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Poland: working time regulations may be revised
After a major amendment of the Labour Code in 2004 concerning mainly working time regulations, other changes are being prepared by the Polish Parliament.
31 July 2006
Netherlands: strike at Unilever’s finance department
Thirty employees of Finance Focus, the finance department of the industrial group Unilever, went on strike on July 20, in Vlaardingen. On July 26, they gave a petition to Cees van der Waaij, the...
31 July 2006
ING: Dutch trade unions reject the redundancy plan
Trade unions rejected the redundancy plan which was presented to them by ING management. Nearly 71% of the members of the Federation of Dutch trade unions (FNV) voted against the plan negotiated...
31 July 2006
Poland : no extra work to compensate for Christmas
The government has proposed a bill which will end workers' obligation to compensate for some holidays off. Trade unions want the process of labor law reform to continue. (Réf. 06765)
26 July 2006
French and German employers call for the construction of a more effective Europe
The French MEDEF and two German employers' organizations, the BDI (Industry-Confederation of German industry) and the BDA (Confederation of associations of German employers), who met July 18 in...
26 July 2006
Lithuania : salaries to rise more rapidly than GDP over the next two years
e-europnews July 27, 2006, n° 06764 - www.eeuropnews.com
26 July 2006
Great Britain: the result of wage negotiations is below inflation
The wage increases negotiated during the second quarter of 2006 -an average rate of 3%- are lower than inflation, according to Industrial Relation Services (IRS), specialized in employment issues...
25 July 2006
Credit Agricole group : a European work’s council will soon be created
The French banking group plans to launch a negotiation in order to set up a European work's council. A first meeting of the special group of negotiation is envisaged at the end September. (Réf...
25 July 2006
The first European Cooperative society has been established
Just a few weeks before the deadline for the transposition of the directive on workers' involvement in European cooperative societies (ECS), the first ECS was established in Italy on 6 July. (Ref...
25 July 2006
Germany: the SPD puts pressure in favour of a minimum wage
In an interview to the German weekly magazine "Der Spiegel", an SPD executive, Ludwig Stiegler and a labour market expert, Klaus Brandner, propose a mechanism of minimum wage. (Réf. 06751)
24 July 2006
Poland: social dialogue has trouble starting
Promises not kept, no real negotiations, but that’s not all : another obstacle is the weakness of trade unions. With 1.200.000 members, for 17 million active people, the two major trade unions...
21 July 2006
Netherlands: a trade union for clandestine workers
The Federation of Dutch trade unions (FNV), the largest federation of the Netherlands, announced on July 19 the creation of a trade union for clandestine workers. (Réf. 06746)
21 July 2006
Netherlands: more strikes, but shorter
e-europnews July 20, 2006, n°06742 -www.eeuropnews.com
20 July 2006
Spain : commentary on the agreement signed on social security reform
The entitlement to the retirement pension (contributory). In order to strengthen the contributory principle, is has been agreed that the number of qualifying days of contribution needed to obtain...
19 July 2006
Great Britain: trade unions show the example and boycott Peugeot
The British trade union GMB, which represents 700 000 workers, announced on Tuesday July 18 that Peugeot cars would no longer be part of its automobile fleet, to punish the make "for the way it...
19 July 2006
Poland: the Lower House adopts a bill reforming the protection of workers’ rights in the event of employer insolvency
The Lower House of the Parliament adopted, last 13 July, a bill which reforms the protection of workers' rights in the event of employer insolvency. The text must now be approved by the Senate and...
19 July 2006
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The three representative trade unions at Orange France have until 10 December to validate an agreement on gender equality, work–life balance and anti-discrimination measures. While the text...
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Germany: a national action plan to strengthen collective bargaining
The news. On 22 July, the German federal government unveiled a national action plan to promote collective bargaining in response to the requirements of the EU minimum wage directive. The directive...
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