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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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The fraudulent contracting of work is an important issue in many European countries today. EU and national policymakers have turned their attention to violations of the basic protection provided by employment law and collective bargaining that are linked to the fraudulent use of certain employment

21 November 2016

This EurWORK topical update considers how EU Member States have dealt with transposing Directive 2014/67/EU to improve enforcement of European regulations as regards the posting of workers. The situation at mid-2016 is analysed, based on contributions and updates from Eurofound’s network of European

18 October 2016

This topical update on the protection of whistle-blowers in the EU mainly covers developments that have taken place in the years 2013–2016. The update covers international, European and national level legislation, and includes two case studies on the protection for whistle-blowers in Ireland and

19 August 2016

This topical update on the protection of whistle-blowers in the EU mainly covers developments that have taken place in the years 2013–2016. The update covers international, European and national level legislation, and includes two case studies on the protection for whistle-blowers in Ireland and

19 August 2016

This topical update on the protection of whistle-blowers in the EU mainly covers developments that have taken place in the years 2013–2016. The update covers international, European and national level legislation, and includes two case studies on the protection for whistle-blowers in Ireland and

19 August 2016

The right to free movement for workers within the European Union was enshrined in Article 48 of the EEC Treaty in 1957. Nowadays, private labour market intermediaries – such as temporary work agencies and employment placement agencies – contribute to facilitating this labour mobility in their role

27 April 2016

Smartphone car service Uber, a successful company example of the sharing economy, has spread to many EU Member States in recent years. However, many employers and unions are concerned about its challenge to fair competition for other businesses in the sector and about the erosion of working

25 January 2016

Temporary employment has increased since the 1980s in most European countries as a result of demands for greater flexibility in labour markets and subsequent reforms of employment protection legislation. This report presents a broad picture of temporary employment across the EU27 between 2001 and

15 December 2015

This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the computer programming, consultancy and related activities sector (NACE 62). It is based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working

27 February 2015

This report gives an overview of working conditions, job quality, workers’ health and job sustainability in the legal and accounting services sector (NACE 69). It is based mostly on the fifth European Working Conditions Survey (EWCS), which gathers data on working conditions and the quality of work

27 February 2015

Online resources results (200)

Trade unions support social inclusion of immigrants

According to data from the state Foreigners and Borders Department (Serviço de Estrangeiros e Fronteiras, SEF), there are currently about 389,000 legal immigrants from outside the EU in Portugal, representing about 3% of the Portuguese population (PT0006199F [1]). There are three main types of

New law on employment and training of young people

In March 2002, new rules were introduced in Portugal on the employment of young people who have not completed compulsory schooling or do not possess any vocational qualifications, providing new flexibility in recruitment for companies but obliging them to provide training. The new legislation comes

Unions highlight unstable employment in Catalonia

In 2001-2, trade unions in the Catalonia region of Spain have taken a number of initiatives aimed at examining and criticising the level of unstable employment. CC.OO's Catalan organisation has drawn up a 'blacklist' of the 200 most unstable companies in the region, using a 'barometer of employment

Temporary agency work abused in automobile industry

Over 2001 and 2002, a number of industrial tribunal rulings have highlighted the 'abusive' use of temporary agency work in the French automobile industry. The use of agency workers is widespread in this sector, and tribunals have found that in some cases this has exceeded the bounds of the law.

Collective agreement extension mechanisms and practices examined

Austrian labour law provides elaborate provisions for extending collective agreements to cover employers and employees not affiliated to the signatory bargaining parties. In practice, however, extension provisions are less important than the system of obligatory membership of employer associations

New anti-discrimination law adopted

November 2001 saw the adoption in France of a new law to prevent discrimination at the workplace. The legislation adds new prohibited grounds of discrimination (including age and sexual orientation), adjusts the burden of proof in discrimination cases and makes it easier to bring court cases.

Social partners agree far-reaching reform of severance pay

On 23 October 2001, the Austrian social partners presented a compromise proposal on the reform of the statutory severance pay (Abfertigung) system which will, if adopted by parliament, abolish most current restrictions and extend entitlement to an additional 800,000 employees.

Supreme Court rules against closed shop

The Norwegian Supreme Court (Høyesterett) issued an important ruling [1] on 9 November 2001 on closed-shop arrangements in collective agreements. The Court stated that closed-shop arrangements, whereby employment is conditional upon employees' or job applicants' trade union affiliation, are in

New law regulates temporary agency work

In October 2001, the Greek parliament passed a new law on employment services, which includes provisions regulating temporary agency work and the operation of temporary employment agencies. The new legislation for the first time lays down specific rules on the establishment, operation and

Strikes over postal workers' working time

A national campaign of industrial action has been organised for November-December 2001 by trade unions representing delivery workers at Portugal's CTT postal service. The unions are calling for the replacement of the current system whereby the working day of employees is split into two parts with a


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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 Aibreán 2019

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