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This report aims to describe and analyse recent developments in industrial relations in the commerce sector in Romania in the last three years. An overview report is available.

This report aims to describe and analyse recent developments in industrial relations in the commerce sector in the Netherlands in the last three years. An overview report is available.

This report aims to describe and analyse recent developments in industrial relations in the commerce sector in the United Kingdom in the last three years. An overview report is available.

This report aims to describe and analyse recent developments in industrial relations in the commerce sector in Spain in the last three years. An overview report is available.

The extent of formal volunteering varies between European countries, depending on the available organisational setup and infrastructure to facilitate and encourage volunteering. Since the rules and incentives for registering voluntary organisations vary between Member States, however, comparing the

In most Member States, no legal provision or specific support schemes exist to facilitate private sector companies’ engaging in corporate volunteering. Nonetheless, more companies are introducing such initiatives. CSR Europe, the European business network for corporate social responsibility, and its

The formerly communist countries of central and eastern Europe provide a good example of how strongly volunteering is influenced by political and social traditions. These countries’ communist legacy did not favour a culture of volunteering and influenced the emergence of such a culture after the

Although the Eurobarometer surveys in 2006 and 2010 show relatively little change in the level of participation in volunteering, recent Eurofound research points to a general upward trend in many Member States. The growth in volunteering of the last 10 years is partly attributed to public