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...
Dec 14, 2013 | Industrial relations, IR Doc, Social relations
The social partners reached agreement on the future of vocational training on 14 December 2013. The principal elements of this agreement are the creation of the individual training account and an overhaul of how the vocational training system is financed and...