Synopsis: Employment & working conditions: Labour market: Occupational status: Wage earner:


2014 Irish Government National Policy Statement on Entrepreneurship in Ireland.pdf

National Policy Statement on Entrepreneurship in Ireland 27 2. 1. 3 Share Based Remuneration In private Companies Share based employee remuneration can significantly reduce fixed labour costs

The extent to which a company can avail of tax efficient share based employee remuneration relief in Ireland,

or grant options to buy shares, to their employees. These include share option schemes, ‘save as you earn'share option schemes, approved profit sharing schemes, restricted share schemes and employee share ownership trusts.

The current tax treatment of share options, however is considered to be less competitive than that available in other countries

the use of share based employee remuneration by private companies in Ireland is limited. In addition for smaller companies the administrative burden of setting up such schemes is unduly high.

The Bill provides that the existing provision requiring that at least 50%of an enterprise's employees must be Irish


2014-innovation-competitiveness-approach-deficit-reduction.pdf

the Federal Employees Retirement System, provides a lifetime defined benefit for 45%46%48%22%28%35%67%74%83%0%20%40%60

%80%100%201020202030old-age Dependencyyouth Dependency PAGE 10 THE INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY & INNOVATION FOUNDATION JANUARY 2014 federal employees.

Under current law, full-time employees pay a portion of their employer-provided health insurance premiums with before-tax dollars.

but because of the regressive nature of the tax deduction income taxes are lower for low-income employees

Furthermore, eliminating the employee portion of the health-care tax deduction puts both part-time and full-time employees on equal footing. 81

The COLA is determined now by a version of the CPI that measures prices for urban wage earners


2014_RIM Plus Regional Innovation Report_West Transdanubia.pdf

on R&d(%GDP) Government R&d(%GDP) Business R&d(%GDP) Employees with ISCED 5--6(%)RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY INDICATORS HU22 Nyugat-Dunántúl Performance rela:

including the number of their employees and the volume of applicants'net sales. As for the impact of the measures, the report found that it contributed to some extent to territorial cohesion,

an indigenous automotive supplier with 128 employees and sales of €4. 9m in 2013 among the 251 beneficiaries.

Source Performance relative to Performance relative to RESEARCH & TECHNOLOGY INDICATORS Employees with ISCED 5-8(%all employees, ISCED 2011) 20,3 27,2 33,5 2013


2015 Ireland Action Plan for Jobs.pdf

DJEI, Low pay Commission) 31 Conduct a study on the prevalence of zero hour contracts (ZHC) and low hour contracts (contracts of 8 hours or less per week (LHC)) among Irish employers and their impact on employees,

Action Plan for Jobs 2013 contained a Disruptive Reform aimed at making it more attractive for businesses to hire additional employees from the Live Register:

HSA) 231 Extend the number of HSA health and safety e-learning modules and increase user numbers, providing more cost effective solutions to the training of employees, managers and students.

and employees to access just one piece of legislation and also ensure as far as possible a consistent approach to such leaves.

Increasingly, good CSR practices are distinguishing the best companies from their competitors by the manner in which they engage with their customers, suppliers, employees and local communities.

Customers and prospective employees are more conscious than ever of the ethical record of companies. 40 per cent of job seekers read a company's sustainability report,

Relevant APJ Sections 6. 1 Increase in value added per employee EI Firms-3%decline in 2011+2. 5%increase in 2013 Support 945 participants


42495745.pdf

data on the number of employees that use computers might not be available. Instead, the number of employees who have access to computers could be used as a proxy.

As in the case of soft data, caution must be taken in the utilisation of proxy indicators.


A digital agenda for European SMEs.pdf

who provide high standards of employee learning and development. Through our public interest remit, we promote the appropriate regulation of accounting.


A GUIDE TO ECO-INNOVATION FOR SMEs AND BUSINESS COACHES.pdf

%since the start of the initiative and recruited more than 100 employees. www. shields-e. com Good practice examples The Footprint Chronicles:


article_ICT STRATEGY SUPPORT FOR BUSINESS_2010.pdf

The common aspect for the second level is that these are normally middle management employees. The third level of the Marchand et al. model includes the process managers, the employees

whose responsibilities include the co-ordination of cross-functional or horizontal processes and communication with partners like suppliers and customers.

and record the actions and performance of operational employees in carrying out their tasks. But there is still something wrong in the way companies utilize ICT in business. 4. The gap between the development of business

There are few employees and specialists who clearly understand business and technology. Figure 3 below presents ideas on the gap between strategic business and technology development.


