Surveys
Ireland: Strikes hit nine-year high
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 14/01/2010
Data issued by the Central Statistical Office (CSO) show a sharp rise in industrial action in Ireland in the third quarter of 2009, which is likely to have intensified in the last three months of the year.
UK 2009 pay rises among lowest in the world
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 29/05/2009
Salary increases for UK workers in 2009 will be among the lowest in the world, with the median basic salary increase expected to be worth only 1%, according to a study carried out by global management consultancy Hay Group. This is significantly below the median global projected pay rise of 2.8%.
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.
Ireland: Equality Tribunal receives record number of claims
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 02/09/2008
The number of employment equality complaints made to the Equality Tribunal increased sharply in 2007 and the first half of 2008, with claims of race discrimination at work rising particularly steeply.
Ireland: Level of industrial action remains low
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 17/01/2008
According to the latest data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO), no working days were lost due to industrial disputes in the third quarter of 2007, with no disputes beginning or in progress from July to September. This was the first strike-free quarter since detailed quarterly records were first compiled in 1985.
Ireland: Four out of 10 multinationals do not recognise unions
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 10/10/2007
A recent survey finds that around 60% of multinational companies operating in Ireland recognise trade unions in at least some of their sites. However, the figure is only 40% among US-owned companies, which form the single largest group of multinationals in Ireland. When multinationals that recognise unions at existing Irish operations open new sites, many of these sites are non-union.
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.
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.
Ireland: Average industrial wages rise by 5.3%
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 09/05/2007
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has recently published its estimates of industrial earnings over the year to December 2006. Figures indicate that the average gross weekly earnings of industrial workers in all sectors rose by 5.3%, to €623.69, in December 2006, compared with €592.56 in December 2005. Earnings rose by 3.8% compared with the previous quarter, when they were €600.85.
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.
Ireland: Discrimination study
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/12/2006
A study of perceived racism and discrimination among asylum seekers and work-permit holders, published in November 2006, reveals that around one fifth believe that they have been discriminated against when looking for work.
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.
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.
Bullies continue assault on world of work
Source: Employers' Law
Date: 01/03/2006
Workplace bullying is becoming a global problem that is more prevalent in larger organisations, despite the proliferation of anti-harassment policies.
Ireland: Study on employee representation
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/02/2006
A new study on employee representation in the workplace reveals that many non-union employees would be prepared to join a union if their employer supported union organisation.
Case studies
Stryker selects top talent
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 16/09/2005
Developing a rigorous selection process based on recruiting people with the right innate qualities for the role has helped global company Stryker to enhance its organisational performance.
Ireland: New worker consultation model at Tesco
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/07/2005
Ahead of the transposition of the information and consultation Directive, Tesco has unveiled a new model of worker consultation.
Keep an eye on the bigger picture
Source: Personnel Today
Date: 10/05/2005
To ensure the success of its organisational development programme, the HR team at global eyeware manufacturer Bausch & Lomb focused on gaining a broader insight into the business. Nic Paton reports.
Outsourcing HR at Novo Nordisk
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 07/11/2003
We talk to a medical products manufacturer that has become one of the few employers in the UK to outsource its HR function - and has saved at least £300,000 a year in the process.
E-recruitment revamp pays off for Digifone
Source: personneltoday.com
Date: 15/01/2002
Mobile phone firm Digifone turned to end-to-end system provider I-GRasp to help streamline its online recruitment process. Months later it is singing its praises. Sue Weekes reports.
