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  • Article
    27 Juni 1997

    Jarmo Lähteenmäki, the chair of the Finnish Paperworkers' Union- one of the
    most powerful unions in the Central Organisation of Finnish Trade Unions
    (SAK) - announced after a meeting on 11 June 1997 that the union will not
    enter national negotiations on incomes policy. Instead, "the Paperworkers'
    Union will focus directly on talks with individual unions" - ie, it will
    engage only in direct industry-level negotiations with employers in its
    sector. The union cited special problems in its sector which prevented it
    from participating in comprehensive national incomes policy discussions, such
    as the utilisation of outside labour in factories, the move to shorten
    working hours, the contracting-out of different factory operations, and the
    decision by two of the largest firms in the forestry industry to discontinue
    personnel funds (a form of profit-sharing scheme).

  • Article
    27 Juni 1997

    The high priority currently given to budget consolidation has been translated
    by the Austrian Government into, among other measures, a need to limit
    increases in civil service costs - currently ATS 215 billion per year - to no
    more than 1.3% annually. The Government is trying to achieve this aim by
    reducing the number of civil service employees, keeping salary increases
    moderate in real terms, and reducing pensions.

  • Article
    27 Juni 1997

    The eradication of bullying at school has long been an important aim, and
    even though it still occurs, there is a genuine wish to stamp it out.
    However, relatively few people are aware of the seriousness of bullying
    within the workplace. Surveys have been highlighting this point for a long
    time - the table below provides some recent examples - but now at last it
    seems that the social partners are beginning to realise the hidden costs of
    bullying, and attempting to wipe it out.

  • Article
    27 Juni 1997

    On 3 March 1997, the Hanover regional branch of the metalworkers' trade union
    Industriegewerkschaft Metall (IG Metall) and the management of PPS Personal-,
    Produktions- und Servicegesellschaft mbH, Salzgitter, concluded a company
    agreement on partial retirement - the first such agreement in the
    metalworking industry. Negotiations between IG Metall and the metalworking
    employers' association Gesamtverband der metallindustriellen
    Arbeitgeberverbände (Gesamtmetall), first about industry-wide and later
    about regional collective agreements on partial retirement, reached an
    impasse in June 1997. Although the agreement at PPS was signed in March,
    reliable information has only recently been publicised.

  • Article
    27 Juni 1997

    The Norwegian labour market parties have, during spring 1997, been commenting
    on the proposed principles for a revision of the Labour Dispute Act. The
    committee which reviewed the Act proposed a strengthening of the
    confederations' position with regard to collective bargaining. Although the
    Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (LO) and the Confederation of
    Norwegian Business and Industry (NHO) basically support the proposal, there
    is significant opposition to it, particularly from several employee
    organisations.

  • Article
    27 Juni 1997

    After the publication of the reports on EMU by the expert working party
    commissioned by the Government and by the economists in the incomes policy
    assessment committee, the labour market organisations issued a statement on
    the impact of EMU on the Finnish labour market on 22 May 1997 (FI9705115N
    [1]). The most influential advocate of EMU is the President of Finland,
    Martti Ahtisaari who presented his views on the benefits of EMU for Finland
    in his speech at the 90th anniversary meeting of the Central Organisation of
    Finnish Trade Unions (SAK) on 24 May 1997.

    [1] www.eurofound.europa.eu/ef/observatories/eurwork/articles/two-reports-published-on-the-industrial-relations-implications-of-emu-in-finland

  • Article
    27 Juni 1997

    One of the first acts by the new French Prime Minister following his election
    in June 1997 was to consult with employers and unions prior to announcing his
    legislative programme. This move was greeted favourably by both employers and
    trade unions, though their aims are quite different. A national conference on
    pay, employment and working time is to be held in the autumn.

Series

  • European Company Survey 2009

    Eurofound’s European Company Survey (ECS) maps and analyses company policies and practices which can have an impact on smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, as well as the development of social dialogue in companies. This series consists of outputs from the ECS 2009, the second edition of the survey. The survey was first carried out in 2004–2005 as the European Establishment Survey on Working Time and Work-Life Balance. 

  • European Company Survey 2013

    Eurofound’s European Company Survey (ECS) maps and analyses company policies and practices which can have an impact on smart, sustainable and inclusive growth, as well as the development of social dialogue in companies. This series consists of outputs from the ECS 2013, the third edition of the survey. The survey was first carried out in 2004–2005 as the European Establishment Survey on Working Time and Work-Life Balance.

  • European Quality of Life Survey 2003

    Eurofound’s European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) examines both the objective circumstances of European citizens' lives and how they feel about those circumstances and their lives in general. This series consists of outputs from the EQLS 2003, the first edition of the survey.

  • European Quality of Life Survey 2007

    Eurofound's European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) examines both the objective circumstances of European citizens' lives and how they feel about those circumstances and their lives in general. This series consists of outputs from the EQLS 2007, the second edition of the survey. The survey was first carried out in 2003.

  • European Quality of Life Survey 2012

    Eurofound's European Quality of Life Survey (EQLS) examines both the objective circumstances of European citizens' lives and how they feel about those circumstances and their lives in general. This series consists of outputs from the EQLS 2012, the third edition of the survey. The survey was first carried out in 2003. 

  • European Working Conditions Survey 2005

    Eurofound’s European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) paints a wide-ranging picture of Europe at work across countries, occupations, sectors and age groups. This series consists of findings from the EWCS 2005, the fourth edition of the survey. The survey was first carried out in 1990.

  • European Working Conditions Survey 2010

    Eurofound’s European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS) paints a wide-ranging picture of Europe at work across countries, occupations, sectors and age groups. This series consists of findings from the EWCS 2010, the fifth edition of the survey. The survey was first carried out in 1990.

  • Manufacturing employment outlook

    This publication series explores scenarios for the future of manufacturing. The employment implications (number of jobs by sector, occupation, wage profile, and task content) under various possible scenarios are examined. The scenarios focus on various possible developments in global trade and energy policies and technological progress and run to 2030.

Forthcoming publications