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The European social partners evaluate the implementation of the agreement on telework
The European framework agreement on telework, signed in July 2002, is the first agreement negotiated by European social partners which has not been transformed into a directive. The latter...
11 July 2006
Great Britain: a new organization to fight the unemployment of ethnic minorities
The government announced on July 11, within the framework of its social agenda (Welfare reform agenda), the creation of a new independent and advisory organization aimed at following and promoting...
11 July 2006
The CJEC refuses to assimilate the dismissal linked to a sickness to a discrimination based on handicap
A Spanish employee fired due to her sickness was tempted to use the law on discrimination to obtain the cancellation of her dismissal. The Court rejected this demand, refusing to assimilate a...
11 July 2006
Spain: the Minister for Labour implements the shock plan against the abuse of fixed term contracts
The Minister for Labour, Jesus Caldera, wants to transform 500,000 fixed term contracts into permanent contracts by the end of the year by way of a "shock plan against job precarity". These first...
11 July 2006
Informal meeting of the Council of Ministers for Labour of the Twenty-five
Meeting with the social partners and the NGOs. The meeting of the social partners made it possible to discuss the positive and negative aspects of globalisation. They also insisted on the...
11 July 2006
The IUF sets new rules for negotiating international framework agreements
Involvement of representatives of the company employees. The IUF has no mandate “to negotiate and subscribe to an agreement with a trans-national enterprise without first having involved...
10 July 2006
Spain: Iberia pilots strike due to low-cost company creation
Iberia pilots began, on 10 July 2006, a 7 days strike to demand guarantees for employment and wages after the Spanish company launched a subsidiary low-cost company which is due to start...
10 July 2006
General Motors: the president of Opel’s work council rejects an alliance with Renault-Nissan
In an interview to the German financial newspaper Handelsblatt (10-07), the president of Opel's work council, (Opel is a European subsidiary company of General Motors) , rejects the idea of an...
10 July 2006
Belgium: adoption of a draft bill to combat the phenomenon of the false self-employed
The Council of Ministers held on 7th July approved a draft bill of a framework law related "to the nature of working relationships". This project in included in the governmental agreement dated...
10 July 2006
Luxembourg: adoption of a preliminary draft regulation on protection of workers against the exposure to asbestos
The Council of government of July 7 adopted a preliminary draft regulation modifying the ruling of July 15, 1988 on the protection of workers against the risks related to an exposure to asbestos...
10 July 2006
The European Commission organizes a new meeting of the “forum on restructurings”
2005, the “Forum on restructurings”, the European Commission decided to organize a series of sessions dedicated to the specific aspects of restructurings. The session which will take...
10 July 2006
Socialist European deputies propose a framework directive for services of general economic interest
The Party of European Socialists (PES) in the European Parliament presented, on June 28, its proposal for a framework directive on services of general economic interest (SGEI). This initiative...
9 July 2006
EU: unemployment and enlargement worry Europeans
The European Commission published, on July 6, the result of a public opinion poll cconducted twice a year before 29000 Europeans (questioned in April). Unemployment remains their first concern...
7 July 2006
The European Parliament presses the Commission to deal with the issue of restructurings
During a debate at the European Parliament on General Motors’ decision to close its Portuguese factory of Azambuja, European deputies adopted, on July 6, a resolution asking the European...
7 July 2006
Portugal: civil servants oppose the government’s reforms
On July 6, the three main trade-union federations of the Public sector called for a strike to protest against a government plan to shed 75000 jobs between now and the end of 2009. (Réf. 06699)
7 July 2006
Great-Britain : publication of the bill on disability and incapacity pensions’ reform
This plan of action is today to 2.7 million people’s advantage, victims of industrial accidents, disabled, or suffering from mental illnesses (among which are depression, anxiety and stress, more...
7 July 2006
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Spain: government revisits its draft decree on salary transparency
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