Only in the Bratislava region people receive on average more than € 1,000 net a month. Employees in all other regions receive a net salary below € 1,000. Top management and IT workers belong to the best paid workers. On the other side of the spectrum, ancillary staff in kitchens, school caretakers, maids, seamstresses, doorkeepers, and caretakers earn less than € 500.
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[close]The government published an Emergency Ordinance on the establishment of support measures for employees and employers in the context of the epidemiological situation caused by the spread the coronavirus, as well as to stimulate employment growth. It mainly describes a Romanian version of the German Kurzarbeit model, a solution proposed in the context of the economic difficulties that companies are going through. The provisions are addressed to employers whose activity has been temporarily reduced as a result of the coronavirus, being offered the possibility to unilaterally reduce the working time of employees by no more than 50% of the duration provided in the individual contract.
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[close]The gap between the minimum and average wages stood at 50.6% in 2019, which made the country the EU member state with the narrowest gap, data from Slovenia's Institute of Macroeconomic Analysis and Development (IMAD) shows.
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[close]Norwegian workers reached a deal with employers over wages at shipyards and a wide range of other manufacturing industries, averting the outbreak of a major labour dispute, the largest private sector union informed. Some 28,000 workers had been scheduled to go on strike if no agreement was found, and a conflict could also have spread to other industries.
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[close]Allied health professionals whose industrial action was called off said they had been frustrated by delays in talks for a renewed collective agreement, that were stalled twice by the 2019 political crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic. Talks for the updating of their 2013 collective agreement had been ongoing since 2017, but months of negotiations had led nowhere.
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[close]The European Commission has presented proposals to the Council to grant financial support of €81.4 billion to 15 Member States under the SURE instrument (Support to mitigate Unemployment Risks in an Emergency). Once the Council approves these proposals, the financial support will be provided in the form of loans granted on favourable terms from the EU to Member States. These loans will assist Member States in addressing sudden increases in public expenditure to preserve employment.
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[close]The registered unemployment rate was down 0.1 percentage point in June over May to 9.2%, according to the Employment Service. In February, before the start of the coronavirus pandemic, the rate was 7.9.
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[close]Despite opening up tourism in July, Greece saw its unemployment rate soar by an additional 125,000 people to more than 1 million compared to the same month in 2019, the country’s Manpower Employment Organization (OAED) informed. Overall, the total number of unemployed seeking a job in July came to 1,040,852 people, 537,029 of whom (51.6%) listed on OAED records for a period of at least 12 months.
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Jobless rate risesAugust 29, 2020
The three-month rolling average jobless rate was 4.8% in July, up 0.2 percentage point from the previous month and 1.4 percentage points from twelve months earlier, the Central Statistical Office (KSH) informed. In absolute terms, there were 224,300 unemployed, 10,100 more than in the previous month and up 66,400 from a year earlier.
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[close]The government announced not to raise the unemployment benefits. However it would be possible to extend the time period of income-related unemployment benefits; i.e., unemployment payments based on how much one earned at their previous job. This comes after The Icelandic Confederation of University Graduates (BHM) called on the government to raise the maximum income-related unemployment benefits.
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[close]The demand for workers in the first seven months is 39% lower than last year. This is shown by the labour market analysis of the online employment platform Adorio.hr. As a consequence of the coronavirus pandemic and lockdown, the demand has practically stalled in March, and in mid-April; 81% fewer job vacancies were advertised.
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