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Poland : the reform of Labour inspection ahead
The President of the Republic himself, Lech Kaczynski, former professor of Labour's rights, just brought in a bill before the Parliament. This project aims at guaranteeing the respect of the...
France : the employer is responsible even without an offence in case of moral harassment
The employer is responsible for the moral harassment schemes committed in his company, even if he did not committed any offence. This is what decided the Court of Cassation in an order that should...
Netherlands: back to 40 hours a week ?
Jan Laurens Brinkhorst, the Minister of Economy, declared on June 26 in the newspaper De Volkskrant that Dutch workers must "work again forty hours a week". (Ref. 06658)
Netherlands: agreement on the restructuring of Nedcar
Confronted to trade unions' protests, Nedcar, owned at 100% by the Japanese group Mitsubishi, has reached an agreement on the restructuring : no dismissal will take place before April 2007. (Ref...
Hungary : Vodafone condemned for invasion of privacy of its employees
Vodafone's practive consisting in watching its employees 24 hours a day was the subject of a first legal proceeding condemnation, by a Hungarian jurisdiction (Ref. 06659)
27 June 2006
Spain: bill on gender equality is adopted by the government
The Council of Ministers approved, last June 23, the bill on gender equality. The draft law contains a series of measures including the lengthening of the paternity leave, the negotiation of...
Great Britain: extension of parental paid leaves
The Work and Family Bill, which received the royal assent on June 21 and will come into effect on April 1, 2007, introduced new rights as regards parental leaves, but is not as ambitious as...
Arcelor: European works council worries about the merger with Mittal
Following the announcement of the merger with Mittal, members of the European WC of Arcelor told e-europnews their fears concerning employment in spite of the commitments made by management Monday...
Transnational negociation : the European federation of Metallurgy adopts a negociation procedure
As the assistant secretary of the European Metallurgy federation (EMF) has announced (see our articlen°06493), Bart Samyn, the executive comitee of the EMF has adopted, on June 14th, an « EMF...
26 June 2006
Belgium : introduction of teleworking in the civil service
The Council of ministers adopted on June 22nd, a bill of royal order relating to teleworking in the federal aministrative civil service. This bill aims at clarifying the modes of teleworking in...
Belgium : reinforcement of the social contributions’ reduction for the taking on of an employee dismissed in the framework of a restructuring
The Council of ministers approved, on June 22nd, a bill of royal order aiming at promulgating the taking on of workers dismissed in the framework of restructurings. The aim is to reinforce the cut...
Netherlands: the government wants to encourage work after the retirement age
Even if most employees do not want to work up to 65 years old (see our article of June 21), the government wants to encourage those who do not want to stop their career at the official retirement...
Germany: Volkswagen wants to use its subsidiary company Auto 5000 as an example during negotiations with IG-Metall
To cleanse his mark VW, the German car manufacturer Volkswagen wishes to extend to its West German factories the “5000X5000"model , already used in its subsidiary company Auto 5000 GMBH. In this...
Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee for the Steel Industry to be launched
On 21 June 2006, the European Metalworkers' Federation (EMF) and the European Confederation of Iron and Steel Industries (Eurofer) will get together in order to create a European Social Dialogue...
Lego: no layoff in Denmark before 2007
The manufacturer of Danish toys announced, Tuesday June 20, the relocation of a great part of its production to Eastern Europe and Mexico. This is the last stage of a reorganization plan launched...
Pretexting a test, Vodafone Hungary supervised its employees illegally
The employees sued their employer for the attack on their private life. The court's judgement on this case is expected today. (Réf. 06648)
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