Calling time on the working day
Article Abstract:
The draft directive of the European Commission regarding issues surrounding working time organization stipulates the enhancement of employees' health and safety conditions. Provisions include a maximum 48 working hours a week, rest stops after six hours of working, rest period of 11 hours a week and 24 hours a week and averaging-out periods. Exemptions are allowed in industries that fit any of the following descriptions: far from employee residence, involves permanent presence such as security and surveillance, requires continuous production or services or needs to increase production in little time. Road and water transport industries and cases when working time can not be measured also warrant alternative guidelines. However, there are other provisions that are not subject to any exceptions, such as four weeks' paid leave and protection of night shiftees' health and safety.
Publication Name: Personnel Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5761
Year: 1992
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The long road to employee involvement
Article Abstract:
The European Commission (EC) has been unsuccessful in its attempt to introduce laws regarding employee involvement, largely because of opposition from the UK. A draft was proposed in 1980 to require large national and transnational firms with more than 1,000 employees to provide organizational information to employees in annual reports, but the draft was opposed in 1983 and basically is regarded as dormant in 1991. The EC released a draft directive in Dec 1989 regarding employee involvement in European-scale undertakings. The UK is expected to oppose both directives, and it may by some time before an agreement on employee involvement can be reached.
Publication Name: Personnel Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5761
Year: 1991
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Direct action on work begins to take shape
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Directives on part-time employment, temporary employment, and working hours were proposed by the European Commission in summer 1990. The first directive would require part-time, temporary, and full-time employees to be treated equally. The second directive outlines the legal rights of temporary and part-time workers, while the third directive outlines health and safety regulations for temporary employees. The fourth directive deals with the regulation of night-shift work. The proposals probably will be amended by such organizations as the European Parliament and the Union of Industries of the European Community before they are adopted.
Publication Name: Personnel Management
Subject: Human resources and labor relations
ISSN: 0031-5761
Year: 1990
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