Planet Labor Newsfeedhttp://www.planetlabor.com/newsfeed.xmlThe latest social and legal events in the European UnionWed, 10 Mar 2010 07:24:45 GMTPyRSS2Gen-1.0.0http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rssItaly: electricity social partners renew national collective agreement with a unitary agreementThe Filcem-CGIL, Flaei-Cisl, and Uilcem-Uil for unions and Assoelettrica, Enel, Federutility, Gse, Sogin and Terna for employers signed a unitary agreement for the renewal of the national collective agreement of ...Tue, 09 Mar 2010 17:13:57 GMTEU: ILO thinks that the EU's case law limiting the right to strike questions the freedom of association protected by international regulationsCalled to express itself on a case opposing BALPA, the UK's pilot union, and British Airways' management, the sample of legal experts of the International Labor Organization (ILO) judged that ...Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:36:15 GMT Great Britain: could businesses have to render accounts on the number of women with managing positions?The government asked the Financial Reporting Council to look into the possibility to introduce into its governance code a new principle requiring that businesses communicate their efforts to increase the ...Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:16:42 GMTPortugal: public aids for businesses training employees on short-time working will now be limited to some sensitive sectorsThe public program, entitled "Qualification-Employment,"which provides financial support to businesses rotating between employment and training in the context of reduced activity and included in the measures destined to support employment ...Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:28:35 GMTEU: skills and environmental transition at the heart of the 2010 work program of the electricity social partnersThe European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) and the European Mine, Chemical and Energy Workers' Federation (EMCEF) for unions and Eurelectric for employers adopted, on Friday, march 5, their ...Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:28:16 GMTFrance: action plan to stop industry's declinePresident of the Republic Nicolas Sarkozy presented, on march 4, his plan to "redress the French industry." He listed four objectives and announced different measures including public relocation aids, the ...Mon, 08 Mar 2010 16:28:24 GMTEU: permanent adoption of the parental leave directiveThe Council of European Ministers for Employment and Social Policy adopted, today, March 8, 2010, the directive applying the revised agreement on parental leave signed by the European social partners ...Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:45:32 GMTItaly: Senate permanently approves decree-law reforming labor disputesAfter two years of review, and four Parliamentary readings, the Senate permanently adopted, on march 3, decree-law No. 167-B which, among others, introduces the possibility for the labor contract to ...Mon, 08 Mar 2010 13:45:42 GMTNetherlands: large chocolate producers and retailers commit, with FNV, in favor of "sustainable chocolate"The Federation of Dutch Unions and Allies (FNV Bondgenoten, industry) launched, on March 4, a campaign entitled "achieve full sustainable cocoa consumption by 2025." A first in the Netherlands, Unilever, ...Fri, 05 Mar 2010 15:24:11 GMTVenezuela: gradual 25% minimum wage increase after currency devaluationReal minimum wage in Venezuela dropped by half as a consequence of currency devaluation in January. To remedy to this, the government ordered an increase divided in two, 10% in ...Fri, 05 Mar 2010 14:14:10 GMT