QWL and health

Henkel illustrates the human diversity policy of the group at its site in Vienna. There, the firm has set up its headquarters for Austria and the east European countries. 10.000 people of 33...

2 June 2008

Corporate Practices : R8 “Silver Line” project and “Demographic concept” at Audi

In 2006, 54.44% of Audi's staff was older than 39 and 16.98% over 50. In 2012, 1/3 of employees in the production division will be older than 50. At the same time, retirement age was brought up to...

29 April 2008

Corporate practices: seniors’ employment in the Swedish company Scania

2007 was a record year in terms of sales for the group Scania, one of the jewels of the Swedish industry (84.5 million Swedish crowns, i.e. almost 9 million euro in sales). After Neste Oil (see...

29 April 2008

Corporate pratices : gender equality in the Finnish Neste Oil Company

Neste Oil, an oil company listed on the stock market which made more than €12 billion in sales in 2007, is the first Finnish private company to win the equality prize, awarded every year to a...

26 March 2008

Corporate practices: Alboy’s plan for seniors

The Finnish company Alboy is a subsidiary of the group ASSA Alboy, the world leader in the locksmith's trade. The main factory employs 840 people and makes mechanical locks. It is on this plant...

21 March 2008

Renault : towards a world profit-sharing plan for all employees

During the next meeting of the Renault group's committee bureau (CGR), staff representatives will talk about the progress of the negotiations of the next profit-sharing agreement which should plan...

8 November 2007

EU: Commission to postpone the deadline for introducing directive on workers’ exposure to electromagnetic fields

Following scientific analysis highlighting the negative effects that could have some prescriptions, too strict, of Directive 2004/40/EC regarding the protection against electromagnetic fields and...

30 October 2007

Italy: CGIL started talks on internal divisions after the referendum on the social protocol

The union's management accepted, on October 23, to launch a reflection on the results of the referendum on the social protocol which split the Cgil (see our article No. 070747). Some people...

26 October 2007

Great Britain: the union TUC launched a website to inform Polish workers of their rights

The trade union confederation TUC - along with the Polish union Solidarnosc and the British public information service Citizens Advice- launched, on October 25, a website for Polish people...

25 October 2007

Thomson: free share handing out to the group’s employees

The French group Thomson decided, on June 21, 2007, to carry out a free distribution of shares in favour of all of Thomson's employees on June 1, 2007, as well as employees from its involved...

22 June 2007

Axa: the insurance group is preparing a global plan of free shares for employees

The French insurance group promised, on February 22, 2007, during the presentation of its 2006 results, to give out shares to the group's employees throughout the world. This decision fulfils a...

13 March 2007

Arcelor-Mittal: the group is federating around health and security at work values

Arcelor Mittal organized, on March 6, its international day devoted to health and security at work. Identified by Arcelor and Mittal as a common value, this question appeared as a good gathering...

9 March 2007

Bouygues: group adopts an ethical code and a mechanism of alert

The French group Bouygues has just adopted its first ethical code which notably sets up a mechanism of ethical alert regarding corruption and irregular accounting. This mechanism does not concern...

7 December 2006

Axa announces a capital increase reserved for employees

The insurance group has informed today, September 19th, that it was going to undertake a capital increase reserved for its employees. This operation concerns 32 countries. (Ref 06916)

19 September 2006

McDonald’s launches «McPassport» to promote workers’ mobility

Upon request, the number one fast food chain in Europe will provide all employees with an "official certificate of professional competences". McDonald's wants to ease its employees' mobility...

14 September 2006

BNP Paribas: employees own 5% of the bank’s capital

55.800 employees of BNP Paribas in 71 countries subscribed to the increase in capital which was reserved for them, for a total amount of 282,5 million euros. Following this operation, employees...

31 July 2006

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