Denmark: more training and flexibility agreed in the industry sector

Social partners reached an agreement in the Danish industry; the agreement includes, in addition to a wage increase, the creation of a fund for permanent training, the payment of a parental leave for fathers, a largest flexibility measure for every company and the increase of retirement contribution. (Ref. 070174)
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At the end of an ultimate 60-hour negotiation session suspended by one night’s sleep only, Dansk Industri (DI,) the Danish industry federation, and CO-Industri, the union organization representing some 240,000 employees, agreed, on February 25, on the renewal of collective conventions for a three-year period going till the end of February 2010. This agreement is supposed to be an example for other branches of the private sector, which also have to renegotiate collective agreements during next s

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