Four of the main trade unions in France have signed a new agreement on Portage Salarial (sometimes translated as ‘umbrella companies’) covering specialist workers (executives).

Negotiations for signing the collective labour contract for the year 2010 at the Greek telecom operator OTE reached a deadlock.

During his inaugural speech, DirCredito General Secretary Giampaolo Paiardi said that the recent economic crisis puts at risk the participation of employees to the capital of their company.

The European Parliament adopted a report during this weeks plenary session in Strasbourg calling on Members States and the EU to step up their efforts to fight counterfeiting and digital theft.

The European Commission has adopted a package of three of policy measures to facilitate the roll out and take up of fast and ultra-fast broadband in the EU.