The project on Social Dialogue Capacity Building at sectoral and company levels is a follow-up of a similar project held at a national level in 2005. The methodology used included carrying out interviews with members of the nationally recognised representative organisations of employers and
This paper analyses the capacity of Cyprus’s social partners to effectively engage in social dialogue at various levels. The paper forms part of a wider, comparative project, managed by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Ireland) and the Work Life
In late 1997, the Greek Federation of Bank Employee Unions expressed its concerns about the impact of EMU on employment in banks, and called on employers, the Government and the Bank of Greece to take part in a dialogue to tackle any potentially unfavourable consequences for workers .
In late 1997, a number of reports have revealed a large number of infringements of social security and labour regulations in Greek businesses, once again highlighting serious problems including uninsured labour, illegal employment and breach of collective agreements.
The employers' organisation and trade unions in the Greek banking sector recently carried out a joint study to examine the potential effects of reducing working time to 35 hours a week. Although the two sides agree that employment will increase by 4%, there are still disagreements over the
Over the last few months, new developments in the area of recruiting people with special needs have been set in motion in Greece. A government bill on the issue is expected by the end of 1997.
In September 1997, a new enterprise-level collective agreement was signed for the National Bank of Greece, covering the years 1997/8. A share ownership scheme is one of its principal features.
According to a recent survey, conducted in April 1997, the density of trade union membership amongst Greek workers appears to be falling. This finding has sparked fierce criticism of the unions, which are blamed by many media commentators for this process. Nevertheless, declining rates of union
Unions all over Greece and in almost every sector of the economy have scheduled a series of strikes for October 1997 and for the first half of November which may reverse a climate of peace, as far as strikes are concerned, which has prevailed from 1990 until today.
The management of the Bank of Labour issued a circular on 25 July 1997 announcing a competition to recruit new employees in the Athens region, which made it clear that "only men" could participate. The circular caused an outcry against the bank, and the application of equal job opportunities for
A new company agreement at the EVZ public sugar corporation was signed by the management board of the company and the Federation of Workers in the Greek Sugar Industries on 7 August 1997. The deal, known as the three-year agreement for "industrial peace", runs from 8 August 1997 until 31 December
In September 1997 the Institute of Labour, the research and training arm of the Greek General Confederation of Labour, published a study on the modernisation, market repositioning and relaunch of the Piraiki-Patraiki textile concern. The study, which has been submitted to the Ministry of Development