Following a decision by the government and parliament, healthcare workers will receive a bonus of €1,000 to show appreciation for their hard work during the coronavirus outbreak. The Ministry of Public Health, Welfare and Sports will work out how the bonus can be paid out with only a minor burden on the administration of the healthcare institutions. From October 1, workers will be able to apply for the bonus.
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[close]The labour dispute between Iceland’s flight attendants union (FFÍ) and Icelandair has come to a close, as the two parties signed a collective agreement. According to statements from both FFÍ and Icelandair, the agreement secures both the airline’s flexibility and aims to increase its workload, while at the same time ensuring both the safety and the incomes of its flight attendants.
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[close]The government has approved a €6.3 billion loan for carmaker Fiat Chrysler’s (FCA) Italian unit, in a bid to salvage the car industry from the pandemic’s economic aftermath. The loan includes conditions not to relocate or cut jobs as the firm merges with French PSA.
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[close]The measures launched by the government to support businesses hit by the coronavirus crisis have helped to save 600,000 jobs and 103,000 businesses. The measures include payments to employers for workers’ wages, the write-off of direct taxes and contributions, and the procurement of medical equipment for the health system.
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[close]Unemployment in Poland rose to 6% in May, up from 5.8% in April. According to the Minister of Labour the measures taken to stop the spread of COVID-19 have saved five million jobs. There were 1,011,700 people without a job at the end of May.
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[close]In the first quarter of 2020, 70,900 full-time jobs were lost, compared to around 45,000 in previous years. This growth is still an underestimation of the consequences of the coronavirus pandemic, because the first containment measures to slow the spread of the virus only started in March.
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[close]One third of households have experienced a drop in income due to the restrictions related to the COVID-19 outbreak, according to a media poll. Nearly half of all employees and three out of every four self-employed workers said they had felt the negative impacts of the coronavirus crisis. 11% of households experienced a significant drop in income and 20% of households faced a moderate drop at the beginning of May. The others said their income remained the same or even showed an increase.
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[close]The number of short-time workers has dropped by 326,000 persons to 812,745. The decline can be explained by the fact that only 17,000 of the total of 110,000 companies applied for an extra three months of short-time work, since the majority no longer found it necessary. Unemployment also declined by 10,520 in comparison to the previous week.
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[close]Legislation which allows for the setting of legally enforceable pay and conditions for thousands of workers in various employment sectors has been deemed unconstitutional by the High Court. The ruling means many particularly lower-paid employees will only have a legal entitlement to the National Minimum Wage and other basic statutory protections, rather than to better sectoral minimum rates and conditions established through negotiation between employers and unions and the setting of legally binding Sectoral Employment Orders. According to the Irish Congress of Trade Unions (ICTU) this could have very serious implications for tens of thousands of construction workers.
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[close]Employees from Larnaca’s Zenon bus company went on strike after the failure of their employers to pay government contributions for five months. The unions Peo, Sek and Deok said the company has failed to pay into the employees’ provident funds, provident loan funds, medical insurance funds, welfare funds and holiday funds since February.
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