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Belgium: a measure to enable seniors recently hired to take vacations
A royal decree passed on January 24, 2007 is establishing "senior vacations" to enable employees aged 50 years old and more who are starting up a new activity to enjoy four weeks of vacation, even...
General Motors : the EMF organised a meeting with trade union coordination group
The European Metalworkers Federation (EMF) invited, the 8 februar 2007, trade unions and workers representatives from the GM Europe plants to Brussels. The EMF expect new reorganizations in the...
Sweden: a union exposed the discriminatory character of the reform on the unemployment insurance to the European commission
The union TCO judged that one of the new rules introduced by the unemployment insurance reform is particularly unfavourable for women working part-time. The union organization referred the matter...
Generali : the Italian insurance company adopted a “European social charter”
The Italian insurance company Generali presented, on December 11, 12 and 13, 2006, to the select committee's European work's council, a "European social charter for the Generali group", which has...
Spain: unions and employers signed the 2007 framework agreement on collective negotiations
Employers' organizations CEOE and CEPYMES, together with the main unions UGT and CCOO, ratified, on February 6, the new agreement on collective negotiations (ANC 2007,) which continues the broad...
British Airways: Brussels’ Labour court forced the company to refer to its European Work’s Council
Brussels' labour court asked British airways (BA) on December 6, 2006, to stop transferring its customer service department from the Vienna airport to the Fraport company and to organize...
8 February 2007
Lithuania: plans to make old-age pension more dependent on length of employment
Lithuanian Ministry of Social Security and Labour presented a draft bill which aims at making old-age pension more dependent on individual’s length of employment. (Ref. 070116)
Belgium: Arjo Wiggins’ redundancy plan is including temporary workers
After three weeks of social conflict, the employees of two production sites of the stationer Arjo Wiggins started work again after negotiations on the redundancy plan accompanying reorganization...
Belgium: the department of labor is updating its website
The SPF (Public Federal Service) Employment, Work and Social Dialogue launched, on February 1, 2007, a new website to replace the old one, dating back to 1998. It enables to access ten themes...
Netherlands: first trial against a temporary work agency after a Polish worker died
A first in the Netherlands : on a union and a professional association's request, the factory inspectorate referred, on February 6, 2007, to the public prosecutor in order to compensate the widow...
Sweden: temporary work is a flourishing sector
In three years, the turnover of the companies in this branch has more than doubled. The part linked to recruitment activities has encountered the strongest increase. (Ref 070112)
Spain: Renault’s management and unions signed the new firm agreement in effect until 2009
The new agreement, signed on January 31 between the management of Renault Spain and majority unions (UGT, CCOO, and the executives' Confederation) is planning the departure, spread on three years...
Great Britain: cash awarded to workers who agree to leave firm pension scheme
More and more companies with big deficits in their pension funds are offering their employees cash to leave final salary schemes and put money into a private pension instead. (Ref. 070110)
EADS: the information and consultation procedure from Airbus’ reorganization plan
The way the European group EADS is going to deal with the employees' information and consultation procedure as part of the presentation of the measures – which will affect the personnel – of the...
EADS : a first step towards a worldwide works council
The management of the EADS group and its EWC agreed on a progressive opening of the European employees' representation body to other countries located outside of the European Union. An intention...
Belgium: cooperation between a Belgian and an Indian union
A cooperation agreement between the Belgian union Setca (FGTB) and the Indian union ITPF, specialized in the computing sector, has been renewed for a five-year period. The goal is to improve...
6 February 2007
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