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...
Dec 13, 2013 | Industrial relations
On 13 December 2013, the European Commission adopted a communication concerning an “EU quality framework for the anticipation of change and restructuring”. This document disappoints those members of the European Parliament who were expecting the Commission to propose...
Dec 12, 2013 | Industrial relations, IR Doc, Social relations
To mark Greece’s presidency of the European Union, IR Share and Liaisons sociales Europe offer an in-depth look at the Greek social relations system. For the fifth time since joining the EU in 1981, Greece will take over the presidency on 1 January 2014. It is...
Dec 11, 2013 | IR Doc, Social relations, Transnational collective bargaining
On 11 December 2013, a Global Framework Agreement was signed between IndustriALL, Norwegian trade union Fellesforbundet and Norske Skog (6000 employees), Norway’s largest paper manufacturer.According to Norske Skog press release, the agreement commits minimum...
