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Portugal: latest working life developments Q2 2018

The new tripartite action plan to combat job insecurity and new measures to promote collective bargaining are the main topics of interest in this article. This country update reports on...

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Norway: latest working life developments Q2 2018

A settlement on pensions, amendments to the Working Environment Act, plans for a survey of foreign tour bus companies and a new report on working environments and occupational health are...

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The fraudulent contracting of work is an important issue in many European countries today. EU and national policymakers have turned their attention to violations of the basic protection provided by employment law and collective bargaining that are linked to the fraudulent use of certain employment

21 November 2016

This EurWORK topical update considers how EU Member States have dealt with transposing Directive 2014/67/EU to improve enforcement of European regulations as regards the posting of workers. The situation at mid-2016 is analysed, based on contributions and updates from Eurofound’s network of European

18 October 2016

This topical update on the protection of whistle-blowers in the EU mainly covers developments that have taken place in the years 2013–2016. The update covers international, European and national level legislation, and includes two case studies on the protection for whistle-blowers in Ireland and

19 August 2016

This topical update on the protection of whistle-blowers in the EU mainly covers developments that have taken place in the years 2013–2016. The update covers international, European and national level legislation, and includes two case studies on the protection for whistle-blowers in Ireland and

19 August 2016

This topical update on the protection of whistle-blowers in the EU mainly covers developments that have taken place in the years 2013–2016. The update covers international, European and national level legislation, and includes two case studies on the protection for whistle-blowers in Ireland and

19 August 2016

The right to free movement for workers within the European Union was enshrined in Article 48 of the EEC Treaty in 1957. Nowadays, private labour market intermediaries – such as temporary work agencies and employment placement agencies – contribute to facilitating this labour mobility in their role

27 April 2016

Smartphone car service Uber, a successful company example of the sharing economy, has spread to many EU Member States in recent years. However, many employers and unions are concerned about its challenge to fair competition for other businesses in the sector and about the erosion of working

25 January 2016

Temporary employment has increased since the 1980s in most European countries as a result of demands for greater flexibility in labour markets and subsequent reforms of employment protection legislation. This report presents a broad picture of temporary employment across the EU27 between 2001 and

15 December 2015

This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the computer programming, consultancy and related activities sector (NACE 62). It is based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working

27 February 2015

This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the legal and accounting services sector (NACE 69). It is based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working conditions and the quality of work

27 February 2015

Online resources results (200)

New draft bill proposes industrial relations reforms

In November 2000, the Greek government issued a new draft bill on "regulations regarding employment and other provisions". The proposals include measures aimed at reforming aspects of industrial relations, such as overtime, working time flexibility, part-time workers' pay and the definition of

SEV criticises new draft bill on employment

In late November 2000, Federation of Greek Industries (SEV) commented on the government's recently issued draft bill on employment, which contains a number of measures reforming aspects of industrial relations such as overtime, working time flexibility and social insurance contributions. The

Collective bargaining coverage increases

More than four out of five Danish employees are now covered by a collective agreement, according to a major questionnaire-based study undertaken by the Confederation of Danish Trade Unions (Landsorganisationen i Danmark, LO), in cooperation with the National Institute for Social Research

Employers and unions highlight opposing views on regulation

The Confederation of British Industry (CBI) used its annual conference, held on 6-7 November 2000, to launch a new report on the impact of employment legislation in which it argues that "the government should not introduce new employment rights in addition to those already in the pipeline from

New right for workers to be accompanied at disciplinary and grievance hearings

From 4 September 2000, workers in the UK have the right to be accompanied by a trade union official or fellow worker workplace disciplinary or grievance hearings (UK0008184N [1]). The new statutory provisions, contained in sections 10-15 of the Employment Relations Act 1999 [2] (UK9912145F [3])

Dispute over Employment Contracts Act resolved

In September 2000, the Finnish government reached an agreement in the long-running dispute on the reform of the Employment Contracts Act, through a compromise that satisfies both trade unions and employers. The dispute related to the "general validity" of collective agreements - ie their binding

Cheap labour conflict continues in merchant shipping

Despite a government decision to grant subsidies to shipowners, tensions over "outflagging" and the use of foreign labour in Finnish merchant shipping continued in August 2000, with a shipowner hiring Polish seafarers. The Finnish Seafarers' Union considers these contracts of employment invalid and

New job creation pushes unemployment below 10%

Since early July 1997, exceptionally strong employment growth has pushed down the unemployment rate in France, which fell below 10% in April 2000. A return to full employment is now a real possibility, but raises the issue of "hard-core" unemployment. In spite of the fact that unemployment remains

Sectoral agreement signed in telecommunications

Liberalisation and privatisation of the Italian telecommunications market has led to the creation of many new companies in the sector, creating a situation of confusion in collective bargaining. In June 2000, the national trade union and employers' confederations reacted by signing an agreement

On-call jobs rejected by Electrolux-Zanussi workers

In June 2000, an agreement at Electrolux Zanussi sought to introduce "on-call jobs" for the first time in Italy. The agreement was negotiated by the three metalworking sector trade unions, Fiom-Cgil, Fim-Cisl and Uil-Uilm, and approved by the company's Rsu worker representative bodies. However, the


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Seniority entitlements have largely been on the decline since the 1990s, and have been gradually phased-out from legislation in Europe, as well as in collective agreements. However, it would be premature to dismiss seniority-based entitlements as a thing of the past, as they remain in force across

17 Duben 2019

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