CEC European Managers welcomes the Commission’s directive proposal on whistleblower protection. As it had stated in its response to the consultation, the establishment of internal reporting procedures in companies, as well as external channels to ‘blow the whistle’ constitute an important improvement for managers in the public or private sector who report abuses of EU law. It will […]
Statement of CEC European Managers and FECER (European Federation of Executives in the Sectors of Energy and Research) FECER, the energy sector’s European federation affiliated to CEC European Managers has delivered just in time, for the beginning of the trilogue’s discussions, its 12 proposals to amend the Clean energy package of the European commission. The proposal […]
CEC European Managers is partner with Eurocadres and other national managerial unions in a European project dedicated to analyse psycho-social risk factors specific to managers and professionals. Because of their specific position within companies, managers are more subject than other categories or workers to stress, burn-out and other types of work-related psycho-social risks. At the […]
Currently, Europe faces a divide between contrasting attitudes towards migration both among Member States and inside society, as the debates on a common EU migration policy have highlighted. How can migration policy in general and labour market policies in particular contribute to lower the current tensions on the topic and offer realistic perspectives to newcomers […]
CEC European Managers welcomes the two initiatives as the result of the consultations to which the CEC had participated. CEC however highlights the need for equal and effective access and transferability of rights to social protection. The initiatives, published on March 13 by the European Commission, represent the implementation of some of the principles enumerated […]
At the occasion of this year’s International Women’s Day, CEC takes stock of the employment situation of women in general and managers in particular. If women’s employment has progressed and their participation in higher education is higher than men’s, the gender pay gap however remains at around 16% [1], while only one out of three managers [2] and […]
CEC European Managers participates in a project on social dialogue in transnational companies and digitalisation. The project, running from January 2018 to June 2019, investigates how to facilitate the development of an economically and socially responsible social dialogue on digitalisation in European Works Councils. The effects of the digitalisation of the economy on work and employment […]
New Year’s greeting by Ludger Ramme, President of CEC European Managers Never before has the European Union counted as many people in employment, poverty is decreasing and the economic parameters indicate that we are on the path of recovery. At the same time however, social inequalities, in-work poverty and the number of people working in […]
European social partners, including CEC, have been invited by the European Commission to a dedicated hearing to know their positions on the two initiatives. CEC highlights that the consultation of the European Social Partners is fundamental to assure that the new initiatives are transformed into relevant, practical and coherent policy instruments. In his 2017 State of […]
CEC European Managers is in favour of extending social protection to those covered by atypical forms of work. Transferable individual social protection accounts could increase the transparency and usefulness of social protection in Europe. By extending the coverage to new types of beneficiaries, particular caution should be given to public spending. Downloads Second_phase_consultation_on_social_protection_CEC_response1