Note from the General Secretary

NFU News 2013-01-16NFU News Welcome to 2013 – a year of many a challenge on all levels. So what’s in the pipeline? The corporations will most certainly continue their rationalisation processes putting increased pressure on the employees. What the consequences of these...

EU takes big step towards banking union

NFU News 2012-12-13NFU News It has finally been agreed – the proposal for a common bank supervisor for the Eurozone, a single supervisory mechanism (SSM). The deal means that ECB, the European Central Bank, will begin supervising banks in the euro area from 1 March...

EU has no say on pay!

NFU News 2012-12-12NFU News In a recent proposal, the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) wants to issue guidelines on wage systems for bank staff. The logic behind the proposal is investor protection. To avoid conflicts between the best interest of the...

NFU General Secretary receives doctorate

NFU News 2012-12-10NFU News “Building Social Capital” is the namn of the PhD thesis that Christina Colclough, NFU General Secretary, successfully defended in Copenhagen last Friday. Christina’s thesis examines the HR policies and practices of a Danish multinational...

Clear NFU footprint in Brussels

NFU News 2012-11-30NFU News One week of Brussels meetings later, and the NFU footprint in Brussels is clearer than ever before. Many new important contacts were made during NFU’s lobbying week starting November 19 with the AGM of Finance Watch. The discussions were...