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Luxembourg: the government is assessing the situation on the introduction of a single status for employees
The Labor and Employment Minister, François Biltgen, and the Health and Social Security Minister, Marc Di Bartolomeo, presented, on February 15, 2007, the results of the discussions conducted with...
20 February 2007
Belgium: the representatives’ Chamber adopted the bill on tender offers
The representatives' Chamber adopted, on February 15, 2007, the bill that will carry out the April 21, 2004 2004/25 directive concerning tender offers. The adopted text clarifies the system of...
20 February 2007
EU: the European federal union EFFAT requires free movement of workers and equality of treatment for migrants
The European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism (EFFAT) criticized, during a meeting in Budapest, on February 19 and 20, 2007, the attitude of member States and European institutions...
20 February 2007
EU: the CJEC will rule on the conformity of the clauses on compulsory retirement with EU law on age discrimination
In its conclusions presented on February 15, the Advocate general Mazak offered the Court of Justice of the European Communities to declare that Spanish legislation allowing compulsory retirement...
19 February 2007
Belgium: a new collective agreement on the prevention of theft and controls at the exit of the company or workplace
Social partners, who met within the National Labour Council (CNT,) ratified on January 30, the collective agreement n°89, relating to the prevention of theft and controls a the exit of the company...
19 February 2007
Czech Republic : the new labour code is in force
The new labour regulations came into effect on January 1, 2007, as initially planned. In the deputies' chamber, the Right wing's efforts to postpone its implementation were vain and the Left...
19 February 2007
Italy: several dispositions in terms of security at work
The 2007 finance bill includes several dispositions on health and security at work. They notably plan to extend the obligations of the prime contractors and increase certain fines if the...
19 February 2007
Poland: excessive sick leaves are constantly increasing
Excessive sick leaves for non-professional illnesses are, from one year to the other, slightly but constantly rising in Poland. That is what the ZUS (the Polish social security) revealed in its...
19 February 2007
Great Britain: a 3.5% increase in wages
The median growth of wages during the last three months is amounting to 3.5% when compared to the same time period a year earlier (from November to January,) according to a recent study from the...
19 February 2007
Germany: the Bundesrat gave the green light to the health reform
Two weeks after it was adopted by the Bundestag, on February 2, 2007, the bill on the health reform was ratified, on February 16, by the Bundesrat, the chamber representing the Länder. This vote...
16 February 2007
Belgium: new requirements for foreign independent workers and providers of services
To fight against social dumping, social fraud or the exploitation of foreign workers on the Belgian territory, the government elaborated a plan to improve the control of foreign activities in...
16 February 2007
EU : Court of Justice defines the concept of establishment for application of the directive on collective redundancies
No autonomy criterion. In this new case, the Court broadens the scope of the definition since it recognises that “an establishment, in the context of an undertaking, may consist of a distinct...
16 February 2007
UniCredit: creation of a European WC after the fusion with the bank HVB
The Italian banking group UniCredit (14,000 employees) is creating a European Works Council, following the merger with the HypoVereinsbank bank (HVB) which covers all of the group's European...
16 February 2007
EU: European social diary of February 20 to April 24th 2007
e-europnews February 19, 2007, n°070151 – www.eeuropnews.com
15 February 2007
Poland: the International Transport workers’ Federation is interceding with LOT’s management to denounce the violation of union rights
The International Transport workers' Federation (ITF) addressed a letter to the air company LOT in which it denounces the fact that the management is confiscating the computing equipment used by...
15 February 2007
EU: nine European countries are calling for a revival of social Europe
The Labour Ministries of nine Member States adopted, on February 14, a declaration favorable to a "new impulse for social Europe". A few days to the Council of Ministers of Employment on February...
15 February 2007
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Spain: already well on the way to pay transparency?
Spain is preparing for the implementation of its national law transposing the EU Pay Transparency Directive, which will take effect on 7 June 2026. The legislation marks another step forward in...
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Italy: decree-law adopted to increase workplace safety
On 28 October, the Italian cabinet adopted a decree-law on health and safety at work, aimed at preventing and reducing accidents. The text addresses both the powers and actions of supervisory...
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Romania: parents of children with disabilities granted up to eight days of remote work per month
On 9 October, the Romanian parliament adopted a bill aiming to bolster support for parents of children with disabilities up to the age of 18. The legislation, which came into force on 12 October...
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mind RH analysis – Initial findings from CSRD social indicators
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Italy: European pay transparency directive, a major step forward for businesses
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Germany: EU pay transparency directive to force companies to ‘get tough’
Germany introduced a pay transparency law in 2017, meaning companies are already somewhat familiar with the issue. However, the broader scope and stricter requirements of the EU directive, the...
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