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Should you avoid that graduation handshake?
24th of May 2011Thousands of European final-year students are preparing to graduate this summer - an event that should bring them satisfaction, joy and pride.
But could it also bring them MRSA or a staph infection? This was what researchers at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore aimed to find out in a recent study.
Professor David
Italy show brings boost to confidence
20th of May 2011ECJ looks ahead to Pulire, Italy's professional cleaning exhibition taking place from May 24-26 in Verona.
Pulire, organised by cleaning products suppliers' association Afidamp, is the professional cleaning exhibition for Italy and it takes place from May 24-26 at Verona's exhibition centre.
The show has now increased in size to over 14,000
Poland showcase
18th of May 2011As the ISSA/INTERCLEAN Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) exhibition opens its doors in Warsaw, Poland, ECJ takes a look at the the events taking place at the show, and the products visitors can see there.
Warsaw in Poland is the venue for this year's ISSA/INTERCLEAN Central & Eastern Europe (CEE) exhibition, which takes from May 18-20. Over
Significant steps
18th of May 2011Dutch scientific journalist Anton Duisterwinkel describes the long term changes resulting from the widespread cleaners' strike a year ago.
A book, a special cleaners' day, more (self) respect and a wage increase. Those are the major consequences, a year after the start of one of the longest strikes in Dutch history, the cleaners' strike of 2010.
Only in it for the money?
17th of May 2011Even though contract cleaning employees in Germany received a pay rise at the beginning of this year, their trade union is now demanding another wage increase. Thomas Schulte-Marxloh reports.
Since January this year the 900,000 employees in the contract cleaning business have been receiving higher wages – this was the beginning of my last
Volunteering award win for MITIE
13th of May 2011UK-based building services provider MITIE has won a European Employee Volunteering Award for improving the employability skills of people who face barriers getting back to work.
The group was crowned winner in the Innovation category for its Real Apprentice Programme. This 12-week scheme works to break down barriers and help the long-term