International policy, practice and law February 2012

Access all the international content from February 2012. 

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Employment law country guides
Latest country guide updates
EU developments
Other international developments
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Statistics

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  Employment law country guides

Belgium
France
Germany
Greece
Ireland
Italy
The Netherlands
Poland
Spain

  Latest country guide updates

Belgium: "Time credits" for sabbaticals and working time reductions
Germany: Family care leave
Ireland: Sectoral minimum wage-setting
Spain: National minimum wage
Spain: Income tax rates

  EU developments

Draft EU employment legislation state of play, February
European Commission consults on company restructuring
EU unveils youth employment initiative
Commission plans postponement of electromagnetic fields Directive
Employers criticise new EU strategy on CSR
European civil service employers and unions agree equal pay action

  Other international developments

Sodexo signs international trade union rights agreement
Alstom signs European agreement on employment guarantees for joint-venture staff

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  Statistics

Consumer price indices across Europe on Eurostat

Historic look-up: compare value of the pound, the dollar, the euro and many other currencies against other currencies on any given day since 1 January 1990 on Gocurrency.com

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Principal European Economic Indicators (on the Eurostat website) Regularly updated information on the main economic and employment indicators for the EU. 

Editor:
Mark Carley
Correspondents: Tony Dobbins (Ireland), Jesús Gimeno and Javier Gutiérrez (Spain), Christos Ioannou (Greece), Robbert van het Kaar (The Netherlands), Anna Ludwinek (Poland), Massimo Pallini (Italy), Karen Ullmann (Germany). 

International policy, practice and law, January 2012