Labour relations

Whereas the European work's council of Arcelor said, on 16 March 2006, that it was "against the hostile bid of Mittal Steel", the management of the iron and steel group Mittal must meet, Thursday...

21 March 2006

Schneider Electric opens a transnational negotiation on the management of restructurings

During the conference organized by the foundation Europe and Company, on March 14th and 15th in Paris, Danièle Guyen, director of social relations for Schneider Electric, announced the opening of...

21 March 2006

Poland: Mittal Steel Poland guarantees employment until 2009

The management of Mittal Steel Poland and trade unions signed, March 16, 2006, an agreement guaranteeing employment for workers of IPS Groupe Service, one of its subsidiary companies, until 2009...

17 March 2006

Belgium: brewery workers protest against InBev relocation plan

Brewery workers are furious because InBev, one of the biggest beer companies in the world, announced at the end of February that some administrative units will be reorganized, some of them will be...

17 March 2006

Slovene unions are no longer against work on Sundays

Trade unions and employers' organizations will start negotiations on the new collective agreement that will notably establish rules on Sunday and Holiday working hours in stores. (Ref. 06259)

16 March 2006

Hungary: negotiations begin at Suzuki Ltd

Negotiation have begun between the management of Hungarian Suzuki Ltd. and the employees, represented by the LIGA trade union, in order to solve the labor disputes and prevent them in the future...

16 March 2006

Great Britain: a study on the cost of employee fraud for their companies

The cost of fraud for companies increased by 30% over a year to reach almost 1 billion Pounds (nearly 1,5 billion euros) in Great Britain in 2005, according to an investigation of the accounting...

16 March 2006

Germany : lower Saxony, town-scale agreements in public service

After several weeks of strike, the trade union Ver.di and the town employers’ organization of Lower Saxony (KAV) have come to a compromise - on March the 15th - about weekly working time of...

16 March 2006

Czech Republic : German embassy in Prague says Czechs do not use all opportunities to work in Germany

German embassy in Prague claims that Czechs do not use all opportunities to work in Germany. (Réf. 06254)

15 March 2006

Germany : wage negociations in metallurgy become thougher

The conflict in the metallurgical industry , which counts 3.4 million workers in Germany, might get more intense. Faced with the absence of proposal from the employers, IG-Metall answers with a...

15 March 2006

Great Britain: a new report on overtime

The average British worker does three years and a half of overtime in his life, but half of it is not paid. The Clerical Medical insurance company publishes two months after the TUC’s report its...

14 March 2006

Great Britain: British employees are less “incompetent” than before

The number of employees considered "not fully proficient" by their employer fell by almost 50% in two years in Great Britain, according to the data of the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) made...

13 March 2006

Slovakia : the wages grew faster than productivity

Slovak Statistical Office announced that real wages in the nation's economy grew last year at a faster rate than work productivity. (Ref. 06236)

10 March 2006

Czech Republic : average wage increasead by 5,5 % in 2005

Czech Statistical Office announced that in year 2005, average wage increased by 5,5 %. (Ref. 06235)

10 March 2006

Slovakia : Kia’s foreign suppliers to sue minister of Economy for denying them incentives

Foreign suppliers for Slovak Huyndai/Kia Motors car factory in Zilina region decided to file a lawsuit against Slovak state after Minister of Economy, Jirko Malcharek, repeated that the government...

10 March 2006

Belgium: daily press deals with employment of older workers and absenteeism

In the country of "pre-pensions", prejudices are tough. As everywhere else in Europe, Employment Policies aimed at older workers are confronted to mentalities. The Belgian press was also...

10 March 2006

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