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07/09/2010 Great Britain: new act clarifies the disability-related provisions of the Equality Act

The Equality Act 2010 (Disability) Regulations 2010 was published on August 31st and clarifies some of the disability-related provisions of the Equality Act 2010, which should be enforced on October ...

07/09/2010 Luxembourg: social tension around severity measures

Since tripartite negotiations failed before the summer, tension hasn't quieted down between unions and the government in Luxembourg. Unions called for a demonstration on September 16th against the anti-crisis ...

07/09/2010 Portugal: unions open talks on 2011 wage increases after a "frozen" year because of the crisis

Catching up; this is what the two large union organizations in Portugal are hoping for by offering a 3% wage increase for 2011. (Ref. 100616)

07/09/2010 Italy: Poste Italiane could be the first company to try employee profit-sharing

On Friday, September 3rd, the Il Corriere della Sera daily reported a meeting between the Treasury Minister, Giulio Tremonti, and Poste Italiane's general director, Massimo Sarmi, to determine the way ...

07/09/2010 International: interview of Jerry Fernandez, American president of the transatlantic union federation, Workers Uniting

The management of Unite, Great Britain, and the United Steelworkers Union (USW), United States, decided to join forces within Workers Uniting to be more active against multinationals and better face ...

06/09/2010 Great Britain: fewer employers support pension auto-enrolment

A new impact analysis on pension auto-enrolment, a policy that should enter into force in 2012, was carried out by independent experts. On that occasion, employers and human resources ...

06/09/2010 Romania: tough minimum wage negotiations

Negotiations between the Romanian government and the trade unions about minimum wage are still unfinished and the foretold department shake-up, which notably affected the Finance and Labor departments, might delay ...

06/09/2010 PPR: group takes European commitment on the quality of life at work and the prevention of work-related stress

The European Works Council and management of PPR adopted, on July 27th, a "Charter Framework of Commitments on Quality of Life at Work & Prevention of Work-Related Stress." Negotiated ...

03/09/2010 Brazil: alcoholism is no longer a valid ground for dismissal

The Senate passed an act barring the dismissal of a worker simply because they are addicted to alcohol, unless they refuse treatment to take care of their problem. During ...

03/09/2010 Italy: Confindustria and Federmeccanica are willing to amend the metal CCN so Fiat will remain in the employers' organization

Federmeccanica and Confindustria, respectively sectoral and confederal employers' organizations, are currently having informal discussions with the Cisl and Uil about changes to make to the metal CCN, meeting the requirements ...