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Starting April 1st, 2006, unemployed people over 50 who take a new job or establish themselves as self-employed workers, will be entitled to supplementary monthly income. (Réf. 06274)

21 March 2006

Schneider Electric opens a transnational negotiation on the management of restructurings

During the conference organized by the foundation Europe and Company, on March 14th and 15th in Paris, Danièle Guyen, director of social relations for Schneider Electric, announced the opening of...

21 March 2006

The ETUC supports French Trade unions in their struggle against the “first employment contract”

As French trade unions have called for a national day of strikes on 20 March 2006, John Monks, secretary general of the ETUC said that the European Trade Union Confederation supports this...

21 March 2006

A new committee for sector-based social dialogue in the hospital sector

The European Federation of public services Union (EPSU) and the European Hospital Employers' Association (HOSPEEM) announced jointly, last 17 March, the establishment of a new committee for...

20 March 2006

A study on CSR practices as regards professional equality and diversity in Europe

Vigeo (European agency measuring the social responsibility of organizations), realized for the Observatory of companies' social responsibility (French association which collects information this...

20 March 2006

CJEC: Inclusion of payment for annual leave in the hourly or daily remuneration applied by British employers is contrary to European law

The CJEC condemns regime known as "rolled-up holiday pay" which consists on payment for annual leave by including the remuneration for that leave in the hourly or daily remuneration. (Réf. 06271)

20 March 2006

Germany: government wants to facilitate dismissals by lengthening probation periods

The government is planning to ease the law on protection against dismissals by increasing the duration of the probation period, in exchange for restrictions on the use of fixed-term contracts. The...

18 March 2006

Germany: the controversy over health insurance and retirement pensions resumes

Press review March 11 to 17, 2006. (Ref. 06266)

17 March 2006

Poland: Mittal Steel Poland guarantees employment until 2009

The management of Mittal Steel Poland and trade unions signed, March 16, 2006, an agreement guaranteeing employment for workers of IPS Groupe Service, one of its subsidiary companies, until 2009...

17 March 2006

Malta: public opinion unhappy with the pensions reform

The Maltese government’s project to reform retirement pensions causes many criticisms. This reform envisages to make complementary insurance compulsory and to gradually increase the retirement age...

17 March 2006

French Supreme Court validates the law on gender equality in terms of wages

The French "Conseil Constitutionnel" has approved, on 16 March 2006, the law on gender equality in terms of wages, which was passed last 23 February by the Parliament. But the Supreme Court did...

17 March 2006

Germany: Bundestag passes a law aimed at lowering seasonal unemployment for construction workers

A vast majority of the Bundestag passed a law, on 16 March 2006, aimed at fighting against the increasing number of seasonally-unemployed construction workers during winter months (please see our...

17 March 2006

Estonia : trade-unions fear a possible attack on their rights

The Estonian Ministry of Social Affairs has prepared the new draft Employees' Representatives Act, justifing the drafting of the new Act citing the need to transpose into Estonian legislation the...

17 March 2006

Belgium: brewery workers protest against InBev relocation plan

Brewery workers are furious because InBev, one of the biggest beer companies in the world, announced at the end of February that some administrative units will be reorganized, some of them will be...

17 March 2006

Germany: the labour market reform is better than its reputation according to the SPD

During a seminar organized on March 15, 2006 in Berlin by the Friedrich Ebert Foundation, close to the Social democrat party (SPD), a series of experts (government, Bundestag, trade unionists...

16 March 2006

Slovene unions are no longer against work on Sundays

Trade unions and employers' organizations will start negotiations on the new collective agreement that will notably establish rules on Sunday and Holiday working hours in stores. (Ref. 06259)

16 March 2006

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