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2/25/19
Britain - Brexit: Labour prepared to back new Brexit referendum
Jeremy Corbyn has told Labour MPs the party will move to back another
vote if their own proposed Brexit deal is rejected on Wednesday.
Labour's Emily Thornberry said if the parliamentary process ended with a choice of no deal or the PM's deal, the public should decide.
Theresa May is under growing pressure to delay the 29 March Brexit date.
Labour have not yet made clear what their proposed referendum would be on, but a party briefing paper to MPs says that any referendum would need to have "a credible Leave option and Remain".
The prime minister, who will update MPs on the negotiations on Tuesday, has insisted the UK can still leave next month as planned.
The UK voted to leave the EU in a referendum in June 2016, but the withdrawal deal Mrs May negotiated with the EU has to be agreed by MPs - and it suffered a huge defeat by them last month.
Mrs May has ruled out a "meaningful vote" on her Brexit deal this week - saying one would be held by 12 March - but she will give MPs the chance to have their say on how the next steps for Brexit.
MPs will be able to table amendments to a government motion, putting forward their proposals on what they think should happen next.
Read more: Labour prepared to back new Brexit referendum - BBC News
Labour's Emily Thornberry said if the parliamentary process ended with a choice of no deal or the PM's deal, the public should decide.
Theresa May is under growing pressure to delay the 29 March Brexit date.
Labour have not yet made clear what their proposed referendum would be on, but a party briefing paper to MPs says that any referendum would need to have "a credible Leave option and Remain".
The prime minister, who will update MPs on the negotiations on Tuesday, has insisted the UK can still leave next month as planned.
The UK voted to leave the EU in a referendum in June 2016, but the withdrawal deal Mrs May negotiated with the EU has to be agreed by MPs - and it suffered a huge defeat by them last month.
Mrs May has ruled out a "meaningful vote" on her Brexit deal this week - saying one would be held by 12 March - but she will give MPs the chance to have their say on how the next steps for Brexit.
MPs will be able to table amendments to a government motion, putting forward their proposals on what they think should happen next.
Read more: Labour prepared to back new Brexit referendum - BBC News
3/8/16
Britain: Why Brexit Would Be Bad For Employment Rights
This was the UK before the New Labour government was elected in 1997. Since then a substantial number of employment rights have been introduced – most of which have their roots in EU legislation.
Thanks to the EU, employers cannot treat part-time workers less favourably than full-time workers, working parents have a right to take leave to look after their children, and temporary agency workers and workers with fixed-term contracts are entitled to the same basic conditions as comparable workers with permanent contracts.
Employees also have rights to paid holiday and rest periods, as well as the right to be informed and consulted about matters that directly concern them at work. Employers, meanwhile, are forbidden from discriminating against their employees on grounds of religion or belief, disability, age or sexual orientation.
There’s strong reason to believe that many of these rights would be lost should Britain leave the EU.
Read more:n Britain: Why Brexit Would Be Bad For Employment Rights
10/31/14
EU Labour Policies: Contours of a European Minimum Wage Policy - by Thorsten Schulten
The aim of a European Wage Policy can not be the determination of a Europe-wide uniform minimum wage amount, but rather an agreement on a European Minimum Wage Norm. Such Norm could establish minimum wages as a certain percentage of national median or average wages.
A possible European Minimum Wage Norm according to which all national minimum wages should at least be equivalent to 60 per cent of national median wages would affect about 28 million workers or 16 per cent of the overall European workforce.
A European Minimum Wage Policy could also contribute to a better coordination of wages in Europe in order to stabilise domestic demand and to prevent deflationary developments.
Download the full report 11008.pdf
A possible European Minimum Wage Norm according to which all national minimum wages should at least be equivalent to 60 per cent of national median wages would affect about 28 million workers or 16 per cent of the overall European workforce.
A European Minimum Wage Policy could also contribute to a better coordination of wages in Europe in order to stabilise domestic demand and to prevent deflationary developments.
Download the full report 11008.pdf
2/1/14
International Labour Organization: GLOBAL EMPLOYMENT TRENDS 2014 - by Raymond Torres
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The global labour market situation remains uneven and fragile. True, there are encouraging signs of economic recovery in those advanced economies most affected by the global financial crisis which erupted in 2008.
Also, a number of emerging and developing countries − including: in the Sub-Saharan Africa − are enjoying relatively robust economic growth. The world economy may thus be growing somewhat faster than over the past three years.
However, the report finds that those economic improvements will not be sufficient to absorb the major labour market imbalances that built up in recent years. First, over the fore seeable future, the world economy will probably grow less than was the case before the global crisis. This complicates the task of generating the over 42 million jobs that are needed every year in order to meet the growing number of new entrants in the labour market.
Second, and more fundamentally, the root causes of the global crisis have not been prop erly tackled. The financial system remains the Achilles heel of the world economy.
The state of many banks is such that many sustainable enterprises, notably small ones, have limited access to credit, thereby affecting productive investment and job creation. Significant financial bubbles have re-appeared in a number of advanced and emerging economies, adding new uncertainties and affecting hiring decisions.
Also, global labour incomes continue to increase at a slower pace than justified by observed productivity gains, thus affecting aggregate demand.
Third; and this is an important new finding in view of the post-2015 development debate − little progress is being made in reducing working poverty and vulnerable forms of employment such as informal jobs and undeclared work. If confirmed, this trend would unambiguously delay the achievement of development goals.
To ensure lasting job recovery, the report highlights the role of a strategy that combines short-term measures (job-friendly macroeconomic and labour market policies) with further action to tackle long-standing imbalances.
