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  • Unions and business associations will administer new unemployment insurance

    Article
    27 maaliskuu 1997

    When the Social Democrat Government presented its bill on a new, general
    unemployment insurance (prop 1996/97:107) on 13 March 1997 it had already
    secured a parliamentary majority for the proposal through negotiations with
    the Centre Party. It had also secured the support of the two major trade
    union confederations,LO (Landsorganisationen) and TCO (Tjänstemännens
    Centralorganisation) despite the fact that the two confederations were not
    entirely enamoured with the proposals.

    Social protection, Labour and social regulation, Social protection, Social partners

  • Bill on combating exclusion under discussion.

    Article
    27 maaliskuu 1997

    On 26 February 1997, the French Cabinet adopted a bill aiming at rebuilding
    social cohesion, which is to be debated in the National Assembly some time in
    April 1997.

  • Employment alliance signed at Mercedes Benz

    Article
    27 maaliskuu 1997

    On 27 February 1997, a company-wide employment alliance (Beschäftigungspakt)
    was signed at the automobile manufacturer Mercedes Benz. A whole package of
    instruments should boost competitiveness and save the jobs of the 134,000
    employees working for Mercedes Benz in Germany. The background to the
    agreement is the increasing international competition between different
    potential production locations, and the resulting need to cut costs.

  • Ministry of Labour launches vocational training campaign

    Article
    27 maaliskuu 1997

    The campaign is the latest in a series of political initiatives aimed at
    improving the Danish vocational training system. Throughout the second half
    of the 1990s, the Danish Government has reformed the system by increasing its
    market and demand orientation, accompanied by increased financial allowances
    for employees attending training. In the 1997 Financial Act, expenditure to
    support companies undertaking projects aimed at planning vocational training
    activities was raised from DKK 40 million to DKK 65 million. A further sum of
    DDK 105 million is available to support companies which wish to improve
    working life.

    Ikääntyvä työvoima, Health and well-being at work

  • Ministry of Employment clarifies controversial Law on Working Time Reduction

    Article
    27 maaliskuu 1997

    Law 21/96, which aims to reduce the working week to 40 hours, has given rise
    to labour disputes in certain sectors and some controversial statements. An
    official communication released by the Secretary of State for Employment in
    March attempts to shed light on the areas of concern.

  • New single-status deal for council workers

    Article
    27 maaliskuu 1997

    On 10 March, after 11 hours of talks, a "historic deal" was reached for
    public sector council workers. The agreement, covering 1.5 million workers,
    will harmonise conditions for manual worker s and white collar worker s in
    local government for the first time.

  • Territorial Employment Pacts underway

    Article
    27 maaliskuu 1997

    Debate about employment has resumed over the last few months in Greece, owing
    to an initiative to set up "Territorial Employment Pacts" (TEPs).

  • Talks open on change and share plan at Telecom

    Article
    27 maaliskuu 1997

    A joint management/trade union Joint Strategic Consultative Group (JSCG) has
    been established to tackle the job of negotiating an agreement to help to
    transform state-owned Telecom Eireann to meet current and future competitive
    challenges. The key issues which the JSCG expects to address before the end
    of April 1997 are a five-year, IEP 110 million cost reduction plan, change
    and flexibility proposals and the question of an Employee Share Ownership
    Plan (ESOP), first proposed by the trade unions.

  • Building industry agreement increases pay and flexibility

    Article
    27 maaliskuu 1997

    In the new collective agreement in the Dutch building industry, signed in
    March 1997, a relatively large pay increase has been matched by a degree of
    increased flexibility regarding the use of temporary employment agency
    workers and the rules governing working hours.

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