Surveys
Latest consumer price indices in Europe: 22 May 2007
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 12/07/2007
The consumer price indices (April 2007) for European countries and aggregated figures for the eurozone and the EU; European exchange rates (at 22 May 2007).
Consumer price indices across Europe: 16 March 2007
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 16/03/2007
The consumer price indices (January 2007) for European countries; aggregated figures for the Eurozone and the EU, European exchange rates (at 19 March 2007).
Guide to consumer price indices across Europe
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 01/03/2007
The consumer price indices (December 2006) for European countries; aggregated figures for the Eurozone and the EU, European exchange rates (at 26 February 2007).
Guide to consumer price indices across Europe
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 01/02/2007
The consumer price indices (November 2006) for European countries; aggregated figures for the Eurozone and the EU, European exchange rates (at 22 January 2007).
Train to stay
Source: Training & Coaching Today
Date: 01/02/2007
Training and development is the best way to retain top performers, according to an international survey.
International study highlights link between absence and bullying
Source: IRS Employment Review
Date: 29/12/2006
Employees who are victims of bullying or harassment at work are significantly more likely to take sick leave than are other workers, and their absences last longer than average, finds a survey of 30,000 people in 31 European 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.
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.
UK eighth in equality table
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01/07/2005
The UK ranks eighth in the first ever study attempting to quantify the size of the "gender gap" in 58 countries.
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.
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: Labour costs in 2001
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/10/2002
Hourly labour costs in manufacturing industry are still highest in western Germany, according to the latest annual study issued by the Institute of the German Economy.
International: Labour costs 2000
Source: European Industrial Relations Review
Date: 01/10/2001
Hourly labour costs in manufacturing industry are still highest in western Germany, according to a new study. However, the gap between western Germany and its competitor countries is gradually narrowing.
Case studies
International: ArcelorMittal signs Europe-wide restructuring deal
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 10/12/2009
ArcelorMittal, the world's largest steel producer, signed a European agreement with trade unions in November 2009 on managing and anticipating change. The accord provides for no plant closures or compulsory redundancies during the current economic downturn, and puts in place long-term training and skills policies, along with commitments to dialogue with employee representatives and unions.
International: UniCredit signs transnational equality agreement
Source: European Employment Review
Date: 17/09/2009
UniCredit, an Italy-based banking multinational, announced in August 2009 that it had signed a joint declaration on equal opportunities and non-discrimination with its European Works Council, setting out principles and commitments to apply across all its operations.
Equal opportunities and diversity at Credit Suisse
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01/05/2004
In our second feature on equality and diversity in major European companies, we look at diversity and equal opportunities at the banking organisation Credit Suisse Group Switzerland. Previously, we looked at the pharmaceutical giant, Roche. Here, Beatrice Harper* examines the policies of the international finance organisation.
Diversity and equality at Roche
Source: Equal Opportunities Review
Date: 01/04/2004
Equality and diversity are issues being addressed by organisations throughout Europe, particularly major multinational companies. Beatrice Harper* examines the policies at the pharmaceutical group Roche.
Regulation learning
Source: Training Magazine
Date: 01/07/2003
Compliance training and e-learning have become inseparable at Credit Suisse. We follow the financial services company's learning audit trail.
Healthy approach to skills crisis
Source: Training Magazine
Date: 01/06/2003
Donna Yurdin, assistant vice-president of organisational effectiveness at US hospital giant HCA, describes how a fresh approach to management skills increased staff retention.
