Labour law

Since the populist Freedom Party (Freiheitliche Partei Österreichs, FPÖ) and the conservative People's Party (Österreichische Volkspartei, ÖVP) formed a new coalition government in February 2000 (AT0002212F [1]), political tensions between the government and organised labour have continually

Since the 1980s, and with increasing frequency, Belgian employers have been having recourse to the courts to influence the outcome of industrial disputes. Unilateral applications by employers for penalties to be imposed on strikers have often resulted in substantial fines being imposed by the courts

A joint declaration on temporary agency work [1] was signed on 8 October 2001 by Euro-CIETT- the European committee of the International Confederation of Temporary Work Businesses- and Uni-Europa- the European regional organisation of Union Network International (UNI), the international organisation

I september 2001 förlorade Jämställdhetsombudsmannen ytterligare ett mål om lönediskriminering. En kort tid efter drog han tillbaka ett liknande fall i Arbetsdomstolen. Det lönade sig inte att driva det av processekonomiska skäl av risk att troligen förlora igen, sade han. Jämo har också uttalat att

Since 2000, new statutory provisions on part-time work for older employees (Altersteilzeit) have been in operation in Austria (TN0109184S [1]). These provisions were enacted in connection with a pension reform (AT0008228F [2]) which increased the age at which an early retirement pensions can be

The Employment Contracts Act – known as the "constitution for working life" - is a cornerstone of Finnish employment law, and governs such basic issues as drawing up contracts of employment, the rights and duties of employers and employees, the terms and conditions of employment, the grounds for

On 1 June 2001, the Danish parliament (Folketing) adopted legislation [1] aimed at implementing the EU Directive on part-time work (97/81/EC) [2]. This represents an important new development in Danish labour law - the first time that the so-called /erga omnes/ principle has been used in connection

The Norwegian Confederation of Trade Unions (Landsorganisasjonen i Norge, LO) held its four-yearly national congress [1] on 5–11 May 2001 (the previous congress was in 1997 - NO9705110F [2]). In addition to leadership and executive committee elections, the most important issues on the agenda were a