Construction firms want their own ‘pay deal police’ to check if pay and collective agreement rules are respected. The industry employs some 118,000 people on freelance contracts and between 40,000 and 60,000 agency workers, often from abroad. Large building firms, which include Dura Vermeer, Heijmans and Bam, want personnel checks at the gate and independent inspectors who will carry out on site checks on personnel files. The unions are rather sceptical and refer to the subcontracting practices; big players often have little influence on subcontractors such as Rimec but they are legally responsible for fake contracts.
English: http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2017/02/building-sector-wants-own ...
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The Labour Cost Index (working days adjusted) increased by 1.2% in the 4th quarter of 2016, compared with the same period in 2015. In the previous quarter, it recorded a year-on-year increase of 2.8%. The two main labour cost components are wage costs and other costs (per hour actually worked). Both wage costs and other costs increased by 1.2% from the same period a year earlier. However, there were several sectors that saw a decrease of wages. In terms of the annual average, the Index increased by 1.6% in 2016, due to the rise of 1.8% in wage costs and of 0.9% in other labour costs. In 2015, the Index had recorded also an increase of 1.6% (corresponding to rates of change of 1.3% and 2.6% in the wage costs and other costs, respectively).
English (with links to data sheets): https://www.ine.pt/xportal ...
The Statistics Sweden’s Statistical Report 4th quarter 2016 shows that the number of employed persons increased by 74 000 to 4 921 000 in the last quarter of 2016 compared with the same quarter of 2015. At the same time, seasonally adjusted and smoothed data shows that the number of employed persons continues to increase compared to adjacent quarters. On the other hand, the percentage of employed persons in the population has increased slightly. Among foreign born persons, the number of employed persons continues to increase – a development that began in the second quarter of 2010.
English: http://www.scb.se/en/finding-statistics ...
The report with graphs (in Swedish): http://www.scb.se/contentassets ...
The average monthly wage reached 1012 BGN (517 euro) in December 2016, topping 1000 BGN for the first time ever, national statistics show. Its value was 974 BGN in November and 982 BGN in October. Year-on-year, public sector wages and salaries grew 5.1%, while those in the private sector grew by 9.4%. The highest wages (by far) are paid in the IT and communication sector, followed by utilities and financial services. The lowest in hospitality, followed by general services.
English: http://www.novinite.com/articles ...
Press release 4th quarter 2016 with detailed figures: http://www.nsi.bg/sites/default ...
In its journal, trade union LANV reports about the last bargaining round, with negotiations in 18 branches and sectors. The outcome is a pay increase within a range of 0.3 to 1%, except in branches that had already on a pay increase in 2016 or branches that failed to come to a deal. Social partners have requested the government to declare the agreements for carpenters, roofers, cleaning and private doorkeepers generally binding. They also asked for a generally binding effect of improvements in 8 other collective agreements (automotive, building and plasterwork, retail, electrical branches, IT, gardeners, tilers and cabinet makers).
German: http://www.lanv.li/contortionist ...
https://apps.llv.li/amtsblatt …
http://www.vaterland.li/liechtenstein/politik/Gesamtarbeitsvertraege-in-Abklaerung ...
Workers from cleaning company ISS launched a 24-hour strike for higher wages at Lisbon airport. The workers want ISS to apply a special working conditions agreement to all workers and to increase wages and meal subsidies. They called for employers to ‘respect the dignity’ of the cleaning company’s workers.
English: http://www.theportugalnews.com/news/lisbon-airport-cleaners-on-strike ...
The Guardian is publishing an interesting series on retirement, looking at what it looks like for this and future generations, for the rich and the poor, for those looking at 30 years of leisure and others juggling caring responsibilities with their own advancing years. The nine contributions are published every Monday for eight weeks, and then one long, in-depth concluding article. The 1st article discusses opportunities an ageing population brings – and the challenges; the 2nd and 3rd describe the financial situation of pensioners and the necessity to continue work. With so few workers saving enough for their twilight years, retirement is in danger of becoming a thing of the past. That has huge implications for workplaces, and how older workers are treated. The 4th article gives a historical overview. Pensioner poverty began to improve only in the late 70s as the value of the state pension rose and an increasing number (mainly men) were able to benefit from occupational pension schemes, often negotiated by the trade unions.
English: https://www.theguardian.com/membership/2017/feb/06/flexible-retirement-age ...
The series: https://www.theguardian.com/membership/ng-interactive ...
Taxi drivers from the Radio Taxi association in Zagreb will organise a peace protest against Uber if the Ministry of Sea, Transport and Infrastructure does not prohibit Uber. They consider that Uber drivers operate illegally. If the peaceful protest is not working, the taxi drivers are ready for a full blockage of Zagreb.
English: http://www.total-croatia-news.com/business ...
The management of Audi Hungaria, the German car manufacturer’s subsidiary, agreed with the Audi Hungaria Independent Trade Union (AHFSZ) on wage increases. Under the new collective agreement, the monthly base salary at the Audi Hungaria’s local plant in Győr will be raised by HUF 30,000 (97 euro) retroactively from the start of 2017, while an additional 3% of variable pay will be built into the base salary. As of 2018, the base salary will be further increased by HUF 30,000, topped up with 3% of variable pay.
English: http://bbj.hu/business/audi-agrees-to-raise-wages-union-says ...
European federation EPSU sent a solidarity message to the HVDSZ 2000 union, four of whose members, including its president András Király, have been summarily dismissed by the FKFzrt waste company in Budapest. The four were fired for presenting the company with a demand for better pay and conditions. EPSU, along with the International and European Trade Union Confederations, also sent a strongly worded protest message to the chief executive of the company. The letter calls on him to reinstate the sacked workers and reminds him that his behaviour is in breach of the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights, the Council of Europe’s Social Charter and the core International Labour Organisation’s Conventions 87 and 98.
English: http://www.epsu.org/article/epsu-supports-sacked-waste-company-trade-unionists ...