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Spain: the new prosecutor in charge of safety at work reveals his plan
The newly established prosecutor for issues of safety at work said he wanted to toughen the sanctions for offences to the legislation, and says he is personally favorable to the regularization of...
12 September 2006
Danish Crown: redundancy plan for Grinsted’s slaughterhouse’s 700 employees
The Danish Crown cooperative, which produces 90% of pork meat in Denmark and is set to close at the end of September, is helping the 700 employees working at the Grinsted slaughterhouse, in...
12 September 2006
Great Britain: a president for the brand new Commission for equality and human rights
One year before the new CEHR, the Commission for Equality and Human Rights becomes effective, in October 2007, the government has just appointed Trevor Philips for chairman. He is a British...
12 September 2006
Poland: foreign investments create jobs
Following the American group Dell (computers), which created 12,000 jobs in Lodz (see our article n° 6822), other foreign – though smaller – companies have announced investments in Poland...
12 September 2006
Austria: employment agency acknowledges the failure of its «combined wage» experiment
While Germany dreams to create 350 000 jobs with the introduction of a combined wage, Austria has stopped the experiment started in February 2006 and which ended with the creation of 213 jobs...
12 September 2006
CJEC asked to preclude the exclusion of certain categories of workers from the calculation of the threshold considered to set employees’ representatives
The Advocate general Mengozzi delivered his conclusions, last September 12th, on a French case opposing the five Trade Union Confederations to the government. The latter adopted an order...
12 September 2006
Krynica (Poland), “Davos” of Eastern Europe, is becoming a major event
1300 political leaders, businessmen, financiers, researchers, consultants have just attended the 16th economic Forum of Krynica, thermal station in southern Poland. 35 countries were represented...
12 September 2006
Nestlé: a social plan for Dutch workers affected by a relocation
The Swiss group Nestle, which decided to close a plant in the Netherlands as part of a relocation in the Czech Republic and in Ukraine, introduced a job saving plan to Dutch employees. The main...
11 September 2006
EMCEF : Jean François Renucci elected Deputy Secretary General
At the meeting of its Executive Committee held on 7 September 2006 in Brussels, EMCEF unanimously elected Jean-François Renucci as new Deputy Secretary General. He will replace his colleague...
11 September 2006
Great Britain : reactions to the CJEC judgement on work rests
Following a CJEC ruling that was a blow-up to the UK government (see article n°06865), employees are no longer allowed to work more than six hours without a break. Businesses were ordered to...
11 September 2006
EU: employment rate far from the 70% objective for 2010
According to Eurostat's last survey on the working force in 2005, 197.5 million people worked in the European Union in 2005, which means a 63.8% employment rate, half a point above the 2004...
11 September 2006
Finland: social partners asked to propose a plan to boost employment
The Finnish government, via the social democrat minister Eero Heinaluoma, asked the union organizations, at the beginning of August, to submit to the government a plan in favor of employment. He...
11 September 2006
Germany: the « Council of the 5 experts » proposes a reduction of 30 % of the minimum income (ALG II) and reopens the debate on combined wages
While the government is preparing a reform of low paid jobs and of the Hartz IV laws, a group of experts which advises the government in economic and social issues is asking for a radical...
11 September 2006
Belgium: an inquiry into Walloons-Flemish clichés relating to work
The Belgian daily "Le Soir " ordered an inquiry into "the attitudes and aspirations of the Belgians at work and the North-south clichés". The French-speaking daily is publishing the results since...
11 September 2006
Finland: the government asks big firms to increase the number of women in boards of directors
The Finnish government, very implicated in the gender equality policy, is asking economic leaders to increase the number of women within their decision organs by putting forward their competences...
8 September 2006
The IMF examines its policy of international collective negotiation
The international Metalworkers' Federation (IMF) will organize a conference, on September 26th and 27th, which will deal with the orientation to give to international framework agreements. (Ref...
8 September 2006
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