Regulation N° 1407/2013 of 18 December 2013 on the de minimis aid

Dec 24, 2013 | IR Doc, Legislation

Structural funds The new regulations governing the operation and purposes of the European structural funds have been published in the Official Journal (L347). These include regulations concerning the European Social Fund and the European Globalisation Adjustment Fund,...

Hewlett-Packard: EWCs Statement, “Négotiations on an improved EWC agreement failed”

Dec 20, 2013 | European Works Council

Decision of the European Committee of social rights – LO and TCO against Sweden

Dec 20, 2013 | Industrial relations

Joint Eurelectric/IndustriAll/EPSU position on the 2013 Framework for climate and energy policies

Dec 19, 2013 | Cross industry social dialogue, European Social Dialogue, IR Doc

In December 2013, European social partners in the electricity sector adopted a common position on the ‘Climate and Energy Policy Framework until 2030’ proposed by the European Commission.The signatories call for this medium-term strategy to incorporate the principle...

Global Corporate Social Responsibility Agreement between Solvay and IndustriAll Global Union

Dec 17, 2013 | IR Doc, Social relations, Transnational collective bargaining

The Belgian chemicals group Solvay (30,000 employees) signed a worldwide social responsibility agreement with IndustriALL Global Union on 17 December 2013. The text specifies that management must adopt a neutral attitude when dealing with a union that wishes to become...