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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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Insurance sector: Working conditions and job quality

This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the insurance sector (NACE 65). It is based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working conditions and the quality of work across 34 European

09 February 2015
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Health and well-being at work
Skills and training
Working time
Work organisation
Working conditions
Work-life balance
Gender equality
Job quality
Labour law
Working conditions and sustainable work

Financial services sector: Working conditions and job quality

This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the financial services sector, covering the subsectors of banking (NACE 64), insurance (NACE 65), and activities auxiliary to banking and insurance (NACE 66). It is based mostly on the fifth

09 February 2015
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Labour law
Working conditions and sustainable work

Motor vehicles sector: Working conditions and job quality

This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the motor vehicles sector (NACE 45). It is based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working conditions and the quality of work across 34

09 February 2015
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Working conditions and sustainable work

Manufacturing: Working conditions and job quality

This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the manufacturing sector. It is based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working conditions and the quality of work across 34 European

09 February 2015
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Health and well-being at work
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Working time
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Gender equality
Job quality
Labour law
Working conditions and sustainable work

Industrial cleaning: Working conditions and job quality

This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the industrial cleaning sector (NACE 81). The findings are based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working conditions and the quality of work

14 November 2014
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Working conditions and sustainable work

Textiles and clothing: Working conditions and job quality

This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the textiles and clothing sector (NACE13 and 14). It is based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working conditions and the quality of work

03 September 2014
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Working conditions and sustainable work

Public administration: Working conditions and job quality

This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the public administration sector (NACE 84). The findings are based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working conditions and the quality of

03 September 2014
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Labour law
Working conditions and sustainable work

Food and beverage sector: Working conditions and job quality

This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the food and beverage service activities sector (NACE 56). It is based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working conditions and the quality

17 June 2014
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Working conditions and sustainable work

Residential care sector: Working conditions and job quality

This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the residential care sector (NACE 87). The findings are based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working conditions and the quality of work

17 June 2014
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Construction sector: Working conditions and job quality

This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the construction sector (NACE 41, 42, 43). It is based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working conditions and the quality of work across 34

13 April 2014
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Committee on Employment Contracts Act submits proposals

A tripartite committee which has been working on a reform of Finland's Employment Contracts Act since 1995 submitted its proposals for a new Act in February 2000. The preparation of the proposed amendments involved many disagreements and during the final stage disputes centred especially around

27 Březen 2000
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Labour law
Working conditions
Working conditions and sustainable work

Call for harmonisation of white- and blue-collar status

Belgium is one of the last countries in western Europe whose employment law makes distinctions between those who work with their hands (blue-collar [1] or manual workers) and those who perform "brainwork" (white-collar [2] or non-manual workers) The legal differences date back as far as the

27 Březen 2000
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Employment status
Labour law
Discrimination at work
Working conditions
Employment and labour markets
Labour and social regulation
Social policies
Working conditions and sustainable work

Labour Procedural Code revised

In autumn 1999, a law revising the Labour Procedural Code has been approved by Portugal's Council of Ministers and now awaits affirmation by the President of the Republic and official publication. The upcoming changes in procedures for court cases on labour and employment issues involves a

27 Září 1999
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Labour and social regulation
Labour law
Industrial action

Industrial relations changing quickly in sports sector

Sport is a growth industry in the Netherlands, and has attracted increasing attention from the government and trade unions. Furthermore, the Flexibility and Security Act, drastically changing Dutch law on employment contracts, which came into force in January 1999, sowed confusion among employers

27 Srpen 1999
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Labour law
Non-standard employment
Social protection
Migration and mobility
Working conditions
Employment and labour markets
Working conditions and sustainable work

Court acknowledges unions' right to bring cases against companies accused of contravening collective agreements

On 20 April 1999, the first senate of the German Federal Labour Court (Bundesarbeitsgericht, BAG) issued a judgment (/1 ABR 72/98/) which acknowledged the right of trade unions to bring court cases against employers which they accuse of operating a company arrangement that contravenes a collective

27 Srpen 1999
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Industrial action
Labour law
Labour and social regulation

Michelin takes the lead in negotiating working time flexibility

Worker representatives and the management of Michelin in Spain have used collective bargaining to adapt prevailing legislation to their own circumstances, by creating a contractual formula half way between the full-time and the part-time employment contract. The result, agreed in June 1998, is a

27 Červen 1999
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Labour law
Non-standard employment
Working time
Working conditions
Working conditions and sustainable work

Government intends to reform law on temporary employment agencies

The Spanish government announced in April 1999 that it intends to reform the law on temporary employment agencies before the end of its term of office. Trade unions have for some time been calling for legal changes to improve the working conditions of agency employees, but the resistance of the

27 Duben 1999
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Non-standard employment
Labour law
Employment relationship
Working conditions
Working conditions and sustainable work

Bill aims to amend rules on non-competition clauses

In February 1999, the Danish Ministry of Labour (Arbejsministeriet) tabled a bill aimed at amending § 18 of the Salaried Employees Act (Funktionærloven) so as to restrict the use of "non-competition clauses" and "non-solicitation clauses" in contracts of employment.

27 Duben 1999
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Labour and social regulation
Labour law
Working conditions
Working conditions and sustainable work

Union fights breaches of working time regulations in banking

Over early 1999, the Greek Federation of Bank Employee Unions (OTOE) has given top priority to the perceived problem of breaches of contractual working time rules, along with violations of labour legislation and collective agreements, by banking employers. The union has called on the authorities to

27 Březen 1999
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Working time
Labour law
Working conditions
Labour and social regulation
Working conditions and sustainable work

Human rights and Norwegian labour law

A proposal to incorporate international declarations of basic human rights into the national legal framework was put before parliament on 9 October 1998 by the Norwegian government. The declarations have implications for labour law and industrial relations in a number of ways.

27 Prosinec 1998
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Labour and social regulation
Industrial action
Labour law
Industrial relations
Industrial relations and social dialogue
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Seniority entitlements: A policy of the past, or a fix for the future?

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
Christine Aumayr-Pintar
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Collective bargaining
Industrial relations
Labour law
Pay and income
Industrial relations and social dialogue

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