Surveys
Germany: Trade union institute highlights danger of German export bias
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 15/01/2009
Germany's success in holding down labour-cost growth in recent years has boosted export competitiveness, but raised the risks of an increased exposure to fluctuations in world trade, according to a November 2008 analysis of labour costs by a trade union-linked research institute.
International: Call centre employment and HR practices examined
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 12/07/2007
Research published in May 2007 analyses employment and HR management in call centres in 17 countries worldwide. It finds that the widespread view of call centres as “electronic sweatshops” with low pay, poor quality of work and little collective representation of workers is not true in all countries and types of call centre.
Denmark: Three-year collective agreements approved
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 06/06/2007
On 30 April 2007, the official conciliator announced that the package of three-year collective agreements reached in the spring private sector bargaining round had been approved by employers and trade union members.
Denmark: Three-year settlements are nearly finalised
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 09/05/2007
The spring 2007 collective bargaining round in the private sector area covered by the Confederation of Danish Trade Unions (LO) and the Confederation of Danish Employers (DA) is almost complete, with union members expected to approve the outcomes in a ballot.
Denmark: Bargaining round progresses
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 11/04/2007
The spring 2007 collective bargaining round in the private sector area covered by the Confederation of Danish Trade Unions and the Confederation of Danish Employers has progressed since a pace-setting three-year agreement was reached in manufacturing industry on 25 February.
Denmark: Settlement in manufacturing
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 01/03/2007
On 25 February 2007, a deal was reached in negotiations for a new collective agreement covering around 240,000 employees in manufacturing.
UK workplace discrimination relatively low
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01/12/2006
Levels of workplace discrimination in the UK are low by global standards, according to a major survey - the Kelly Global Workforce Index.
European Union: Flexicurity in the spotlight
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/12/2006
With "flexicurity" - a balance between flexibility and security on the labour market - high on the EU agenda at present, the European Commission has recently published research examining the extent to which flexicurity currently exists in the member states.
European Union: Employing an ageing workforce
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/11/2006
Increasing the employment of "older workers" has been a focus of European Union policy for many years. A new study examines national policies and looks at company practice on this issue across Europe in a series of case studies.
European Company Statute state of play
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/11/2006
The European Company Statute and its employee involvement Directive came into force in October 2004. Two years on, we review progress in national implementation and in the establishment of European Companies.
International: OECD Employment Outlook 2006
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/08/2006
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development recently published its annual Employment Outlook. This year's report urges countries to ensure that all economic policies support measures to boost employment and incomes.
Denmark tops European pay league
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 19/05/2006
Denmark continues to offer the highest median hourly pay to employees, according to the latest annual round-up across 48 countries from the Federation of European Employers.
European Commission issues first report on worker mobility
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/03/2006
The European Commission has produced a report on how transitional labour market restrictions placed on eight of the 10 new EU member states have worked in practice during their first phase, from 1 May 2004 until 30 April 2006.
European Company Statute state of play
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/12/2005
The European Company Statute and its employee involvement Directive came into force in October 2004. More than a year later, few European Companies have been established, while a number of EU member states have not yet implemented the Directive.
Global agreements - state of play
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/10/2005
The number of multinational companies signing global agreements on workers' rights and corporate social responsibility continues to rise steadily. We look at the current state of development of this important trend in transnational industrial relations.
International: OECD Employment Outlook 2005
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/10/2005
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) recently published its annual Employment Outlook. This year's report urges countries to introduce more dynamic employment policies as a response to globalisation.
UK seventh in IT pay league
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 30/09/2005
The UK is the seventh highest paying country for IT managers, according to research by Mercer Human Resource Consulting.
International: The minimum wage debate
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/09/2005
The majority of EU member states have a statutory minimum wage, while in many other countries collective bargaining at sectoral level sets binding minimum rates of pay. In this feature, we examine the debate surrounding the introduction, implementation and uprating of the statutory minimum wage in European countries.
European minimum wage survey
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/08/2005
The majority of EU member states have a statutory minimum wage, while in many other countries, collective bargaining at sectoral level sets binding minimum rates of pay.
Case studies
International: DNV sets up global employee forum
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 15/10/2009
DNV, a risk-management services multinational based in Norway, has set up a global employee information and consultation forum. We look at the DNV case and at other companies that have established "world works councils".
