EurWORK European Observatory of Working Life

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EurWORK articles cover working life in Europe, in particular the fields of industrial relations and working conditions. The articles are based on quarterly reporting provided by the Network of Eurofound Correspondents.

  • Topical updates summarise and update developments around selected topics, which are relevant across a number of Member States at the same time
  • Spotlight reports cover in more depth country-level events, debates and changes in regulation related to working life, aiming to provide a balanced view of all parties’ positions
  • Research in Focus articles report on important research findings (including surveys) from the national level, often, but not exclusively, in the area of working conditions
  • In brief articles are short news items drawn from the correspondents' quarterly reports
  • Country updates summarise developments at national level and are published 4 times a year
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  • Future of the Post Office under debate

    • United Kingdom
    • EF report
    • 27 February 1997
    • Eurwork
    In February, the Communication Workers' Union (CWU) launched a consultative paper aimed at influencing the pre-election commitments of both the Conservative Party and Labour Party. The union, which is firmly against privatisation of the Post Office, has called for legislation to turn it into an independent corporation, with the level of dividends pegged at 40% of post-tax profits. The union feels that its proposals will have equal appeal to all political parties because of the weight of public opinion opposing privatisation.

  • Legal barriers to European-level collective bargaining

    • Netherlands
    • EF report
    • 27 February 1997
    • Eurwork
    Judging from a recent exchange of letters between a Dutch trade unions and the Department of Justice, it would appear that cross-border cooperation between unions, let alone their international merger, is beset with legal difficulties.

  • Government ends pay guidelines to nationalised companies

    • France
    • EF report
    • 27 February 1997
    • Eurwork
    At the end of January 1997, the Prime Minister ended the practice of issuing pay guidelines to France's nationalised companies.

  • New national agreement on continuing training

    • Spain
    • EF report
    • 27 February 1997
    • Eurwork
    At the end of 1996, the major trade unions and employers' associations signed the Second National Agreement on Continuing Training (II Acuerdo Nacional de Formación Continua), which was later endorsed by a tripartite agreement between these organisations and the Government. The new agreements build on certain basic aspects of the continuing training system in Spain that was started in 1993, though they also introduce some important innovations.

  • Bank service fees dispute averted

    • Finland
    • EF report
    • 27 February 1997
    • Eurwork
    Recently-announced plans by banks to levy service charges on the accounts into which employees' salaries and wages are paid, have resulted in trade union protests and the dropping of the proposals.

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