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International: the ITUC report about the respect of the ILO’s fundamental standards in EU member states
In the context of the revision of the EU's commercial policies by the World Trade Organization's (WTO) general council, the International Trade Union Confederation (ITUC) published a report...
Denmark: more training and flexibility agreed in the industry sector
Social partners reached an agreement in the Danish industry; the agreement includes, in addition to a wage increase, the creation of a fund for permanent training, the payment of a parental leave...
Germany: Ver.di is threatening to begin a strike at Deutsche Telekom
According to Ver.di, the services union, the telephone company would intend to transfer over 60,000 employees in three new subsidiaries, named T-Service, where they will work more and be paid...
EU: European social diary of February 26 to April 24th 2007
e-europnews February 26, 2007, n°070173 – www.eeuropnews.com
Great Britain: the government is launching a consultation on temporary work
The government opened a consultation on the working conditions for temporary workers and other occasional employees, in order to improve their protection against unethical employers. This...
Netherlands: a controversy on bonuses granted to leaders
The bonuses granted to leaders of large groups are irritating unions. The central union FNV is offended by the amounts of the bonuses perceived, judging them "irresponsible". On the other hand...
Germany: the arrival of IG Metall and Verdi unions at SAP, computing giant, is not achieved smoothly
After imposing the election of a WC in June 2006 (see our story n°06629), IG Metall and Verdi, the two largest German unions, are hoping that they will be able to place two of their...
Sweden : interview with Hans Tilly, president of Byggnads, the Swedish union for construction workers
Several cases opposing unions to companies (see our story n°0630) give the impression that unions and collective agreements are more and more disputed. Recently, several small businesses from the...
EU: BusinessEurope answered no to the Commission’s proposal to negotiate on the protection against the needlestick injuries in the medical sector
Answering to the consultation launched by the European Commission on the protection of workers from the medical sector against needlesticks injuires, the European employers organization affirmed...
Thomson: the European Works Council could bring an action to court for non-respect of the information and consultation procedure
The European WC of the French group Thomson, which denounced the fact that it was not informed and consulted beforehand during the announcement of the closure of the sites producing DVDs in...
EU: the European Commission presents its new strategy on health and security at work
In a message published on February 21, 2007, the European Commission presented its strategy for the 2007-2012 time period in terms of health and security at work. Its goal is to achieve a 25%...
Vigeo is presenting a balance sheet of the CSR’s practices in multinational companies
During a conference-debate entitled "social dialogue and corporate social responsibility" organized by l'Observatoire de la Responsabilité Sociale des Entreprises (Orse,) on February 21, 2007, the...
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Germany: Franz Müntefering refused to hire 2,000 civil servants from the telephone company Deutsche Telekom
Deutsche Telekom (DT,) which is trying, by any means, to decrease its workforce, just went through a disappointment. According to the daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung , Franz Müntefering...
Great Britain: a Friday with no extra hours
Unions are asking employees not to be zealous, next Friday, to take a long lunch break, and to leave their office early, as part of a campaign entitled "Work your proper hours Day". It is their...
Spain: the government adopted the project to reform the social security
The government adopted, on Friday, February 16, a bill concerning the reform of the social security which uses a large part of the measures agreed upon by social partners last July. (See our...
UniCredit: analysis of the agreement on the setting of the European Work’s Council
The management of the Italian banking group UniCredit, born from the fusion, on November 18, 2005, of UniCredito Italiano Group and the HypoVereinsbank bank (HVB,) concluded an agreement on the...
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Germany: pensioners in work already common practice, study shows
As the German government steps up measures to encourage people to stay in work beyond the legal retirement age, a new study by the Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) – an independent...
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Spain: government approves creation of ‘intern status’
The Spanish government has paved the way for the creation of a new status for "persons undergoing non-professional practical training in companies, institutions or public or private organisations...
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France: social conference on labour and pensions to proceed without main employers’ group
The preparatory meeting ahead of the social conference on labour and pensions, which is set to decide on the pension system model and the funding thereof, was held on 4 November at France's labour...
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Luxembourg: two pension reform bills submitted to parliament
After lengthy negotiations with the social partners, in mid-October the Luxembourg government submitted two bills to parliament aimed at reforming the pension system to ensure its long-term...
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Candice Guillot (Talan): “Our recruiters save just over 80 hours per year on administrative tasks thanks to AI”
Candice Guillot, group director of employee experience and HR performance at Talan (7,000 employees), outlines for mind RH her vision and strategy for introducing artificial intelligence at the...