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30/07/2010 Suspending the information thread until September 1st

The information thread will be suspended from the evening of July 30th to September 1st. You can still access the database over that period. The entire team wishes you a ...

30/07/2010 Portugal: the Portuguese post office is on the list of businesses that can become private

In 2009, Portugal refused to join the group of countries asking for a deadline extension for the liberalization of the postal sector. Therefore, it wall have to be over in ...

30/07/2010 Germany: the conditions for a sectoral agreement on minimum wage in regional rail transport are taking shape

Although the "statutory truce" will be over on Saturday, July 31st, there shouldn't be any conflicts in the German railway, at least not until August 20th, when the negotiations for ...

29/07/2010 EU: report on one year of industrial relations at the height of the economic crisis

The European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin) published, on June 29th, its annual report on industrial relations in Europe in 2009. Characterized by the ...

29/07/2010 Great Britain: Vestas and Linamar, two long conflicts, two different outcomes

Two high-profile and long running disputes of 2009 have finally been laid to rest. The first concerns the Danish-owned Vestas wind turbine blade manufacturer on the Isle of Wight in ...

29/07/2010 EU: European Commission points to working conditions in retail trade

On July 5th, the European Commission published a report entitled "Retail market monitoring report: Towards more efficient and fairer retail services in the internal market for 2020" where it mentions ...

28/07/2010 EU: guidelines to tackle third-party violence and harassment in education, private security and local authorities

On July 16th, European trade union organizations - EPSU (public services), UNI Europa (services), CSEE (education) - and European employers' organizations - HOSPEEM (hospital), CCRE (towns and regions), EFEE (education), ...

28/07/2010 Luxembourg: extraordinary leaves for personal reasons extended to employees with a Civil Solidarity Pact

The Lower House adopted, on July 8th, the law extending extraordinary leaves for personal reasons to people with a Civil Solidarity Pact. By Guy Castegnaro and Ariane Claverie, lawyers at ...

27/07/2010 Italy: tension is rising after Fiat announced the relocation of production in Serbia

Last week, all political and union forces protested against Fiat's decision to relocate the production of the LO model, initially in Mirafiori, to Kragijevac (Serbia). The Labor Minister summoned a ...

27/07/2010 Great Britain: key novelties of the Equality Act in terms of labor law

In early July, the government coalition removed all uncertainty regarding the Equality Act adopted on April 8th. Thus, the latter is gradually going to be enforced starting on October 1st. ...