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Cleaning staff unwilling to learn?
31st of May 2022 Article by John Griep
Do cleaning staff have a resistance to learning new things? VSR’s John Griep is ECJ’s Dutch reporter.
Thirty-nine per cent of cleaning staff say they are not particularly willing to learn new things. At least, this is one of the results from a sector analysis published by the Dutch Council for Industrial Relations in the Cleaning and Glass Cleaning Sector (RAS) in mid 2021. As far as VSR is concerned, we do not recogn..
Sector subject to more inspections
20th of May 2022 Article by Lotte Printz
Special supervisory efforts carried out in Denmark during 2021 continue in 2022, reports Lotte Printz.
“A healthy working environment is the Alpha and Omega of our labour market,” the Danish Minister for Employment said at the end of 2020 when the Danish government earmarked an extra €13 million to make sure Denmark meets national working environment targets by 2030.
Funds of around €53.78 million to..
Cleaning robots - man and machine in harmony
4th of May 2022 Article by John Griep
John Griep in the Netherlands looks at the use of robots in the sector and analyses their impact.
When the first robotic scrubber dryer was launched over 15 years ago, robotisation was seen by many as a threat. Would cleaning robots take over the jobs of professional cleaners in the future? Meanwhile, in 2022 that fear no longer seems relevant. At least not when it comes to a shor..
A new cleaning service model
21st of April 2022 Article by Christian Bouzols
Christian Bouzols reports from France on a cleaning company doing business differently post-Covid.
“My problem with Covid isn’t as bad as my problem with home working. Some of my clients are cancelling their business leases and this is hurting us quite badly because a large part of our portfolio is comprised of people involved in event organisation. That’s why the..
Cleaning - largest skilled workforce in Germany
10th of April 2022 Article by Katja Scholz
Katja Scholz, ECJ's reporter in Germany, on latest cleaning industry data from the contract cleaning association.
The sector report from the contract cleaning trade appeared at the beginning of the new year – with facts, figures and trends regarding the skilled trade with the largest workforce in Germany: 27,545 firms with just under 665,000 employees and a turnover of ..
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