This working paper investigates the practical implementation of the European Works Council (EWC) Directive at company level. It explores the challenges faced by existing EWCs and provides examples of solutions identified and remaining issues from the point of view of both workers and management. In
This study provides information to allow for an assessment of the representativeness of the actors involved in the European sectoral social dialogue committee for the industrial cleaning sector. Their relative representativeness legitimises their right to be consulted, their role and effective
No new national agreements have been scheduled for 2015, but a number of evaluations of existing agreements are planned, as well as consultations on youth unemployment and employment classifications.
A French study into risk prevention in the construction sector set out to assess the link between prevention and performance. It looked at preventive measures in 101 companies introduced in an effort to improve safety for workers. The findings demonstrate to managers and employees that pro-active
Certain French companies have traditionally allowed employees to donate some of their leave to colleagues with seriously ill children. This tradition is sometimes implemented informally and sometimes enshrined in a company-level labour agreement. The French National Assembly has now passed a law
On 19 June 2013, France’s social partners adopted a national interprofessional agreement on well-being at work which encourages businesses to find ways of avoiding intrusion on employees' private lives by defining periods when devices can be switched off and no company emails will be sent. The aim
Luxembourg’s parliamentary elections in October 2013 removed former Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker from office after 18 years, even though his Christian-Social People’s Party (CSV [1]) topped the polls. Three smaller parties agreed to form a coalition: the liberal Democratic Party (DP [2]); the
Having successfully negotiated national interprofessional agreements on the ‘generation contract’ (*FR1209031I* [1]) in 2012, and on safeguarding jobs (*FR1302011I* [2]) on 11 January 2013, the social partners have completed the negotiation of a major reform of vocational training. Talks started in
Workplace elections are held in Luxembourg every five years. The most recent elections were held on 13 November 2013, and 437,000 employees and retired workers were eligible to vote. , However, the turnout was just 36% (approximately 158,000 people). Just over 700 companies were involved.
On 29 October 2013, French Labour Minister Michel Sapin sent a government statement (in French, 1MB PDF) [1] to the departments of his ministry about the implementation of labour inspectorate reform. The reform was later the subject of a paper on the reform of the labour inspectorate (in French) [2]
In 2003, after a protracted industrial dispute in the French film industry, the social partners in the live performance and audio-visual sectors were asked to clarify and simplify their collective bargaining system (*FR1202041Q*). Both sectors make extensive use of short-term employment contracts
