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Malta: threatened by legal action at CJEC, the government must conform to the directive on fixed-term contracts in the public sector
The European Commission asked some explanations to the Maltese government concerning the non implementation of the fixed-term contracts directive, which forbids to use successive fixed-term...
26 September 2006
Poland: employers and labour unions reluctant to apply new law on works councils
In Poland, the law of April 7th, 2006 on workers' information and consultation (also called new law on works councils, see our article n°06556) has a lot of trouble to impose itself. Before...
26 September 2006
Great Britain: November 7th is national day against harassment at work
The Andrea Adam foundation, which is the first charitable organization in the world (non-profit) to struggle against moral harassment at work (bullying), is renewing –for the fourth time- its...
25 September 2006
Great Britain: collective complaints and conflicts involving working time soar
Despite the implementation two years ago of out-of-court procedures to decongest employment courts, the statistics of this jurisdiction for the period 2005-2006 show an increase of 31 % in...
25 September 2006
Allianz: agreement signed on employee representation at Allianz EC
In the future, employees will be represented at the European level within two authorities:
25 September 2006
Arkema: negotiations on the creation of a European work’s council
After an agreement, in May, 2006, on a group work's council and a group union coordination, management of the chemical group Arkema set up a special group of negotiation to create a European works...
25 September 2006
Nestlé : part of the chocolate production due to move to other European countries
Nestlé, the world's largest food and drink company, announced, last September 20th, the shedding of 645 jobs in the York plant. Chocolates will now be produced in Germany, Spain and the Czech...
22 September 2006
UE : the European Commission intends to take action against member states failing to respect the directives on work time
Hence, the Commission is determined to initiate proceedings in order to impose sanctions on member states failing to reach agreement on the revision of the work time directive. At the last EU...
22 September 2006
Austria : the European Court of Justice judges certain procedures relative to the expatriation of workers contrary to Community law
Practices contrary to Community law. The Court observed that the certificate delivered by the Austrian authorities pursued the legitimate purpose of avoiding the abusive exploitation of workers...
22 September 2006
Finland: employment measures in the 2007 budget
e-europnews September 25, 2006, n°06933 - www.eeuropnews.com
22 September 2006
Italy : working conditions at call centres under debate in Italy
The Ministry has confirmed the validity of the circular: “ the circular is compulsory for all current and future inspections and the result of the inspection at Atesia takes account of...
21 September 2006
Germany : a wage agreement found for 85,000 iron and steel workers
IG Metall and the Employers' Federation (Stahl) reached agreement in the night of September 20-21 on a wage increase of 3.8% and a 1250 euros bonus for 85,000 employees. An innovation is the...
21 September 2006
Netherlands : unions demand a 2.5 % increase in 2007
The Dutch unions federation (FNV) issued on September 19 a claim for a 2.5% wage increase in 2007 coinciding with the presentation of the 2007 budget by Gerrit Zalm, Finance minister, who is...
21 September 2006
Great Britain : employers denounce tightening of social legislation
Tony Blair's succession has sparked a battle for influence between employers unions. The CBI, the principal employers' association, is worried about the consequences of the contest over the future...
21 September 2006
Baltic region : number one for wage increases
Recent studies stress that the average costs of labour hours in Latvia in the second quarter of 2006, in comparison to the second quarter of 2005, have increased by 22.7%. This is the sharpest...
21 September 2006
Siemens: strong increase in managers’ wages outrages Germany
Just ahead of painful restructurings, the Supervisory board of Siemens announced a 30 % wage increase for the 12 members of its management. Staff and public opinion are outraged. IG Metall is...
21 September 2006
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