In recent years, the issue of flexicurity – how to maintain a balance between the needs of companies for more flexibility in employment contracts and the needs of workers for flexible working hours and for security of employment – has shifted to centre-stage in the policy arena. This report looks at
This report looks at industrial relations systems across 25 EU Member States and seven global economies: Australia, Brazil, China, India, Japan, South Africa and the US. It explores the most significant effects of globalisation, including labour market flexibilisation, increasing labour migration
Arcelor’s Code of Ethics was adopted in 2005 at a conference gathering 500 managers of the Arcelor Group. The document completed the Arcelor Principles of Responsibility, which outline Arcelor’s vision, ‘Steel solutions for a better world’, and its mission, ‘to assert Arcelor as a reference value in
Surface To Air is a young, dynamic French company, launched in 2001, and based in Paris. It is a studio and boutique operating in art, fashion and communications. In order to attain greater freedom and independence, and better conditions for creativity, the company has organised itself around a
Irma is a grocery retail chain that was established more than 120 years ago. Today it has 73 shops on the island of Sjælland, Denmark of which five are its ‘Irma City’ local convenience stores. The largest proportion of the shops are in the greater Copenhagen area, while the rest are located in
Tesco is one of the world’s leading international retailers. Since the company first used the trading name of Tesco, in the mid 1920s, the Tesco group has expanded into different formats, different markets and different sectors. With over 2,500 stores worldwide, Tesco employs more than 450,000
This issue contains the following articles: Director's diary; Flexibility and security: a juggling act; Eurofound/EP debate impact of globalisation; In brief; and Latest events and publications.
The commerce sector in Europe faces several challenges, including increased competition, complex supply chains, changing demographics, increased migration, changing consumer and media trends as well as its ability to attract skilled labour. Additionally, the rise of economies in Asia and continued
This report describes four different scenarios for the future development and state of the European commerce sector. A scenario describes a plausible hypothesis about the future: it is a tool used in foresight exercises for policy analyses and policy formulation, and for strategy processes in
This report examines the operations of the social partner organisations and collective bargaining in the gas sector. The first part outlines the general economic background. The next part analyses the social partner organisations in the Member States of the European Union, with the exception of