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10, the managers of businesses which, because of the crisis, were helped by the State or receive public funds will have to give up their stock options and free shares and accept close supervision...

1 April 2009

France: special status businesses must take account of work performed in an undertaking located in another Member State

rt rendered a ruling bringing a new solution and forcing businesses with a special status to think about recruitment conditions and the careers of collaborators who used to work in an undertaking...

1 April 2009

Argentina: labor court judge imposes collective sentence to a group of businesses in a case of unfair dismissals

ember 18, 2008, the Labor Court of Buenos Aires gave an unseen sentence, condemning a group of businesses to pay compensation for unfair dismissals. Indeed, the judges decided to take account of...

1 April 2009

Belgium: judiciarization of social conflicts at Carrefour

of Mons rendered, on March 25, an ordinance giving satisfaction to Carrefour’s employees, who exercised their right to strike in October 2008. Unions contested the management’s...

1 April 2009

Netherlands: friendly agreement on bonuses in the finance sector

or Minister for Finance, concluded a friendly agreement with bankers, insurers and pension funds on remuneration policy. (Ref. 090360) During this informal meeting, it was agreed that the wages of...

1 April 2009

Germany: IG Metall ready to compromise to save Opel

d visit by Angela Merkel (CDU) on March 31, 2009 at the head office of Opel, German subsidiary of the American General Motors in Russelsheim, the IG Metall union indirectly put pressure on the...

1 April 2009

GfK: analysis of the agreement on the involvement of employees in the European company

studies institute worldwide, the German group GfK (10.000 employees of which 80% are outside German territory), has just converted to a European Company on February 3, 2009. The group came to an...

1 April 2009

EU: MEPs from the Parliament’s Employment Committee support the draft revision of the Globalization Adjustment Fund

ndments, the European Commission’s proposition on the revision of the European Globalization Adjustment Fund (EGF), MEPs from the European Parliament’s Committee on Employment proved...

1 April 2009

EU: Ministers for Transport opposed to including self-employed workers in the scope of the directive on working time for truck drivers

Ministers, gathered on March 30, made a clear stand against the inclusion on self-employed in the scope of Directive 2002/15 on the organization of the working time of persons performing mobile...

31 March 2009

MAN SE: analysis of the agreement on the involvement of workers in the future European company

producer of engines for transport and power plant applications MAN (51.000 employees) signed, on February 18, 2009 in Munich, an agreement on the involvement of employees, thus allowing the group...

31 March 2009

Italy: 3.4 million people reject the reform of the conventional reform in a referendum organized by the CGIL

ion workers took part in the consultation organized by the largest Italian union, the CGIL, on the agreement on the reform of the conventional system. The CGIL rejected this agreement but the two...

31 March 2009

Great Britain: amendments to labor law enforced

British labor law because it is one of the two periods of the year when new social legislations are enforced. Paid annual leave, flexible work, dispute resolution, employment agency liability...

31 March 2009

Belgium: several measures on work-life balance enforced

paternity leave, parental leave entitlements extended to the child’s 12th birthday: these are the measures which will be enforced on April 1 for parents. (Ref. 090349) Extending parental...

30 March 2009

EU: metalworkers’ unions want to strengthen European coordination on wage negotiations

on the economic crisis, the European metalworkers’ unions call for an active wage policy and better coordination of wage negotiations by the European Metalworkers’ Federation –...

30 March 2009

Denmark: unions prepare for negotiations on the renewal of collective agreements in the private sector

t out to companies not having signed collective agreements. Better conditions for severance with, inter alia, a longer term of notice. And, especially, employers’ respect of agreements...

30 March 2009

Germany: the resigning boss of the Deutsche Bahn rejects spying charges

eillance of emails sent to unions or journalists and the general control of employees’ personal data, Hartmut Medhorn, leader of the German railways, was forced to resign. He nonetheless...

30 March 2009

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