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European social partners issue joint declaration on Confidence Pact for Employment

At a special Social Dialogue Committee meeting held on 29 November 1996, the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC), the Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe (UNICE), and the European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation (CEEP) adopted a joint contribution to the

27 Únor 1997
Article
Social partners
Industrial relations
Industrial relations and social dialogue

Employers and unions adopt positions on labour market reform

Employers and unions want to reduce the amount of temporary recruitment and the number of types of employment contract. They also want to increase their freedom to negotiate labour market issues through collective bargaining. These are the key issues in the current debate over a new round of labour

27 Únor 1997
Article
Labour market policies
Collective bargaining
Social dialogue
Non-standard employment
Restructuring
Employment relationship
Working conditions
Employment and labour markets
Industrial relations
Working conditions and sustainable work
Industrial relations and social dialogue

Paper industry agreement reached after conciliation

On 6 February 1997, theSwedish Paper Workers' Union and the Employers' Federation of Swedish Forest Industries told the conciliators Lars-Gunnar Albåge and Rune Larson that they accepted their proposal for a national collective agreement on wages for 1997. There had been two stumbling blocks in the

27 Únor 1997
Article

TUC launches pre-election campaign

The Trades Union Congress (TUC) launched its campaign to put workers' rights at the centre of the general election on 14 February 1997. The campaign, which will cost GBP 1 million, includes newspaper and cinema ads, billboards and leaflets.

27 Únor 1997
Article

Italian railways brought into line with European model

The agreement was concluded on 11 February 1997 and sets out the ways in which the financial recovery, growth and modernisation of the Italian rail system will be brought about in line with the guidelines of the 1991 Directive on the development of Community railways (440/91/EEC). The deal was

27 Únor 1997
Article

Moves towards greater working time flexibility

The central social partners - the Austrian Trade Union Confederation (Österreichischer Gewerkschaftsbund,ÖGB) and the Austrian Chamber of Commerce (Wirtschaftskammer Österreich, WKÖ), the statutory body grouping almost all nonagricultural enterprises - have for some time been discussing a range of

27 Únor 1997
Article
Working time
Labour law
Labour and social regulation

First European Survey on the work environment 1991-1992

The survey presented here was carried out in 1991. It was based on direct interviews with 12,500 workers, both employees and the self-employed, throughout the 12 member states of the European Community. The sample is representative of the distribution of the labour force between sectors, males and

02 February 1993
Publication
Research report
Working conditions
Working conditions and sustainable work

The electronic home - Interactive telecommunications of the future: The social impact of telemedecine at home

The report aims to investigate the social aspects of telemedicine and telehealth systems in the electronic home. Telemedicine home systems intend to provide care in the familiar home environment. In most developed countries, they represent a reaction to increased demand for hospital services due to

01 February 1992
Publication
Research report

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