Surveys
Finland: High fines for strike in paper industry
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 01/02/2007
In early January 2007, the Labour Court handed down unusually heavy fines on trade unions involved in illegal industrial action in paper and pulp mills in May 2006.
Obesity as a workplace issue
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 01/12/2006
Employee obesity remains a taboo subject for many employers, despite growing evidence that weight and fitness can affect productivity and absence. Our survey of 173 employers examines what organisations can do, and are doing, to help employees' dietary choices.
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.
European Union: Collective bargaining trends in Europe
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/08/2006
The European Trade Union Confederation recently published the results of its mid-year survey of collective bargaining trends in Europe. Its main findings are that the pay moderation that has characterised the EU15 member states is set to continue and that annual working time is increasing in some countries.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Highest pay rises forecast for employees in Lithuania
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 28/01/2005
With pay rises of 11.4%, employees in India are expected to enjoy the highest pay increase in 2005, according to the latest annual global compensation survey from Mercer.
International: OECD publishes Employment Outlook Report 2004
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/12/2004
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development has recently published its annual Employment Outlook Report. In this year's report, the OECD sets out some of the evidence for a reassessment of the organisation's jobs strategy, which has been in place for 10 years.
UK has the second-worst health rate
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 23/01/2004
Long-term illnesses and disabilities have a greater impact on the UK's labour market than almost any other European country, according to official statistics analysed by the European Union.
International: Comparative labour costs in 2002
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/01/2004
Hourly labour costs in western German manufacturing industry in 2002 were 28% above the average among its competitor countries, according to the most recent annual report issued by the Institute of the German Economy. In eastern Germany, however, the hourly rate was on a level with that in Italy. Overall, the report noted that since 1980, in all the countries surveyed, non-wage labour costs increased more steeply than wages.
International: OECD publishes Employment Outlook report 2003
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/12/2003
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) has recently published its annual Employment Outlook report. The overall message of the 2003 report to policymakers is that the workforce must expand through the integration of under-represented groups. Crucially, there must be investment in skills. Without progress in these areas, the prospects for economic growth in many countries will be undermined as the population ages.
The influence of managers
Source: Health and Safety Bulletin
Date: 01/04/2003
Howard Fidderman looks at research into how different levels of management can affect health and safety.
Justice at work
Source: Occupational Health Review
Date: 01/03/2003
Being treated fairly and considerately at work can affect workers' psychiatric health and sickness absence, according to a Finnish study published in Occupational and Environmental Medicine.