Assessing Europe University-Based Research.pdf

Increasingly, employers use such data to identify likely sources of potential employees. o Private firms and entrepreneurs o Public organizations o Employers Civil Society and Civic Organizations

and expertise Identify potential employees Institutional and field data re level of intensity, expertise, quality,

and expertise Identify potential employees Institutional and field data re level of intensity, expertise, quality,

and expertise Identify potential employees Institutional and field data re level of intensity, expertise, quality,

and quality while industry and employer groups want to be able to identify potential employees. 3. Some of the required data may be readily available


Barriers to Innovation in SMEs_ Can the Internationalization of R&D Mitigate their Effects_ .pdf

and provided employment to 70.9%of all employed persons in 2006 (Ifm, 2007b). In absolute terms German SMES provided employment and/or apprenticeship to 20.42 million people in 2006 in the country.

As on 31.12.2006 large firms (with 250 employees or more) constituted a miniscule 0. 33%of all enterprises.

Of 3, 215,238 enterprises active on the aforementioned date an overwhelming 3, 204,519 were SMES (with less than 250 employees.

SMES with a staff of 50 to 249 employees were found to be suffering more from this scarcity (60%)than did large firms (40%)(BITKOM, 2007b.

Google Inc. cited troubles in obtaining work visas for its prospective employees as a reason to set up its first engineering research and development centre outside the US in Bangalore in India (The Hindu,

Furthermore, some employees in the R&d units at the headquarters tend to see the new location as a potential threat to their job security leading to resentments, antagonism and even non-cooperation,

and should provide their employees involved in international activities with cross-cultural training. This sensitization to mutual cultural issues may play a key-role in the success of an international venture.

A thorough understanding of internal business processes, organisational backing not only by senior management but also by other employees, especially in R&d departments,


Berlin_Adlershof.pdf

Staff 14,942 Students 8, 438 7 Adlershof in Figures Science and Technology Park 11 non-university scientific institutes (1, 760 employees) 6

Humboldt University institutes (1, 056 employees; 8, 034 students) 445 technology oriented companies (5, 286 employees) Media City 146 companies (1, 763 employees) Industrial Estate 363

companies (4, 969 employees) 8 WISTA-MANAGEMENT GMBH/Adlershof Projekt Gmbh 9*HU: 246 Mio. € IGAFA:

320 Mio. € (gesch. Mio. EUR%Mio. EUR%Mio. EUR%Investitionen in Infrastruktur (Investitionen und Kosten des Entwicklungsträgers) 503 34%167 20%670 29%Investment in Wissenschaftsinstitute (Humboldt-Universität und außeruniversitäre


Case study analysis report of online collaboration and networing tools for Social Innovation.pdf

and for 11 million paid employees. 12 This and other trends mark some shift towards more bottom-up forms of employment,

such as pensions and health insurance as provided by a given employer and a consequent reduction in employee rights within the existing regulatory and insurance system.

People are able to find work that interests them/employees who fit their requirements much more easily through the availability of online contracting

plus 10 additional staff (team leaders and skilled employees), compared to former‘normal'workplace. CSE:

50 employees Diabetiva (DE) 100 Reach high-risk patients with diabetes mellitus type 2 who have displayed symptoms

It has about 50 employees and is 101 https://click4life. hiv/de 102 www. cellslider. net/#/92 as a commercial supplier of products

It has about 50 employees and is as a commercial supplier of products and services to the Danish health sector also a vendor with vision of modernising health services through the introduction of tele-medicine solutions to different patient groups. dothiv 106 should be referred better to as dothiv g

Employers are looking for employees who have developed skills for teamwork, problem-solving and interpersonal skills rather than punctuality and regularity (Davis 2013.

Furthermore, not all companies are interested in financing and freeing time for educational activities for their employees,


central_hungary_rim_regional_innovation_report.pdf

Supported activities also include the procurement of production machinery related to the new prototypes and the hiring of new employees.


Consultation on the EU strategic work programme 2016-2017.pdf

and small midcaps EU equity is available via risk capital funds that have signed (up to 499 employees) an agreement with the European Investment Fund (EIF).

