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The Commission for equality of opportunities is celebrating this year the 30th birthday of the law on discrimination against women at work. Despite the readjustment that took place, things have...

16 January 2006

Great Britain: TUC Conference “Discrimination Law in 2006”

The Annual TUC- Discrimination Law Conference will be held on Friday 20th 2006. Leading lawyers review legal developments over the past year and likely trends in the coming year. This conference...

16 January 2006

World company means paradise.

Big companies are workers’ paradise. More a company is big, internationalized, faces competition and is successful, more its employees find the right balance between private life and professional...

16 January 2006

Great Britain : number one for unpaid overtime

According to the TUC trade union, near 5 million British employees work 7 overtime hours per week, the equivalent of a day, without being paid. The TUC takes these numbers from a governmental...

16 January 2006

ETUC sends memorandum to the Austrian presidency of the EU

In its memorandum published on January 11th 2006, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) hopes the Austrian presidency will give a true "social dimension" to the EU. Following is the bulk...

13 January 2006

Great Britain : a draft law to improve parents’ right to time off

The British Parliament is currently examining a draft law introduced by the Minister of Trade and Industry that extends parents’ time off.

13 January 2006

Scandinavian trade unions act against social dumping

Starting January 19th, a Polish company will be affected by a union-lead blockade because it refuses to sign the sector’s Swedish collective agreement. A repetition of what happened to a Latvian...

13 January 2006

Denmark : closed shop practice will end

On January 11th, the European Court for human rights, acting upon two Danish lawsuits, has condemned the closed shop clauses that oblige all employees of one company to join a determined labor...

13 January 2006

Sweden: Anonymous résumés could become mandatory

A governmental board of inquiry has just released a report that recommends the use of anonymous résumés. Sven-Erik Österberg, the Minister of local authorities, said he supported this measure...

12 January 2006

A European dictionary on industrial relations

The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions, located in Dublin, has published a European dictionary on industrial relations. It deals with the most common words...

12 January 2006

Spain : directive on employee involvement in the European company to be transposed

Spanish deputies will soon have to debate on the transposition of the directive on employee involvement in the European company. During negotiations on the European text, Spain had made problems...

12 January 2006

New collective agreement reached for telecommunications sector

In December 2005, trade unions and employers in the Italian telecommunications sector signed a draft collective agreement for the 2005-8 period.

12 January 2006

Spain : workplace smoking ban forces smokers to go outdoors

The law that took effect on January 1st totally forbids tobacco on workplaces. Workers who smoke will have to go in the open air to do so. Here is a summary of the law, its implication as far as...

11 January 2006

CJEC due to deal with a prejudicial question involving social dumping.

The case of the Latvian company that temporarily assigns Latvian workers in Sweden, and pays them Latvian-low salaries, is becoming a European issue. The CJEC is asked to deal with a prejudicial...

11 January 2006

Austrian presidency now in charge of negotiations on working hours.

Ending its presidency of the EU, Great Britain was not able to trigger an agreement on working hours at the Council of ministers on December 8, 2005. The draft directive on work hours...

11 January 2006

Draft directive on services : state of negotiations

It was French President Jacques Chirac’s demand to reconsider the very criticized draft directive. Since then, experts in competitiveness for the Council of ministers and the European Parliament...

11 January 2006

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