The statistical office Destatis has produced a ranking of labour costs in Europe, based on own calculations. The report reveals that Germany ranked seventh within the European Union (EU) in terms of the labour cost level in 2016. Compared with the EU average of 25.70 euro, employers paid 30% more per hour worked. However, compared with neighbouring country France (36.30 euro), for example, it was nearly 8% less. Denmark had the highest labour costs per hour worked (43.40 euro), Bulgaria the lowest (4.40 euro). In 2016, employers paid an additional 28 euro of non-wage costs per 100 euro of gross earnings. This means that non-wage costs were below the EU average of 31 euro.
English: https://www.destatis.de/EN/PressServices ...
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The trade union of health and social care workers (OSZSP) has launched a campaign for an increase in employees' pay with the motto ‘End of cheap labour in social services’. The union wants the government to transfer social workers to the same pay categories that are used for nurses. The highest gross monthly pay of workers in social services is about 18,000 crowns including overtime, weekend and night hours in a situation where the average wage in the country was 29,320 crowns in the last quarter of 2016. The government has reacted by explaining that they are planning a reduction of a number of pay categories from nine to six as from July 2017 and that will improve the remuneration of workers in the public sector.
English: http://www.praguemonitor.com/2017/04/11/czech-social-workers-union-launches ...
The OIYE federation of private sector workers has called on employees in the retail sector to strike against Sunday’s opening of shops and supermarkets. Retailers across the country have the option to stay open on the last Sunday of every month and ahead of major holidays like Easter under a law passed under the previous government to liberalise the retail market and boost sales. The measure is considered controversial, as smaller businesses say it raises their operating costs and benefits large chains and multinationals, while labour unions claim it undercuts workers’ rights.
English: http://www.tornosnews.gr/en/greek-news/economy/24514-union-calls-on-retail ...
Hundreds of workers of the construction company Vijadukt are leaving the company as they have not received their salaries for 2 months. According to the unions several dozens of workers have stopped working for the company in the last weeks.
English: https://www.total-croatia-news.com/business/18054-hundreds-of-workers ...
Trade union CGT has called on workers' representatives on the board of state-controlled utility EDF to reject the shutdown of the Fessenheim nuclear plant. The CGT is against the closure because it says it would result in job losses. The union said in a statement that the Fessenheim plant is safe, and it is recognised as such by the Nuclear Safety Authority, adding that the plant contributes to the country’s energy security. The union urged its members to picket the headquarters of the company during the board meeting to keep pressure on the board members. The closure of the 1,800 megawatts plant was an election promise of outgoing President Francois Hollande in 2012.
English: http://www.reuters.com/article/france-nuclearpower-fessenheim …
http://www.world-nuclear-news.org/NP-EDF-defies-Fessenheim-shutdown-order …
Around 1,500 museum professionals and researchers will protest on 20 May 2017, during the Night of Museums. They want the legislation on protection of cultural heritage and museums to be changed, and the wage disparities in museum institutions to be eliminated. A march will be organised in Bucharest, with protesters walking to the Ministry of Culture.
English: http://www.romania-insider.com/1500-museum-professionals-researchers ...
The Hans Boeckler Foundation published the annual pocket with all relevant information on bargaining results. The pocket (in German) provides information on the average wage increase in 2016, minimum wages in different sectors, collectively agreed holiday pay and other allowances. Also included are non-financial outcomes of bargaining, like the density and coverage of collective agreements or the size of industrial disputes. The pocket presents 130 graphs, tables and overviews.
German: https://www.boeckler.de/pdf/p_ta_tariftaschenbuch_2017.pdf
According to the country’s Ministry of Welfare, women are paid on average 7%-18% less than men. After years of campaigning by feminist groups, politicians have finally implemented legislation to force businesses to publish their wages, proving employees are paid equally. In this interview the thoughts on this legislation and what it is like to be a woman at the workplace are discussed.
English: https://grapevine.is/mag/interview/2017/04/07/mind-the-gap-the-future-is-female/
The Work and Pensions Committee in parliament has published the contracts it has received in its inquiry into Self-employment and the gig economy, and related correspondence. Some of the problems of the contracts - the clauses they contain and the way they are written - were highlighted in the evidence session with Uber, Hermes, Deliveroo and Amazon, and the Committee asked to see copies of them, which they have now supplied. The Committee’s chair stated that these companies parade the ‘flexibility’ their model offers to drivers but it seems the only real flexibility is enjoyed by the companies themselves.
English: http://www.parliament.uk/business/committees ...
Eurostat updated its webpage with hourly labour costs. In 2016, average hourly labour costs were estimated at 25.4 euro in the EU-28 and at 29.8 euro in the euro area (EA-19). However, this average masks significant gaps between EU Member States, with hourly labour costs ranging between 4.4 euro and 42.0 euro. The countries at the bottom of the list (below 10 euro per hour) are Bulgaria (4.4), followed by Romania (5.5), Lithuania (7.3), Latvia (7.5), Hungary (8.3) and Poland (8.6). Between 2015 and 2016, hourly labour costs in the whole economy rose by 1.6% in the EU and by 1.4% in the euro area. While being part of the lower wage bracket, the Baltic countries saw the strongest increase within the euro area at 7.5% in Lithuania, 6.4% in Latvia and 5.6% in Estonia. For member states outside the euro area, expressed in their national currency, the largest rises in hourly labour costs in the whole economy were registered in Romania (+12.7%) and Bulgaria (+7.8%). The only decrease was observed in Italy with its wages going down by 0.8%.
English: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/statistics-explained/index.php/Hourly_labour_costs