693 valid datasets of European SMES with 250 employees or fewer shows that only 56.8 per cent of the SMES state that their vision is linked clearly to innovation.


cr2013_hu_final.pdf

while the share of all FTE R&d employees did so from 0. 79%to 0. 92%in the same period.

and keeping well trained professional employees. In conclusion, no‘quick fix'of the Hungarian STI governance system and institutional framework seems possible by taking into account of the above described shortcomings. 3. 3 Meeting structural challenges The overall paradoxical feature

The employer can quit the employee in case the previous position terminated or the employer cannot offer similar position to the person coming back from maternity leave

According to this decree, the researchers and employees of the MTA-including researchers of the subsidised research units


DB15-Full-Report.pdf

Portugal Finland eliminated the requirement to notify a third party before dismissing 1 or a group of 9 redundant employees.

Their employees benefit from social security protections. And the economy benefits from positive spillovers: where formal entrepreneurship is higher,

or fail separately from the personal assets and interests of its members (whether owners, directors or employees).

and involve repetitive calculations for each employee and transaction. And consumption taxes in the form of VAT require filing information on both input and output ledgers.

good conscience) Limitations on disclaimers on implied warranties (guarantees that the item sold is merchantable and fit for the purpose intended) Limitations on clauses allowing termination at will (clauses usually included in employment agreements that permit an employee

which suspend all individual creditor actions during insolvency. b. The strength of legal rights index tests the level of priority of secured creditors'claims as compared with other claims tax claims, employee claims, judgments.

Has at least 10 and up to 50 employees 1 month after the commencement of operations all of them domestic nationals.

Interactions between company founders or company officers and employees are counted not as procedures. Procedures that must be completed in the same building

Has 60 builders and other employees, all of them nationals with the technical expertise and professional experience necessary to obtain construction permits and approvals.

Has at least 1 employee who is licensed a architect or engineer and registered with the local association of architects or engineers.

Procedures A procedure is any interaction of the company's employees or managers, or any party acting on behalf of the company,

Interactions between company employees, such as development of the warehouse plans and inspections conducted by employees,

Procedures A procedure is defined as any interaction of the company's employees or its main electrician or electrical engineer (that is,

Interactions between company employees and steps related to the internal electrical wiring, such as the design and execution of the internal electrical installation plans,

) The company's employees are assumed to complete all procedures themselves unless the use of a third party is mandated (for example,

Have 50 employees each, all of whom are nationals. Perform general commercial activities. Assumptions about the property The property:

Interactions between company officers and employees are considered not. All procedures that are legally or in practice required for registering property are recorded,

and payment of supplemental contributory pension and employee provident fund contributions and by introducing an online system for paying these 2 contributions.

Finland Labor market regulation Finland eliminated the requirement to notify a third party before dismissing a redundant employee or group of redundant employees.

from rules governing individual employee contracts to those relating to collective action, and can have a significant impact on economic growth

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Nihal Rodrigo SRI LANKA EMPLOYEES'TRUST FUND DEPARTMENT Shane Silva JULIUS & CREASY Volya Siriwardana TIRUCHELVAM ASSOCIATES Priya Sivagananathan JULIUS & CREASY Bharatha Subasinghe


Deloitte_Europe's vision and action plan to foster digital entrepeneurship.pdf

or more specifically, a microenterprise with less than 10 employees. In employment terms, almost 67%of workers are employed by SMES

with less than 250 employees and either an annual turnover of up to 50 million euros or a balance sheet total of no more than 43 million euros.

micro enterprises with 1 to 10 employees and a turnover or a balance sheet total less than 2 million euros, small enterprises with 10-49 employees and a turnover or a balance sheet total between 2 and 10

million euros and medium-sized enterprises, having 50-249 employees and a turnover less than 50 million euros or a balance sheet total less than 43 million euros.

The explosion in connectivity and the availability of information is putting today's consumers, employees, citizens, patients and other individuals in a controlling position.

OECD estimated that in 2010 a further 18.5%of employed persons relied entirely on ICT to perform their task,

thus rapidly becoming a precondition for employees to become and remain employable. In its‘Communication on e-Skills for the 21st Century and the Digital Agenda for Europe',the Commission presented a long-term EU e-skills strategy.

less than two years old, have fewer than 25 employees and have less than £20, 000 in gross assets.

the investor cannot be an employee of the company nor have more than a 30%interest. 16 After finding customers,

labour law flexibility allows employees to switch between employees competitors easily United kingdom Since early 2000 U k.'s digital economy is steadily growing To take up this trend,

European commission Member States Private partners A future'Europe Entrepreneurs'Visa Act'should target entrepreneurs founding an enterprise and willing to hire non-European highly skilled employees and non-European

or more employees) use or have deployed various elements of digital infrastructure, tools, platforms, and management capabilities and policies.


