GDP is causing much gnashing of unions’ teeth
In 10 years, it went from 49 to 46.6% (as opposed to 64% in average in the Euro zone). Despite the official continuation of the wage moderation policy, unions are getting ready to enter a new...
EU: the Commission approved the aids given by the European globalization adjustment fund (EGF) to PSA and Renault’s subcontractors
The European Commission announced yesterday, June 25, 2007, that it gave its consent to the grant of aids coming from the European globalization adjustement (EGF) to the subcontractors of PSA...
Great Britain: one manager out of three cares little about health at work
British employers were highly criticized in a recent study for the neglect in terms of their employees' health and well-being on their workplace. (Ref. 070567)
Austria: companies’ good results and the fall of unemployment made labour costs and wage levels rise again.
According to the Austrian statistics office (Statistik Austria), labour cost in Austria increased faster than expected in the first trimester of 2007, in a context of important unemployment...
Great Britain: government and employers signed a pact to train the less qualified employees
The British Ministry of Labour and Pensions launched a pact in favour of training towards companies. Recommended in December 2006 by Lord Leitch (see our story 061233) in a report which had...
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