Spain : the agreement which will supervise sectorial company negotiations in 2008 was signed

Social partners decided, for 2008, to renew the interprofessional agreement on collective negotiation signed in 2007, with a few novelties in terms of work-life balance, and harassment as part of the new law on gender equality. Wage moderation is still obligatory. (Ref. 071043)
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The text was ratified by the leader of the CEOE, Gerardo Diaz Ferran, the leader of the CEOE-Cepyme, Jesus Barcenas, and the general secretaries of the union confederations UGT and CC.OO, respectively Candido Mendez and Jose Maria Fidalgo, in the presence of the Minister of the Economy, Pedro Solbes.


This seventh agreement in a row since 2001 resumes the wage moderation spirit which ruled until then, with wage increase limited to 2 or 3% in order to avoid an inflationist whirl. It also includes

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