Non-standard employment

In April and May 1999, two research studies were published on the attitudes of Italians, especially young people, towards labour flexibility. The studies indicate that there is widespread willingness to accept forms of "non-standard" and flexible work. The results can usefully be compared with the

Approximately 80,000 employees with a flexible employment contract have benefited from the Flexibility and Security Act, which took effect in the Netherlands on 1 January 1999, with the intention of improving job security. However, a survey published in April 1999 has also revealed negative

The Spanish government announced in April 1999 that it intends to reform the law on temporary employment agencies before the end of its term of office. Trade unions have for some time been calling for legal changes to improve the working conditions of agency employees, but the resistance of the

Legislation expected to be adopted in Italy in May 1999 would put into effect a so-called "relay part-time" scheme, which has been the subject of growing debate in recent months. This system involves workers approaching retirement switching to part-time work, with young people recruited part-time to

The long-awaited Employment Relations Bill [1] was published on 28 January 1999 and has begun its passage through Parliament. The Bill will implement the package of individual, collective and "family-friendly" employment rights set out in the Labour government's/Fairness at work/ white paper issued

On 14 January 1999, the Union of Industrial and Employers' Confederations of Europe (UNICE), the European Centre of Enterprises with Public Participation and of Enterprises of General Economic Interest (CEEP) and the European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) reached a draft framework agreement on

From 1 January 1999, the date on which the Flexibility and Security Act came into force, several areas of Dutch labour law have begun to look quite different. There has already been a degree of controversy about some of the potential effects, such as the cost of terminating an employment contract

Over the past 10 years, Luxembourg's trade unions have run an orchestrated campaign against temporary agency work, taking a very negative view of the phenomenon. However, by late 1998, four years after it was passed, 1994 legislation on temporary agency work has made this type of employment appear