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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)

Employment Contracts Act reform runs into difficulties

A tripartite committee with the task of reforming Finland's Employment Contracts Act did not succeed in making a proposal to the Government in autumn 1998, despite several deadline extensions. One aspect of the reform that has aroused disagreement will now be dealt with by state officials, which may

Restructuring leads to port pilots' strike

In summer 1998, Portugal's port pilots took strike action in a dispute with the Government over a restructuring of services in the maritime ports sector. The Government's measures to deal with the dispute caused controversy among the pilots' unions.

Unions present detailed proposals for renewal of Works Constitution Act

The idea of having a "works constitution" (Betriebsverfassung) at the level of the establishment, ensuring employees an institutionalised interest representation in the form of works councils [1], has a long tradition in Germany and represents a major pillar of the country's industrial relations

Transposition of the young workers Directive and the child labour problem

A preliminary draft bill to implement the EU young workers Directive is under discussion in Portugal in mid-1998. However, transposition of the Directive will not resolve some important issues relating to child labour, notably when performed at home.

LO concerned about measures promoting self-employment

Contractor, free agent, self-employed, freelancer - there are many names for people selling their competence, skills, services and labour without having an employment contract. Even if Sweden, together with Denmark, has the lowest figures in the EU (8% of the total occupied labour force compared

Employers rejoin Danish health and safety system

On 16 June 1998, the Danish Employers' Confederation (Dansk Arbejdsgiverforening, DA) ended its one-year boycott and decided to re-enter the national health and safety system. The boycott had come as a reaction to the new and amended Work Environment Act adopted on 30 May 1997, which employers

New agreement under negotiation for insurance office staff

The insurance industry employs about 30,000 white-collar employees. Of these about half are office staff and half are sales representatives. The Union of Salaried Employees (Gewerkschaft der Privatangestellten, GPA) and the Money, Credit and Insurance Section of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce

Impact of the April Agreements on job security in Spain

The Spanish trade unions and employers' organisations which signed the important labour market reform agreements in April 1997 (the "April agreements") have carried out a review of their results over the first six months, which was published in January 1998. The social partners agree in general that

European Court of Justice finds Italian state monopoly of job placement services is illegitimate

A December 1997 ruling by the European Court of Justice has declared that the Italian state's monopoly of job placement services is contrary to the principles of free competition, and is therefore illegitimate. The judgment comes at a time when the job placement system is being reformed in Italy

Sunday work - recent debates and developments

Work on Sunday is in principle prohibited in Austria. However, the law permits exemptions to be made by the Minister of Labour and Social Affairs for basic necessities or for economic or technological reasons, and by the heads of provincial governments for exceptional regional supply purposes. New


Blogs results (1)
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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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