Europe
The ETUC has welcomed a European Court judgement that says that workers should be paid according to the relevant arrangements in the host country. In this case it means that 186 electrical workers posted from Poland to Finland were entitled to be paid the appropriate rate set by the sector collective agreement.
Read more at > ETUC (EN+FR)
And at > EU legal website (EU languages)
Healthcare assistants, domestic supervisors and reception staff, overwhelmingly women, working at a National Health Service Trust have won an Employment Appeal Tribunal case on equal pay. The case backed by the UNISON public services union argued that the women were paid lower rates for unsocial hours working on Saturdays and Sundays when compared to men in comparable jobs. The ruling could be important for women working in other Trusts where there are differences in unsocial hours payments. Read more at > UNISON (EN)
The LO (blue collar) and TCO (white collar) trade union confederations have welcomed a ruling against the Swedish government's 2010 amendments to the country's posted worker legislation. The European Committee of Social Rights, part of the Council of Europe human rights organisation, found that the amendments infringed the European Social Charter on four counts and so the Swedish government now has to report back to the committee to explain how it intends to respond to the ruling. The confederations have called on the government to open talks on how to change the legislation. [Read more at >
