Friday, December 21, 2007
[IWS] Dublin Foundation: WORKING TIME DIRECTIVE & ROAD TRANSPORT SECTOR [19 December 2007]
IWS Documented News Service
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Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
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European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
COMPARATIVE STUDY
Impact of the working time directive on collective bargaining in the road transport sector [19 December 2007]
December 2007
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0704039s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0704039s/tn0704039s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0704039s/tn0704039s.pdf
[full-text, 47 pages]
This report explores the impact of the Working Time Directive on collective bargaining in the road transport sector. It first gives an overview of the road transport sector across the European Union, looking at its employment structure and collective bargaining actors, processes and issues. The report then examines implementation of the directive in the different countries and its impact on key areas such as working time, rest breaks and night work, as well as those cases where derogations from the directive are permitted. Finally, it looks at a range of issues facing the road transport sector in the areas of recruitment and retention, pay, and health and safety.
The study was compiled on the basis of individual national reports submitted by the EIRO correspondents. The text of each of these national reports is available below. The reports have not been edited or approved by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. The national reports were drawn up in response to a < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0704039s/finalquestionnaireWTdirective.doc > questionnaire and should be read in conjunction with it.
CONTENTS
Introduction
Overview of the road transport sector
Social partners' roles and levels of collective bargaining
Implementation of the Working Time Directive
Main issues and problems
Commentary
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This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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_______________________________
Institute for Workplace Studies----------------- Professor Samuel B. Bacharach
School of Industrial & Labor Relations-------- Director, Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell University
16 East 34th Street, 4th floor---------------------- Stuart Basefsky
New York, NY 10016 -------------------------------Director, IWS News Bureau
________________________________________________________________________
European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions (Dublin Foundation)
COMPARATIVE STUDY
Impact of the working time directive on collective bargaining in the road transport sector [19 December 2007]
December 2007
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0704039s/index.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/studies/tn0704039s/tn0704039s.htm
or
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0704039s/tn0704039s.pdf
[full-text, 47 pages]
This report explores the impact of the Working Time Directive on collective bargaining in the road transport sector. It first gives an overview of the road transport sector across the European Union, looking at its employment structure and collective bargaining actors, processes and issues. The report then examines implementation of the directive in the different countries and its impact on key areas such as working time, rest breaks and night work, as well as those cases where derogations from the directive are permitted. Finally, it looks at a range of issues facing the road transport sector in the areas of recruitment and retention, pay, and health and safety.
The study was compiled on the basis of individual national reports submitted by the EIRO correspondents. The text of each of these national reports is available below. The reports have not been edited or approved by the European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions. The national reports were drawn up in response to a < http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/docs/eiro/tn0704039s/finalquestionnaireWTdirective.doc > questionnaire and should be read in conjunction with it.
CONTENTS
Introduction
Overview of the road transport sector
Social partners' roles and levels of collective bargaining
Implementation of the Working Time Directive
Main issues and problems
Commentary
______________________________
This information is provided to subscribers, friends, faculty, students and alumni of the School of Industrial & Labor Relations (ILR). It is a service of the Institute for Workplace Studies (IWS) in New York City. Stuart Basefsky is responsible for the selection of the contents which is intended to keep researchers, companies, workers, and governments aware of the latest information related to ILR disciplines as it becomes available for the purposes of research, understanding and debate. The content does not reflect the opinions or positions of Cornell University, the School of Industrial & Labor Relations, or that of Mr. Basefsky and should not be construed as such. The service is unique in that it provides the original source documentation, via links, behind the news and research of the day. Use of the information provided is unrestricted. However, it is requested that users acknowledge that the information was found via the IWS Documented News Service.
Stuart Basefsky
Director, IWS News Bureau
Institute for Workplace Studies
Cornell/ILR School
16 E. 34th Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10016
Telephone: (607) 255-2703
Fax: (607) 255-9641
E-mail: smb6@cornell.edu
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