Such a strategy would strengthen the economic recovery and pave the way for more and better jobs.
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1/29/13
Turkey: Turkish businesswomen make a difference - 26 percent corporate top executives are women - well above the EU average
Turkey’s largest companies are increasingly assigning women to key
positions and corporate boards. Of the top executives in these
companies, 26 percent are women - well above the EU average.
Just last week, Siemens, the German engineering giant, elected renowned Turkish business women Güler Sabanci to its supervisory board. She is a member of the Sabanci family, one of the wealthiest in Turkey, but it is her individual efforts and achievements as the head of the family conglomerate which have earned her international acclaim. She was named by Forbes in 2012 to its list of the world's most powerful 100 women.
The selection of Sabanci, however, came as a surprise to many in Europe. Turkey is more famous in Western media for unpleasant headlines, such as the rise of political Islam, the headscarf debate, violence against women, or her comments on extrajudicial killings.
But now, Sabanci has prompted fresh interest in the West on the role of women in Turkey's business world.
While the European Union is busy discussing ways to increase the number of women in top position with a gender quota, Turkey's largest companies have already set the pace with an impressive number of successful women executives in top corporations.
Read more: Turkish businesswomen make a difference | World | DW.DE | 29.01.2013
Just last week, Siemens, the German engineering giant, elected renowned Turkish business women Güler Sabanci to its supervisory board. She is a member of the Sabanci family, one of the wealthiest in Turkey, but it is her individual efforts and achievements as the head of the family conglomerate which have earned her international acclaim. She was named by Forbes in 2012 to its list of the world's most powerful 100 women.
The selection of Sabanci, however, came as a surprise to many in Europe. Turkey is more famous in Western media for unpleasant headlines, such as the rise of political Islam, the headscarf debate, violence against women, or her comments on extrajudicial killings.
But now, Sabanci has prompted fresh interest in the West on the role of women in Turkey's business world.
While the European Union is busy discussing ways to increase the number of women in top position with a gender quota, Turkey's largest companies have already set the pace with an impressive number of successful women executives in top corporations.
Read more: Turkish businesswomen make a difference | World | DW.DE | 29.01.2013
10/13/12
Britain: Labour conditions: 'Rights for shares’ swap will avoid “gold-plated” employment rights" says Chancellor
British Chancellor Mr Osborne wants to allow new employees to agree to accept shares worth up to £50,000 in their company in exchange for waiving a range of legal rights, including the ability to claim unfair dismissal and redundancy payments or to request flexible working.
Female workers would also accept some restrictions on maternity leave. As an incentive to take part, shares taken up under the new rules will be exempt from capital gains tax, Mr Osborne has promised.
The Chancellor has said that the scheme would allow companies to avoid “gold-plated” employment rights which he says are hampering businesses and holding back the economy.
But it has been rejected by many business leaders, including Justin King, the chief executive of Sainsbury’s, who said the change could harm the reputation of British companies.
The criticism from Mr King, whose firm employs more than 150,000 people, followed a lukewarm response from others.
Business lobby groups have said that the rules are unlikely to be of use to the majority of firms. The CBI called the scheme “a niche idea and not relevant to all businesses”.
It seems nearly impossible that labour unions would fall for this completely 'out of wack' proposal whereby workers must put their faith in the unreliable stock and financial markets when it comes to their salary, benefits and retirement, when they provide constant, reliable and productive work.
EU-Digest
Female workers would also accept some restrictions on maternity leave. As an incentive to take part, shares taken up under the new rules will be exempt from capital gains tax, Mr Osborne has promised.
The Chancellor has said that the scheme would allow companies to avoid “gold-plated” employment rights which he says are hampering businesses and holding back the economy.
But it has been rejected by many business leaders, including Justin King, the chief executive of Sainsbury’s, who said the change could harm the reputation of British companies.
The criticism from Mr King, whose firm employs more than 150,000 people, followed a lukewarm response from others.
Business lobby groups have said that the rules are unlikely to be of use to the majority of firms. The CBI called the scheme “a niche idea and not relevant to all businesses”.
It seems nearly impossible that labour unions would fall for this completely 'out of wack' proposal whereby workers must put their faith in the unreliable stock and financial markets when it comes to their salary, benefits and retirement, when they provide constant, reliable and productive work.
EU-Digest
9/9/12
Britain: Economy is getting worse, warns OECD and Conservatives have no answers to the problems
The outlook for the British economy is worsening, international experts said yesterday.
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development expects output to shrink by 0.7 per cent this year – far worse than the 0.5 per cent growth it had predicted in May.
Labour ridiculed the planning reforms of the Conservative government coalition as a "mouse when we need a lion to roar".
Winning back confidence in its handling of the economy is crucial for the increasingly unpopular Conservative-led government ahead of a 2015 general election, as pressure mounts even with the Conservative Party for a new economic strategy.
The government's new initiative involves easing planning laws to allow properties to be more easily expanded, removing restrictions on house developers and bringing in legislation allowing the government to underwrite infrastructure projects.
EU-Digest
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development expects output to shrink by 0.7 per cent this year – far worse than the 0.5 per cent growth it had predicted in May.
Labour ridiculed the planning reforms of the Conservative government coalition as a "mouse when we need a lion to roar".
Winning back confidence in its handling of the economy is crucial for the increasingly unpopular Conservative-led government ahead of a 2015 general election, as pressure mounts even with the Conservative Party for a new economic strategy.
The government's new initiative involves easing planning laws to allow properties to be more easily expanded, removing restrictions on house developers and bringing in legislation allowing the government to underwrite infrastructure projects.
EU-Digest
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