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Paris hotel cleaners claim landmark win after 22-month ‘battle for dignity’
10th of June 2021
Cleaning staff at a Parisian hotel have won a historic victory after an almost two-year battle to improve their working conditions and pay.
The deal signed between union representatives and staff at the Ibis Batignolles hotel will lead to monthly pay rises of between €250 and €500 per person while moving some staff members on to
Raising the bar on hygiene with dry steam vapour
9th of June 2021
When cleaning to achieve a sanitised, safe environment it is vitally important to understand the difference between disinfection and decontamination. Thomas Stücken at OspreyDeepclean explains how dry steam vapour technology can play a valuable role in creating a safe and clean environment – free from infection risk.
As the effects of
How do we make home working secure?
8th of June 2021
The Covid vaccines rollout gives us hope for a strong global economic recovery following the pandemic … but will do nothing to rid the world of another toxic menace that has fed on people’s fears over the past year, writes Hartley Milner.
Fraudsters will have rubbed their hands with greedy anticipation when the world locked down early
The wellbeing washroom
7th of June 2021
Because of COVID-19 there has been a shift in customer perception towards public washrooms in terms of hygiene levels expected. Users also want a better all-round experience when they visit a washroom as awareness around health and wellbeing grows. Marielle Romeijn at ONE HUNDRED restrooms explains more.
Whilst cleanliness has always been
When art and cleaning meet
4th of June 2021
From Germany, Katja Scholz on a special art project being supported by cleaning professionals.
When an artist and experts in all things to do with contract cleaning cooperate with a common purpose, something exceptional can happen. In a current project in Germany’s capital city Berlin, this has a name: MaHalla – the work of an artist,
EFCI signs joint statement on minimum wage proposal
3rd of June 2021
The EFCI - along with partner sectoral employers associations Ceemet, CoESS, EBF, ECEG, EuroCommerce, FIEC, Geopa, Hotrec and WEC Europe - recently published a joint statement highlighting a common position on the European Commission's proposal on a minimum wage.
In the joint statement, the 10 organisations state that:
1. The chosen legal basis
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