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Finland: employment measures in the 2007 budget
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22 September 2006
Italy : working conditions at call centres under debate in Italy
The Ministry has confirmed the validity of the circular: “ the circular is compulsory for all current and future inspections and the result of the inspection at Atesia takes account of...
21 September 2006
Germany : a wage agreement found for 85,000 iron and steel workers
IG Metall and the Employers' Federation (Stahl) reached agreement in the night of September 20-21 on a wage increase of 3.8% and a 1250 euros bonus for 85,000 employees. An innovation is the...
21 September 2006
Netherlands : unions demand a 2.5 % increase in 2007
The Dutch unions federation (FNV) issued on September 19 a claim for a 2.5% wage increase in 2007 coinciding with the presentation of the 2007 budget by Gerrit Zalm, Finance minister, who is...
21 September 2006
Great Britain : employers denounce tightening of social legislation
Tony Blair's succession has sparked a battle for influence between employers unions. The CBI, the principal employers' association, is worried about the consequences of the contest over the future...
21 September 2006
Baltic region : number one for wage increases
Recent studies stress that the average costs of labour hours in Latvia in the second quarter of 2006, in comparison to the second quarter of 2005, have increased by 22.7%. This is the sharpest...
21 September 2006
Siemens: strong increase in managers’ wages outrages Germany
Just ahead of painful restructurings, the Supervisory board of Siemens announced a 30 % wage increase for the 12 members of its management. Staff and public opinion are outraged. IG Metall is...
21 September 2006
Spain: government promotes selective immigration to fight clandestine work
Spanish firms employed 116 000 immigrant workers chosen directly in their country of origin, between January and June. These contracts represent almost 20 % of the immigrants who entered Spain...
21 September 2006
Grundfos: attracting more women to management positions
The industrial pumps giant, which employs more than 14.000 employees in the world, is trying to open up management to women. (Ref. 06924)
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20 September 2006
European Economic and Social Committee pushes to change the directive on European work’s councils
The European Economic and Social Committee adopted, on September 13th 2006, an own-initiative opinion on the revision of the 1994 directive on European work's councils. The Committee favours a...
20 September 2006
Belgium: the minister of employment wants to implement an obligatory no-claims bonus/surcharge for accidents at work in all firms
This new measure is aimed at encouraging firms to take more prevention measures in terms of workers' safety, and rewarding those who make efforts to avoid accidents at work. (Ref 06922)
20 September 2006
Spain: for the first time, an employer is sentenced to jail after a deadly accident at work
An architect and three works foremen were condemned by the court of Madrid to pay a fine of more than 200 000 euros and were sentenced to 2 years and 6 months of prison for the death of two...
20 September 2006
ETUC asks for a better protection of workers exposed to chemicals
During a conference on how REACH ties in with European health and safety at work legislation last September 19th, the European Trade Unions Confederation (ETUC) asked the EU institutions more...
20 September 2006
Germany: labour unions and conservatives are divided on the introduction of a legal minimum wage
The « union Council » of the social democrat party (SPD) and the Confederation of German labour unions (DGB), came to an agreement, on Monday evening in Frankfurt, on the introduction of a legal...
20 September 2006
Coming into force of the new social security forms on rights to pension of migrant workers
The decision also updates forms E 205, E 207, E 210, E 211, E 213 and E 215 which notably allow social security institutions to itemize information over insurance periods of migrant workers...
19 September 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
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