After more than a year of organizing, Teleperformance workers have formed a trade union, named Stronger Together in Teleperformance, part of the ‘Solidarność’ federation. Workers at the Paris-based call centre giant cited promoting equality, a better work environment, and opportunities for career growth as central reasons for organizing.
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[close]A trade union member defended his rights as a worker, trade unionist, and member of the works council at the Hyundai research and development centre, at the regional labour court. The conflict started in 2003 but now ended in a settlement between the two parties. The work contract will not expire before December 31, 2021 and the employee will receive a severance payment. Although the trade union is happy for the individual worker, they fear that the disdain shown by Hyundai for the independent trade union will continue as well as its support for a yellow union.
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[close]On request of the trade union the Postal company performed a wage analysis. The results of this analysis were presented at Equal Pay Day. The analysis showed that the wage difference between men and women stands at 2.4% which is quite an improvement. In 2017 the difference was still 6.6% at the Postal company. Equal and fair pay is not only an important asset for employees, but the company also benefits because they make them more loyal to the employer.
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[close]The European Commission launched a process to ensure that the EU competition rules do not stand in the way of collective bargaining for those who need it. The initiative seeks to ensure that working conditions can be improved through collective agreements not only for employees, but also for those self-employed workers who need protection.
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[close]According to the latest research of the Serbian Employers’ Association and the International Labour Organization, more than half of all companies (54%) have been affected financially by the crisis. Many small companies have already reduced their salaries, usually between 10 and 20%, and some have had to opt for a more drastic cut, up to 30%. Many workers have been made redundant and, according to official figures, about 15,000 people lost their jobs in the period from March to mid-June. Redundancies are still in progress, very often for people with a fixed-term contract, and a new wave of wage cuts is expected from July.
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[close]The government will extend the scope of its wage support scheme, introduced to cushion the impact of the coronavirus crisis, beyond July 1. More sectors will be able to benefit from it. Under the revised version of the scheme, known as ‘the 60-40 measure’, companies operating in the healthcare and private education sector can also apply for support.
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[close]The State Social Insurance Budget Act (SSSI) for 2020 approved increased pension expenditures. More than two million pensioners will receive an increase in their pension starting from July 1, 2020. The minimum amount of the basic pension will be increased to BGN 250 (€128).
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[close]The Air France group plans to cut over 7,500 jobs by the end of 2022 according to union sources. That includes 6,560 jobs in Air France itself and over 1,000 at the regional airline Hop!. Two Hop! maintenance sites are reportedly threatened with closure, as is an Air France flight crew base in Toulouse. At Air France, departures would happen through collective agreements for flight staff, while a voluntary departure plan is favoured for ground staff. Management wishes to start negotiations with ground staff unions at the beginning of July for the first departures at the beginning of 2021.
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[close]Thousands of workers in east London are to stage strikes after the Labour-run council that employs them announced it would dismiss and rehire them all on less favourable terms. Social workers, children’s services workers, environmental health workers and benefits office workers are among 4,000 staff at Tower Hamlets council affected by the dispute. They say a new contract that includes cuts to travel allowances and out-of-hours payments will leave them worse off. The package includes deep cuts to severance pay, which have sparked fears over potential, as yet unannounced, plans for redundancies.
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[close]Thousands of workers who were furloughed or temporarily laid off when the coronavirus pandemic hit industries are now preparing to return to work as the 90-day maximum layoff period is set to expire. However, there is still a question mark over whether or not they will return to work, remain furloughed under an ‘exceptional circumstances’ ruling, or be laid off permanently.
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