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Collective agreements of the future
2nd of June 2017
Jacco Vonhof, chairman of the Dutch Association of Cleaning Research (VSR), reports on negotiations on working conditions in the Netherlands.
At the beginning of this year employers and employees in the Dutch cleaning sector undertook renewed negotiations on working conditions. Agreements on wages, bonuses, overtime payment, probation or pension
Cutting cleaning hours in Swedish hospitals
31st of May 2017
A pilot study is giving Swedish hospital cleaners shorter working hours for a year-and-a-half. This report from Scandinavian correspondent Lotte Printz.
Playing football or doing exercise workouts has a positive impact on health. That’s hardly a surprise. But a recent study carried out by the Danish National Research Centre for the Working
Key industry trends in Germany
31st of May 2017
German reporter Alexandra Lachner asked Dr Frederik King, manager at cleaning systems association VDMA, about future trends.
Whether it’s statistics for floor cleaning machines, industry analyses for cleaning systems or international committee work, the VDMA cleaning systems association represents over 40 members and is in touch with the
Human resource future-proofing
14th of March 2017
Experience as we start the New Year has indicated some considerable movement of key employees both into and out of organisations often creating consternation, concern, and some could say ‘panic’ in the recruitment process.
It could be argued that any organisation that supports, develops and leads its staff to success is equipping the
Cleaning - vital for reputation
14th of March 2017
Italy correspondent Anna Garbagna reports from a new cleaning exhibition in Sicily at the end of 2016.
The round table ‘Cleaning Companies: Which Future? Market, Regulations and Work’ was organised by AIS, the Association of Service Companies of Sicily and took place at the end of last year during the exhibition Pulire Mediterraneo.
A freezing success
13th of March 2017
Cryoservice, a family business near Belfort in France, has increased its turnover two-fold in the past six years. It uses a technology which responds to the environmental requirements of a number of industrial companies. Christian Bouzols reports.
When Béatrice Cuenin launched Cryoservice in eastern France in 2005, there was
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