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Elcoteq : board of directors decides to transfer headquarters of European company (SE)
The board of directors of Elcoteq, a Finnish company of the telecom technology sector transformed into a European company in 2006, announced, on last December 22nd, that it will propose to the...
11 January 2007
EU : trade unions’ right to act in order to fight against social dumping examined by the CJEC
Two important acts for the future of labour relations in Europe were at sake before the Community judges this week. The two very awaited cases, which confront trade unions' right to collective...
Sony Spain : Catalan factory reduces precariousness but increases flexibility
450 temporary workers of Sony in Villadecavalls, Catalonia, should be permanently hired following an agreement signed between management and the work's council, which also provides for more...
Italy : older workers will be allowed to work part-time to make space for youngsters
The budget draft law for 2007 contains a measure for employment which is quite suprising : a " pact of solidarity " between generations, which will enable workers over 55 years old to work part...
Great Britain: employers who don’t pay the minimum wage will be fined much more and quicker
Within the framework of its policy against rogue employers, the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) has just announced the creation of a £ 225 fine -per worker and per day- for employers who...
EU: European social diary of January 15 to March 21st 2007
We provide you with a diary on the main events concerning social Europe and the institutional appointments. You can forward to us your scheduled events to the following address...
France: law extending employee savings schemes in SMEs is adopted
A law for the development of profit-sharing and employee shareholding, definitively adopted on December 14th and published in the Official Journal, aims at increasing the buying power while...
Spain: building contractors propose a series of measures to avoid work accidents
SEOPAN, the employers' organization representing the major building firms, answer to the report presented by the Ministry of Labour, in November 2006, which analyzed in-depth the causes of 509...
Sweden : trade unions ready for wage negotiations
Trade unions are filling their bank accounts in the perspective of collective conflicts linked to wage negotiations. This preparation is taking place within a tensed social environment, since the...
Poland: a new era for salaries?
e-europnews January 9, 2007, n°070011 -www.eeuropnews.com
British Airways: agreement on the auditing of the pension fund deficit
British Airways announced on Friday January 5th an agreement with the staff representatives in order to soak up within ten years the pension fund's huge deficit, more than three billion euros. The...
EU : old Member States maintain restrictions on freedom of movement for Bulgarian and Romanian workers
Sweden and Finland will be the only two "old" Member States of the European Union not to restrict the access of their labour market to workers of the new Member States which joined the EU on...
GeoPost: launching of a negotiation to set up a European work’s council
The holding which gathers since 1999 all the subsidiary shipping companies of the French group La Poste, in France and abroad, GeoPost, will set up a European work's council during spring 2007. In...
Germany: major trade unions want strong wage increases for 7 million employees
In accordance with IG Metall claims, Verdi (services) and IG BCE, the trade union for chemicals and energy known for its very moderate positions, demand that employees finally be given part of the...
France: government restricts the entry of Romanian and Bulgarian workers
Whereas Bulgaria and Romania have just integrated the European Union, France announced that it would use the possibility offered to Member States to temporarily limit the access to their labour...
EU : Official Journal of the EU publishes several legislative texts
Several European legislative texts have been published in the EU Official Journal including the emblematic "Services" directive and the "Reach" regulation. The legislation on the European...
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