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The forms required by social security offices to apply the Community legislation on migrants were renewed in order to take into account the EU enlargement but also the agreement on free movement...

15 March 2006

The CJEC’s decision concerning the deduction of social security contributions in two member states.

With its decision from 9th march 2006 concerning a company manager, self-employed in Holland and employed in Belgium, the Court of justice of the European Communities reminds the conditions...

15 March 2006

Netherlands: employers ask government to ease the requirements for entry for highly qualified foreigners

Today, more Americans and Chinese ask for work permits than foreigners from traditional immigration countries. On the 91 000 foreigners that came to settle in the Netherlands in 2005, some 3 150...

14 March 2006

The Commission wants a «European alliance for a competitive and sustainable enterprise»

The European Commission should make public, next March 22, its communication on corporate social responsability (CSR). This document takes a new direction if we compare it to the previous ones. In...

14 March 2006

Great Britain: a new report on overtime

The average British worker does three years and a half of overtime in his life, but half of it is not paid. The Clerical Medical insurance company publishes two months after the TUC’s report its...

14 March 2006

France : the main measure of the law on equal opportunities is violently contested

On March 9th, the Parliament definitely passed the law on equal opportunities. This law contains several measures aimed at fighting against discriminations, and others aimed at reducing the...

14 March 2006

The EU Council of ministers splits up because of the draft services directive

During a dinner organized on the eve of the EU Finance ministers meeting , held last March13, the ministers commented the amendments adopted by the European Parliament on the draft directive (see...

14 March 2006

A proposal for a European model of ethical alarm

The European authorities group in charge of data protection (known as article 29 group) wants to create a "European model" of the professional alarms devices (whistle-blowing), set up in certain...

14 March 2006

CJEC gives its opinion on collective agreement’s fate in case of transfers of undertakings

In the event of a transfer of undertakings, even if the employment contract mentions that the employment relationship is governed by a specific collective agreement, the transferee is concerned by...

13 March 2006

Germany: SPD asks for a mediator to put an end to strikes in the public sector

Prominent figures of the German social democrat party (SPD) indeed accused Hartmut Möllring, president of the employers' organization of Länder (Tarifgemeinschaft deutscher Länder or TdL) and the...

13 March 2006

An EU Council of social affairs ministers devoted to employment

The EU Council of Ministers in charge of social affairs met on March 10 in Brussels, mainly to discuss the preparation of the European Council of spring devoted to growth and employment. The...

13 March 2006

Great Britain: British employees are less “incompetent” than before

The number of employees considered "not fully proficient" by their employer fell by almost 50% in two years in Great Britain, according to the data of the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) made...

13 March 2006

France: towards a progressive lifting of the restrictions on free movement of workers

Following the governmental meeting on Europe of 13 March 2006, the Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin announced that "French authorities will proceed to a progressive and controlled lifting of...

13 March 2006

Spain : law on gender equality gets a shy welcome

Press review, 6 to 10 March 2006. Throughout the week, the Spanish press commented on the draft law on gender equality, adopted by the government on Friday 3rd March (see our article Ref.06202)...

13 March 2006

Slovakia : the wages grew faster than productivity

Slovak Statistical Office announced that real wages in the nation's economy grew last year at a faster rate than work productivity. (Ref. 06236)

10 March 2006

Czech Republic : average wage increasead by 5,5 % in 2005

Czech Statistical Office announced that in year 2005, average wage increased by 5,5 %. (Ref. 06235)

10 March 2006

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