Design-Driven Innovation-Why it Matters for SME Competitiveness.pdf

Attitude to mistakes, tolerance of ambiguity employee empowerment and how decisions are made are all importantaspects of an innovative culture and mindset of the firm. 26itami.

SMES (more than 10 employees; Explore a Range of Sectors e g.,, Software, Medical, Natural resources, Engineering; Exporting;

The company was quite successful with over 30 employees but further growth was limited as the company was seen as a basic assembly shop with a limited design capability.

Twelve to fifteen companies, with two employees each, participate in workshops over three to four days.

Design Boost takes five companies with two employees each (one of which must be a CEO or senior manager) on three half-day workshops over a two-week period.

Programmethe Challenge programme is aimed at ambitious companies with more than 10 employees and operates in 3 stages Briefing events:


Digital Agenda 2014-2017 - Germany.pdf

And, with more than 86,000 companies and 900,000 employees, the industry is an important factor for job creation in Germany.

It offers employees more flexible and family-friendly ways of working. The phenomenon can not only help to secure skilled workers,

The possible effects of digitisation on employee co determination must also be taken into account. Furthermore a noticeable impact on employment trends is to be expected.

The skillsets of employees and job seekers will need to evolve to meet the requirements of digitisation,

We want to maintain a high level of occupational health and safety for employees with new working arrangements such as crowdsourcing or new working hour arrangements.

while also continuing to promote digital skills as a core competency for all employees. At the same time, we are determined also,

Businesses and employees alike face particular challenges in updating their skills to tackle work in the digital world.


Digital Opportunities_ Innovative ICT solutions for youth employment.pdf

and the United states) only 43 per cent of employers said they could find employees with the right skills. 14 This mismatch between

it is easiest to quantify the opportunities in the offshore services sector where the majority of employees are youth. 3. 1 Agriculture The agriculture sector is becoming more knowledge intensive,

had achieved significant growth with 25 000 employees in 65 centres, compared to 9 000 employees each in El salvador

and Guatemala. 79 Since these countries principally serve the Hispanic market, the use of Spanglish by clients requires call centre agents to also understand English.

Thus all three countries offer programmes to improve employees'English competencies. 76 Ibid. 150.77 Ibid.

such as paid employees. 85 84 World bank, Information and Communications for Development 2012: Maximizing Mobile, 75.85 Crowdsourcing, Wikipedia, https://en. wikipedia. org/wiki/Crowdsourcing, accessed on December 3, 2012.

and commitments associated with hiring full-time employees though, as critics point out, this also enables companies to avoid providing social benefits such as healthcare for these workers.

and the company assigns an employee to play the character for the customer until a desired level is reached. 105 Lehdonvirta and Ernkvist.

hospital employees must be able to use medical records systems, order supplies, manage appointments and perform other routine tasks on a computer that used to be done on paper.

employee connection services; information on local labour markets; sector-specific training, often in collaboration with industry; language training, especially English. 6 Entrepreneurship skills and support It is recognized widely that entrepreneurship is a necessary ingredient for stimulating economic growth and employment opportunities around the world.

A number of initiatives have been created to help employees get the required ICTS skills on the job. These initiatives are designed to prepare youth for a better and more productive work experience.

Companies require evidence that new employees possess the skills needed for tasks that they will perform in their jobs.

Enterprise resources management (ERM) A business method that addresses an organization's relationships with all of its constituencies (customers, partners, suppliers, employees, etc..

Human resource management (HRM) The management process of an organization's human resources, encompassing employee recruitment, selection, assessment and other functions.


DIGITAL SOCIAL INNOVATION Creating-shared-value.pdf

while customers, employees, and a new generation of young people are asking business to step up.

and employee retention and capability. The Connection Between Competitive Advantage and Social Issues There are numerous ways in

Society benefits because employees and their families Creating Shared Value-Harvard Business Review Page 5 of 13 http://hbr. org/2011/01/the-big-idea-creating-shared-value

and the firm minimizes employee absences and lost productivity. The graphic below depicts some areas where the connections are strongest.

