EMPLOYMENT RELATIONS POLICY AND DEVELOPMENT TRENDS IN THE EU

The European Union Member Slales have created a supra-nalional political structure in order lo keep pace with the growing economic activities. Since the signing of construction agreement in 1957 by only six Member Slales, dining (he lime and (he growth of Ihe Member Slales Iheie have been a lol of amendments made in (he directives. In (he beginning Ihe Community aimed lo establish a common market, abolish customs duties and Ihe objectives had been almost entirely economic and its name was European Economic Community. In Ihe year of 1992, another trealhy had been signed in Masslrichl, and w as called Ihe treaty of European Union, and il has laken a major step forward towards a political Union by signing of Ihe new treaty. The treaty of Maastricht has been amended by (he Treaty of Amslerdam in Ihe year 1997 and two additional fields of community policies were amended in Ihe Member Slales. The one is called Education, Vocational Training and Youth and Ihe olher is called Employment. Employment, Ihis is one of these amended social policies, crealed new direclives in Ihe Employment Policies of EU Member Slales such as working lime, Parental Leave, Pai l Time Work. Fixed Term Work and some others. As an example Ihe directive concerning working lime has forced lo chance rules of German labour law; concerning working lime, especially in hospitals.