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Insurance unions (Fiba-Cisl, Fisac-CGIL, FNA, SNFIA and UILCA) and the Ania employers’ organization reached an agreement, on March 7, renewing the sector’s national collective agreement, which...

9 March 2012

Germany: more and more young unemployed graduates from southern Europe are seeking happiness in Germany

Assistance to SMEs. To help German businesses face the growing lack of skilled workers, the Federal Employment Agency, through its Foreign Workers Placement services (ZAV), has been carrying out...

9 March 2012

Spain: unions call for a general strike against the labor law reform on March 29

The two union leaders said the government was responsible for the strike because of “the way it acted and its carelessness” in presenting the reform without even discussing it with the trade...

9 March 2012

Spain: Vodafone’s new collective agreement provides for short-time working, optional working time cuts and pay cuts to avoid layoffs

The UGT’s transportation and communication federation detailed, in a press release, a series of measures on the implementation of a savings plan via:

9 March 2012

Italy: national Fiom demonstration for “Democracy at work”

“Empty factories and a full Piazza San Giovanni.” This is what Maurizio Landini, leader of the Fiom, wants for the national mobilization day called by the CGIL’s union for tomorrow, Friday, March...

8 March 2012

EU: interview of Fabrice Warneck, in charge of the trade industry at the Uni Europa union federation, about the campaign of the European Sunday Alliance

Fabrice Warneck. Our Alliance defends decent working time in Europe. This day of action specifically targeted rest on Sunday because, lately, there is a trend of deregulation affecting work on...

8 March 2012

Denmark: new collective agreement in computing

Improving training rights. Employees may add to their training rights for up to three years but, in theory, they can’t use them during layoff notice. As in the trade industry, “training...

7 March 2012

MAN SE: new international framework agreement on fundamental rights at work

After becoming a European company in April 2009 (see our dispatch No. 090353), the MAN SE multinational company (€16.5 billion in sales in 2011), which has its headquarters in Munich, employees...

7 March 2012

Netherlands: soaring precariousness on the labor market

insurance released figures, saying that they were “shocking,” showing that no more than 2,000 people signed a permanent contract in 2011, as opposed to 83,000 in 2010. Fixed-term...

7 March 2012

Italy: new agreement at TNT Post introduces bank of hours to improve parental leave

New flexibility. Yet, introducing the new organization of the mail and package delivery activity over five days (bringing the workday from 6.28 hours up to 7.44 hours in accordance with the...

7 March 2012

Germany: Hans-Böckler foundation says increased competition in urban mass transportation intensified drivers’ workload

Communal transport companies are under pressure. Carried out by consultant Hubert Resch for the Hans-Böckler foundation, the study, entitled “Intensification of drivers’ work following...

6 March 2012

Lafarge: in Indonesia, management and BWI international union federation extend the framework agreement to subcontractors

Joint platform. This platform, composed of employee and management representatives, will meet once a year to discuss working conditions on the Banda Aceh site. The BWI says this is a first step...

6 March 2012

Denmark: construction, packaging and textile industries renew collective agreements

An agreement dividing the social partners was signed on March 1 to renew the collective agreements in the construction sector, so much so that they called separate press conferences to reveal the...

5 March 2012

Romania: temporary work is soaring

Starting out sector. Indeed, in 2009, Romania was the European country where temporary work had the lowest rate – only 12,000 people. Temporary contracts were even quite rare since barely 1...

5 March 2012

Germany: record bonuses continue in the auto industry

VW’s bonus should be over €10,000. In early 2012, Daimler kicked off the round of exceptional bonuses, announcing that its 125,000 employees would receive €4,100 in profit-sharing for 2011. ...

2 March 2012

Romania: employment market situation is getting worse

Increased fragility. According to the study on mobility, carried out among a sample of 4,500 people, 10 percent of employees lost their job in 2011, a proportion slightly higher than for the...

1 March 2012

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