Employee productivity. The focus on holding down wage levels, reducing benefits, and offshoring is beginning to give way to an awareness of the positive effects that a living wage, safety,

and opportunities for advancement for employees have on productivity. Many companies, for example, traditionally sought to minimize the cost of expensive employee health care coverage

or even eliminate health coverage altogether. Today leading companies have learned that because of lost workdays and diminished employee productivity,

poor health costs them more than health benefits do. Take Johnson & johnson. By helping employees stop smoking (a two-thirds reduction in the past 15 years)

and implementing numerous other wellness programs, the company has saved $250 million on health care costs, a return of $2. 71 for every dollar spent on wellness from Creating Shared Value-Harvard Business Review Page 7 of 13 http://hbr. org/2011/01/the-big-idea

these kinds of employee approaches would spread even faster. Location. Business thinking has embraced the myth that location no longer matters,

Gender or racial discrimination reduces the pool of capable employees. Poverty limits the demand for products and leads to environmental degradation, unhealthy workers,

for example, increase the supply of skilled employees for many other firms as well. At Nespresso, Nestlé also worked to build clusters,

and support employees. Creating shared value will require concrete and tailored metrics for each business unit in each of the three areas.

such as the growing social awareness of employees and citizens and the increased scarcity of natural resources, will drive unprecedented opportunities to create shared value.


DIGITAL SOCIAL INNOVATION Growning a Digital Social Innovation Ecosystem for Europe.pdf

when they were founded, turnover, number of users, size of organisation, employees etc) What they were trying to achieve with their service,


DIGITAL SOCIAL INNOVATION Guide to social_innovation_2013.pdf

a further 92,000 hours of work for disadvantaged people were produced benefiting 266 employees; 133 enterprises were mobilised through these works

Microenterprises in Europe employ around one-third of private sector employees and produce about 20%of output.

which allows employees to spend 20%of their time on their own projects, and IKEA which practices stand-up round-table meetings among other innovative practices allowing employees to tackle problems as they arise with minimum management interference.

The ERDF's business support measures can be used to finance such innovations helping both management

and employees to explore more productive ways of working. Results based entrepreneurship in The netherlands Implementation stage Results Based Entrepreneurship (RBE) aims at stimulating technological and social innovation within SMES.


DIGITAL SOCIAL INNOVATION social_innovation_decade_of_changes.pdf

104 3. 1. 5. 7. Employee financial participation...104 3. 2. Financing capacities and facilities...

Microenterprises in Europe employ around one-third of private sector employees and produce about 20%of output.

a further 92 000 hours of work for disadvantaged people were produced benefiting266 employees; 133 enterprises were mobilised through these works;

which allows employees to spend 20%of their time on their own projects, and IKEA, which practises stand-up round-table meetings among other innovative practices allowing employees to tackle problems as they arise with minimum management interference.

In The netherlands and Belgium, workplace innovation is called‘Social Innovation 'and has been supported for over a decade by the Structural Funds.

and employees to explore more productive ways of working. A Social Innovation Park in the Basque country Denokinn brings together social enterprises,

and, the minimum required percentage of disabled or disadvantaged employees is reduced from 50%to 30%.

and extends the list of costs that are eligible for aid for compensating the additional costs of employing workers with disabilities. 3. 1. 5. 7. Employee financial participation Employee financial participation (EFP) can be defined as the participation

of employees either through profit sharing or employee share ownership (ESO). Extensive research confirms that companies partly

or entirely owned by their employees are more profitable, create more jobs and pay more taxes than competitors without EFP.

ESO in particular strengthens the corporate governance framework and positively impacts on employee motivation and retention.

Furthermore, since employees are long-term shareholders, broadening employee shareholding would also stabilise capital markets. ESO is of particular importance for SMES (financing and business succession.

Despite their positive effects, as acknowledged in numerous EU reports, opinions and recommendations, ESO schemes are used only extensively in a handful of Member States (such as the UK and France).

and involving employees and managers at all levels. Those innovations aim at improving staff motivation and working conditions, thereby enhancing labour productivity, organisational performance, innovation capability,

employees and policymakers to suggest research agendas in a certain field, the Social science and Humanities programme (SSH) has continued to support research on social innovation with new projects.


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