Agreements

Before the start of Austria’s annual collective bargaining round in autumn 2010, expectations on organised labour’s side were high. With the economy having almost completely recovered, wage increases above the inflation rate (1.9% in November 2010) were anticipated, in contrast with the marginal

The national agreement was signed on 28 October 2009 (*LT0911019I* [1]) between the Government of the Republic of Lithuania (LRV [2]) and the following social partners: [1] www.eurofound.europa.eu/ef/observatories/eurwork/articles/national-agreement-to-combat-economic-downturn-finally-signed [2]

On 24 November 2010, in the presence of the Prime Minister of Bulgaria, Boyko Borisov, and the Minister of Labour and Social Policy, Totyu Mladenov, trade unions and employer associations signed two national agreements, one regulating homeworking [1] and a second dealing with the organisation and

On 7 September 2010, following a difficult round of bargaining (both during the direct talks and at the subsequent mediation stage) that lasted for almost two years, trade unions and employer organisations representing hotel workers accepted the revised mediation proposal (*CY1006019I* [1]) put

Unlike other European countries, France has been reluctant to develop the system of teleworking. According to a DARES report (in French, 204Kb PDF) [1] published in December 2004, only 2% of French workers practised this type of working arrangement in 2003 and only 5% worked away from their office

The German Federation of Chemical Employers’ Associations (BAVC [1]) and the Mining, Chemicals and Energy Industrial Union (IG BCE [2]) signed their agreement (in German) [3] on working life and demography in April 2008. BAVC and IG BCE stressed that, as a result of the need to remain competitive

So far, new collective agreements for approximately 300,000 employees have been made this autumn in Finland. The autumn 2010 bargaining round has been taking place in the context of a severe economic crisis which has weakened the competitiveness of many Finnish companies. At the same time, the

The pact on apprenticeships (/Ausbildungspakt/) was introduced in 2004 by the federal government and representatives of German employers and business organisations to avoid the introduction of a training levy which was being discussed by the governing coalition at that time (*DE0407105F* [1]). The