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The case of the Latvian company that temporarily assigns Latvian workers in Sweden, and pays them Latvian-low salaries, is becoming a European issue. The CJEC is asked to deal with a prejudicial...

11 January 2006

Austrian presidency now in charge of negotiations on working hours.

Ending its presidency of the EU, Great Britain was not able to trigger an agreement on working hours at the Council of ministers on December 8, 2005. The draft directive on work hours...

11 January 2006

Draft directive on services : state of negotiations

It was French President Jacques Chirac’s demand to reconsider the very criticized draft directive. Since then, experts in competitiveness for the Council of ministers and the European Parliament...

11 January 2006

Czech Republic : improved social services for the disabled

The Lower Chamber of Czech Parliament has approved of a bill concerning social services.

11 January 2006

Czech Republic : ill workers to get higher compensations

Move follows an important rise of the average income rates.

10 January 2006

Czech Republic: ukrainian workers sought-after

The project called Legal Migration – an Open chance that is to attract skilled workers and experts from foreign countries to the Czech Republic- has expanded. It is now opened to the citizens of...

10 January 2006

Czech Republic : social benefits to be overhauled

Government plans to simplify the system by reducing the number of benefits.

10 January 2006

Regulation creating European Globalization adjustment fund is adopted

Helping employees, not companies (Article 1): for the Commission, the creation of this fund must make it possible to answer, at the European level, employees’ needs, given the consequences of...

9 December 2005

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