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Dutch companies go from cleaning to FM
24th of October 2013
As Dutch correspondent Nico Lemmens of ISS Facility Services reports, more and more cleaning companies are broadening their scope of services.
As reported in ECJ’s last edition, more and more Dutch cleaning companies are broadening their service scope, often in collaboration with other facility service businesses like catering and security
Legionnaires disease - underestimated threat
24th of October 2013
ECJ German correspondent Thomas-Schulte-Marxloh reports on recent cases of Legionnaires disease.
The term Legionnaires’ disease names a bacterial infection with an organism that was first identified in 1976; but earlier cases were confirmed as far back as 1947. An outbreak of the disease in Philadelphia in 1976, largely among people
Outsourcing debate in UK service sector
23rd of September 2013
Our UK correspondent explores the controversial issue of outsourcing in the services sector.
Outsourcing, the way in which most of our cleaning services are provided today, has been the recipient of a poor press recently which it ought to regard as a shot across the bows for an industry which some may feel is a little too pleased with itself.
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Part-time work reorganisation for French cleaners
23rd of September 2013
French reporter Christian Bouzols brings news of an agreement designed to improve part-time working.
The major French unions and the French cleaning federation FEP have come to an agreement, expressed in a joint declaration, to improve provisions concerning part-time working in the cleaning sector. Their agreement is to move forward on existing
Better regulation of contracting in Italy
20th of September 2013
ECJ Italian reporter Anna Garbagna brings latest news from the cleaning sector, including elections in one of the most important trade associations.
In June Pietro Auletta, managing director of the company Dussmann Service, was unanimously elected by Assemblea UNIFerr to be president of the National Union of Railway Cleaning Companies and
Workforce challenges in Russia's cleaning sector
20th of September 2013
ECJ’s reporter in Russia, Oleg Popov of Cristanval, reports on new anti-discrimination laws.
In the past, one might see the following advertisement: “Seeking a Russian cleaning woman under 45 years old.” Now one can only write: “Seeking a cleaning woman.” Due to such changes in legislation, the stream of
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