Social dialogue
in the European Hospital Sector
As you can see from the dedicated website www.eurocarenet.org. EPSU is a lead organisation in the development of the social dialogue process in the Hospital Sector in Europe. EPSU has recently helped organise the successful staging of the third conference dedicated to the development of this process. The social dialogue is a valuable mechanism at European level to ensure that the trade unions and employers’ organisations have the opportunity to negotiate on mutually identified topics.
HOSPEEM/EPSU Conference: “Strengthening Social Dialogue in the Hospital Sector” , 14-15 April, Prague
“Strengthening Social Dialogue in the Hospital Sector”
14-15 April 2008, Prague
Hotel Eurostars Thalia
Narodni Trida 13, 11000 Prague, Czech Republic
It is our pleasure to invite you to the European Conference “Strengthening the Social Dia-logue in the Hospital Sector”. The Conference is the final event of a Social Dialogue-project managed by the European Hospital and Healthcare Employers Association (HOSPEEM) in cooperation with the (...)
On the World Health Day 2008: European Healthcare Employers and Workers sign code of conduct and follow up on Ethical Cross-Border Recruitment and Retention in the Hospital Sector
Brussels, 7 April 2008
The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) and the European Hospital and Healthcare Employers’ Association (HOSPEEM) have jointly signed a code of conduct on ethical cross-border recruitment and retention.Through the code of conduct the European social partners in the hospital sector want to address inequalities and unnecessary burdens on healthcare caused by unethical recruitment practices. With this agreement (...)
EPSU- HOSPEEM code of conduct and follow up on Ethical Cross-Border Recruitment and Retention in the Hospital Sector
Adopted on 7 April 2008
Introduction
HOSPEEM and EPSU recognize the inequalities and unnecessary burdens on healthcare systems, caused by unethical recruitment practices in the EU. The European social partners in the hospital sector want to address this situation and developed this code of conduct, the aim of which is to promote ethical and stop unethical practices in cross-border recruitment of health workers (...)
“Third Party Violence at Work” 14 March 2008
“Third Party Violence at Work”
14 March 2008, Crowne Plaza Hotel, Brussels
Violence and Harassment at work is high on the European Union Agenda. The social partners in sectors like the local and regional government sector, commerce, the hospital and the private security sector have jointly expressed their wish to explore whether it would be possible and useful to complement the cross-sectoral agreement from a more specific sectoral and/or (...)
EPSU HOSPEEM Joint Declaration on health services (signed 7 December 2007)
Joint Declaration on health services
(Signed 7 December 2007)
The launch of the European Social Dialogue in the Hospital Sector in September 2006 is a crucial step in the development of industrial relations in Europe, as it gives the recognized social partners EPSU and HOSPEEM the possibility to take joint actions on the field of human resources, employment and social policies by using the social dialogue instruments. It also gives employers and workers the possibility to give (...)
Meeting Working Group “New Skill Needs”
“Prevention on Needlestick Injuries”
Questionnaire for Eiro sectoral representativeness study on the hospital sector
The European Foundation for Working and Living Conditions has been assigned by the European Commission to do a representativity study of the social partners in the hospital sector in the EU. The first draft reports of this study are now available to EPSU and HOSPEEM for comments and amendments. We request affiliates in the Health sector to let us know by the 15th of February 2008 whether adjustments need to be made to the Eurofoundation report of (...)
Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee on Hospital Sector, 7 December 2007
Follow Up
Recruitment and Retention in the Hospital Sector
On 7 December 2007 representatives from EPSU and HOSPEEM met each other in the Hospital Sector Social Dialogue Committee to discuss, amongst others, about the subject of ethical cross-border recruitment. In the past year the Social Dialogue working group on Recruitment & Retention has looked at the issue of health workers migration, and more specifically at the unethical (...)
Healthcare Employers and Workers send strong message to European Commission on cross-border healthcare proposals
(14 December, 2007, Brussels) The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) and the European Hospital and Healthcare Employers Association (HOSPEEM) have jointly signed a declaration on health services in the EU. For the full text of the statement please see attached or click here; (www.epsu.org or www.hospeem.eu).
The declaration, which marks the first formal joint position between the EU social (...)
Sectoral Social Dialogue Committee on Hospital Sector
7 December 2007, Hotel Bedford, Rue du Midi 135, 1000 Brussels
We are pleased to invite you to the above-mentioned meeting to be held on Friday 7 December 2007.
We expect to have interpretation in English, French, German, Italian and maybe other languages.
We would like to specify that for this meeting; only the titular members of the Social Dialogue Committee are invited. If the titular cannot be present, the substitute can (...)
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European Social Partners in Hospital Sector hold first formal meeting
Press Communication: Brussels - 20 September The European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) and the European Hospital and Healthcare Employers’ Association (HOSPEEM) today met jointly in the first formal meeting of a European Sectoral Social Dialogue committee for the hospital sector. HOSPEEM General Secretary Godfrey Perera stated that: "To get to this point where representatives of the hospital workforce and management in the European Union can get together to discuss topics is a tremendous achievement (...).
Follow-up to EPSU / HOSPEEM Social Dialogue Conference, March 2006
Promoting realistic active ageing policies in the hospital sector
Identifying successful training initiatives in the hospital sector
Cross-border recruitment of hospital professionals
Work programme of the European Social Dialogue Committee in the Hospital Sector in the European Union (2006-2007)
The Committee’s work programme is multi-annual (initially for two years) and sets out the strategy and goals we want to achieve and the themes to jointly react on.
The programme deals with a limited number of topics / issues in order to ensure qualitative results.
2. Objectives
HOSPEEM and EPSU shall aim to strengthen the possibilities of the social partners to shape the future developments regarding employment in the hospital sector and to articulate European, national, (...)
European Committee launched in the hospital sector - "Social Partners committed to full role in defining EU health policy"
EPSU / HOSPEEM Social Dialogue Conference, 16-17/03
EPSU / HOSPEEM Conference:
"Formalising the European Sectoral Social Dialogue in the Hospital Sector"
16 - 17 March 2006, ITUH, Room AUD, Brussels
European Conference on the formalisation of the social dialogue within the Hospital Sector. The Conference is organised by the European Federation of Public Service Unions (EPSU) and the European Hospital Employers’ Association (HOSPEEM).
Follow-up
EPSU / HOSPEEM Calling Notice for Press Conference 17 March 2006
European Hospital and Healthcare Employers’ Association (HOSPEEM)
Press Communication: Brussels - Immediate release, 9 March 2006
EPSU / HOSPEEM Calling Notice for Press Conference
17 March 2006
Attention: news editors
Subject: Launch of European social partners committee for Hospital sector in European Union
Venue: International Trade Union House (ITUH), Blvd de Roi Albert II 5, Brussels 1210 (located near ROGIER metro station)
Date (...)
EGÖD-HOSPEEM Verhaltenskodex und Nachfassung der ethischen grenzüberschreitenden Einstellung von Mitarbeitern und Mitarbeiterbindung im Krankenhaussektor
Código deontológico de la FSESP-HOPSEEM y seguimiento de la contratación y retención transfronteriza ética en el sector hospitalario
EPSU:s och HOSPEEM:s uppförandekod och uppföljning av etiska förfaranden för att rekrytera och behĺlla personal över gränserna i sjukhussektorn
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