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EU: launching of the European Year of equal opportunities for all
The European Commission revealed, on January 24th 2007, the web site of the European Year of equal opportunities for all and put on line the results of a survey on the fight against...
Orange: British trade union CWU tries to get recognized
The British trade union of the communications sector, CWU, is taking actions to support a procedure of recognition of the trade union by Orange. CWU bets on a change of attitude of management...
24 January 2007
Axa: the European WC integrates the representatives of Winterthur
e-europnews January 24th, 2007, n° 070062 - www.eeuropnews.com
24 January 2007
EU: negotiations deadlock on harassment and violence at work could end
Begun in February 2006, the negotiations on harassment and violence at work started between European employers (Unice and CEEP) and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) stumbled on the...
Finland: public authorities accompany restructuring at PERLOS
Due to trading losses, the manufacturer of mobile telephone hulls PERLOS has started a "program to improve earnings" which includes the end of manufacturing in Finland. The operation will affect...
Swiss Re : 5000 Swiss francs offered to each employee committing to reduce personal carbon footprint
The global insurer is supporting investments and purchases made by employees that contribute to reducing CO2 emissions. The new "COYou2 reduce and gain" programme is part of Swiss Re's commitments...
23 January 2007
Great Britain: stars help trade unions to save the Burberry factory
Singer Tom Jones and actress Emma Thomson are the two unexpected leaders of the campaign against the closing of the Burberry factory in Treorchy, Wales (see story n°061056). With Prince Charles...
Lithuania : Labour market office foresees 50000 job creations during 2007
e-europnews January 23rd 2007, n°070058 – www.eeuropnews.com
EU: European social diary of January 15 to April 24th 2007
We provide you with a diary on the main events concerning social Europe and the institutional appointments. You can forward to us your scheduled events to the following address...
Belgium: adoption of cross-industry agreement by the trade unions
Three Belgian trade-union confederations, the CSC, the FGTB and CGSLB adopted the cross-industry draft agreement decided on December 21st 2006 and which had been subjected to approval by member...
Poland: cooperation agreement between “Solidarity” and the Belarus free trade union
"Solidarity" and the free Belarus trade union BKDZZ ("Congress of Belarus Democratic Trade unions) have just signed a cooperation agreement. The idea is to facilitate the exchange of information...
EU: note on the informal meeting of the Employment and Social Affairs ministers
The social Ministers of the EU 27 met for the first time under the German Presidency for an informal council in Berlin on January 18, 19th and 20th 2007. They reaffirmed the need for Member...
Great Britain: a review on practices as regards workplace representatives
The Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has published the conclusions of a broad investigation on companies' practices as regards workers' representation. This document, which must be used as a...
Spain: CC.OO proposes to control the entry of labour immigrants by a system of annual quotas according to market demands
During the presentation of a working paper entitled "Immigration and labour market, proposal for the regulation of migratory flows", the secretary-general of the trade union CC.OO, Maria Fidalgo...
Poland: the social pact of TP SA, discussion with Jacek Kallaur
The management of TP SA (France Telecom group) and the trade unions of the company have signed a social pact valid three years, on December 9th 2006 (see story n° 061253) and an implementing...
Germany: the construction workers’ trade union asks for a 5.5% wage increase in 2007
The federal tariff commission (Bundestarikomission) of the IG BAU announced, on Thursday January 18th 2007, that it would request a wage increase of 5.5% for the 680 000 employees of the sector...
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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...