According to information of Statistics Slovenia the average gross monthly income per employee in 2017 totalled 1155 euro; this means an increase of 7.6 % compared to 2016. The number of persons earning gross income increased in 2017 to 528,735, up by approximately 9,000 compared to 2016 figures. The share of young people among income recipients has decreased steadily in recent years
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[close]The University of Luxembourg and the Chambre des Salariés (employee’s chamber - CSL) have renewed their partnership to research well-being at work through to 2022. This means that the university's Quality of Work Index continues. This study has been recording employees' feelings of work for six years, with a focus on requirements and expectations at work, work schedules, collaboration with colleagues, continuous and promotional training as well as making corporate level decisions.
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[close]To protest restructuring plans of the company that include 1233 job cuts at stores and the downsizing of several hypermarkets into supermarkets 17 of the French-owned retailer’s 45 hypermarkets closed several days due to spontaneous strikes. Unions state they did not order the strike and that’s why not all shops were closed down but the trade unions have however now threatened a general strike within the company if discussions do not progress.
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[close]After strikes that started at the end of April an agreement has been reached over a two-years collective agreement. The unions were demanding a pay rise of 6% over two years while the employers were offering a pay rise of 3.2%. With the new agreement the hourly wages of construction workers will increase by at least 30 cents in 2018 and 2019. Furthermore, minimum wages in the sector will be raised by 40 cents in both 2018 and 2019. While the increases have not been converted into percentages a spokesperson of the trade union stated that the 30-cent increase is roughly in line with the increases adopted in other sectors.
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[close]The unemployment is below 8% for the first time in a decade, with prospects of a further reduce of unemployment. Additional data from the National Office of Statistics (INE) indicate that not only are workers becoming increasingly in demand, but that wages are also at an all-time high. The INE revealed that by the end of 2017, the number of workers earning 3,000 euro after deductions had climbed to its highest figure on record, with 37,500 workers falling in this category. Not only high-income earners are benefitting; the number of workers cashing monthly wages below 600 euro is at a new low, while the average take-home pay has risen above inflation to 876 euro a month. In the level beyond the minimum, there was a substantial increase (18.4%) of workers earning a monthly wage between 1,800 and 2,500 euro.
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[close]Workers organised in trade union KOVO PCAS are angry that wages at Peugeot - with an average of 1106 euro a month - are the lowest of the three major carmakers in the country and demand higher wages. The negotiation on a new collective agreement between trade unions and the management of the Trnava-based carmaker PSA Peugeot Groupe Slovakia have so far not led to an agreement on an increase of salaries. Consequently, the trade union organisation has announced a strike alert.
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[close]The Intergenerational Commission’s report A New Generational Contract is the result of a two-year study and provides a comprehensive and in-depth analysis of the intergenerational challenges the country faces, examining areas such as employment, housing and pensions. The report argues that there is a crisis of generational progress, far larger than millennial or the financial crisis, which is undermines the ‘intergenerational contract’ which assures quality of life through generations. The report’s findings include: in contrast to older generations, young adults are making no income progress and accumulating much less wealth, millennial families are half as likely to own their home by age 30 as baby boomers were by the same age, future pensioners are exposed to retirement income risks.
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[close]Health workers were angry over wage cuts that followed government promises to hike salaries in the health care sector (see our April newsletter) and threatened with strike to put pressure on their wage demands. The health care workers have called off their strike after the government agreed to cover recent wage cuts that hit some health employees. The government agreed with the unions to cover losses starting 1 May 2018. In return, the unions cancelled the scheduled walkout.
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[close]A study by the craftsmen and small enterprises association CGIA revealed that 592,000 people in worked in 2017 for less than 10 hours per week, up 20.3% from 2007. Of those who worked less than 10 hours per week, 389,000 were employees and 203,000 were self-employed. The majority of people working for less than 10 hours a week did not work in the gig economy, but in traditional sectors such as personal services. Two out of three were women, mainly employed in personal services such as babysitters, carers or service activities related to personal care such as hairdressers, beauticians and wellness centres. Also, the hospitality sector and businesses services are characterised by a high incidence of small hours contracts.
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[close]The Workers Organisation of Croatia Airlines (ORCA) warned it may stage industrial action during the summer. In several statements the pilots declared that employees are stepping down from various positions in the company to seek better employment conditions elsewhere and that there are severe problems in the field of maintenance due to lack of skilled engineers. Croatia Airlines' employees are pushing for a collective bargaining agreement after the previous one expired seventeen months ago. So far, the negotiations that have been going for some time between the unions and management are still deadlocked.
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