European Employment Review, issue 402: contents

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Features
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Statistics
World value of the € and the £

Features

International
Call centre employment and HR practices

EU
Commission wants action on work-life balance  
Social policy state of play

France
Government seeks to cut taxation of overtime pay

Netherlands
Accounting rules 'prompt companies to change pension schemes'

News

ECJ
Advocates general issue opinions in industrial action cases

EU Commission
First EGF funding applications approved

EU Council
Charter of Fundamental Rights to have legal force but UK 'opts out'
No progress made on supplementary pensions 

EU parliament
Supplementary pensions proposal given first reading 

EU social partners
ETUC congress call for EU-wide union 'offensive'

Austria
Pension rules changed

Belgium
Sectoral bargaining round completed  

Denmark
Commission publishes report on work-life balance 

Finland
Chemicals agreement opens bargaining round   

France
Government consults on employment reforms 
Social partners hold summit

Germany
Coalition reaches minimum wage compromise 
Collective bargaining coverage fails

Greece
Employers' organisation changes name and approach 

International
Unions make cross-border response to ABN Amro takeover plans

Ireland
Review group calls for Employment Appeals Tribunal reform

 

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Italy
Disappointing results for scheme to boost supplementary pensions
Government plans to amend labour market flexibility law

Netherlands
CNV calls for employment law changes 

Norway
Survey finds support for minimum wage among union members

Poland
Employers face heavier penalties for non-payment of wages 

Portugal
Social security reform takes effect 

Slovenia
Tripartite deal on employment law changes 

Spain
Health and safety strategy drawn up 
Partial retirement increasingly popular 

Sweden
Three-year pay deal signed in local government
Deal follows strike at SAS 

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Guide to consumer price indices across Europe
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Editor: Mark Carley (eer.editor@rbi.co.uk)
Research Officer: Beatrice Harper (beatrice.harper@irseclipse.co.uk)
Correspondents: Michel Albertijn (Belgium), Christophe Boulay (France), Pete Burgess (Germany), Antonio Deruda (Italy), Jaromir Gottvald (Czech Republic), Geir Høgsnes (Norway), Christos Ioannou (Greece), Pertti Jokivuori (Finland), Carsten Jørgensen (Denmark), Tony Kerr (Ireland), Anna Ludwinek (Poland), Raúl Martínez (Spain), Hans Moerel (Netherlands), Maria da Paz Campos Lima (Portugal), Ágnes Simonyi (Hungary), Birger Viklund (Sweden), Joseph Wöss (Austria)

European Employment Review 401 (EER 401) contents