Surveys
International: National minimum wage update 2008
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 15/01/2009
National minimum wages in the EU in July 2008 ranged from €112 per month in Bulgaria to €1,610 in Luxembourg, according to the latest figures from Eurostat.
International: Minimum wage update 2007
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 09/08/2007
In 2007, national minimum wages in the EU range from €1,570 per month in Luxembourg to €92 in Bulgaria, according to the latest figures from Eurostat.
Greece: Restructuring and investigations at OTE
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 09/05/2007
As part of a restructuring process that is already taking place, the Hellenic Telecommunications Organisation SA (OTE), of which 38.6% is owned by the Greek government, has announced new redundancy incentives and a further early retirement programme. A previous programme is under investigation by the European Commission.
Greece: One-fifth of Greeks 'live in relative poverty'
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 01/03/2007
Recent months have seen a political debate on income distribution and effective welfare policy as it becomes increasingly likely that general elections, due in spring 2008, may be brought forward and could take place any time after April 2007.
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.
Working in harmony? An international issue
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 05/05/2006
Three-quarters of UK employees feel that their employers no longer appreciate staff loyalty - placing the UK in an unenviable top place in a global survey.
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.
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.
Swedes living the life of Riley
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 27/07/2004
Swedes get more time off than other Europeans, according to Germany's IW economic institute.
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.
