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Belgium: a 10-day paid leave for host families
The council of Ministers approved, on March 16, 2007, a bill offering the right to 10 days of paid leave a year for parents welcoming children placed in their family, while continuing their...
Belgium: a labor collective convention to transpose the directive on the implication of workers in the European cooperative company
During its January 30, 2007 session, the national Labor Council adopted the labor collective convention n°88, concerning the implication of workers in the European cooperative company. This...
Germany: IG Metall is worried after the announcement of the motor vehicle equipment manufacturer Siemens VSO’s entry into the stock market
On May 1, Siemens AG wants to invest 35 to 49.9% of the capital of its Siemens VDO Automotive subsidiary into the stock market. IG Metall, which negotiates the preservation of collective...
Sweden : positive outcome on collective agreements in industry
Ten years after the signing of the first collective agreement in Swedish industry, the negotiation concluded on March 16 for regulating the sector over the 3 years ahead concerns for the time...
EU: European employers are presenting their view as to the modernization of Labor Law
The European managerial organization BusinessEurope presented, on March 15, its answers to European Commission's consultation regarding the green Book on the modernization of Labor Law, in which...
Fiat : unions from the metallurgy sector are condemning the builder’s plans in India
The Italian metallurgy unions, brought together by the UITA and IFM international union organizations, are condemning the plan to build a new Fiat Tata factory in India, which would have...
EU : CSR on the menu of the European social dialogue committee for extractive companies
The committee of European social dialogue for extractive companies, which met for a plenary session on March 6, decided to push further their work on CSR and to keep going with their common...
Siemens : the leader of an independent union, a central WC member, jailed for corruption
This further case of corruption comforts those who accuse Siemens, the German electronics giant, of corruptive practices as a method of sales and personnel management. While the trial of two...
Spain: the law on equality between men and women is adopted
The Parliament approved, on March 15, the equality between men and women law. It plans a series of crossed measures which are going to lead to the amendment of a number of articles in force, which...
EU : the European Parliament for more EU involvement in corporate social responsibility
Emphasis on the role of the social partners. While the communication by the European Commission scarcely mentions the social partners, the are not overlooked by the European Parliament which...
15 March 2007
Alcatel-Lucent : The European Metalworkers’ Federation call on the employees to gather in Paris
A European rally. The EMF and its affiliates call on the group’s employees to gather in Paris the 15th of March in the afternoon. In its press release, the European Federation denounced “The...
EU: Eurodeputies are debating on Airbus’ restructuring plan
The German presidency of the EU of the Council of Ministers and the European Commission's wanted to evaluate the situation in front of the European deputies about the future of European...
EADS: Airbus’ EWC is denouncing the management’s lack of will to discuss the Power 8 plan
Whereas Airbus' management insisted, during a plenary meeting of the aircraft manufacturer's EWC on March 13, 2007, on the importance it attached to the Power 8 restructuring plan, the members of...
Poland : the government presented its 2008-2014 family policy
The Minister of Labour and social policy presented, on March 8, its program aiming at improving its family policy. It wants to enable women to make their professional life compatible with their...
Netherlands: lack of personnel in the manufacturing sector
The management's fears are confirmed : the lack of workforce in the metallurgy, electric engineering and transport equipment is hampering growth in these three sectors (11% in December as opposed...
Great Britain: the government has a few days to change its regulations on equality between men and women
The Equal Opportunity Commission - EOC - won an important victory before the High Court of Justice, which judged, on March 12, that the government had not properly transposed into British law the...
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