The average salary of a seasonal worker in the tourist industry remains a secret. Only one of the big hotels revealed information, although very general, about its wages. The sector makes up a huge part of the economy, accounting for 19% of GDP of the country and employing some 25.000 seasonal workers. The president of the Croatian Trade Union for Tourism and Services said that salaries in tourism remain 13% lower than the average wage, even after bonuses for working shifts are added.
English: http://www.total-croatia-news.com/business/15546-low-wages-for-seasonal-workers ...
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From 1 January 2017, workers have a ‘right to disconnect’ from checking professional email out of working hours, as France seeks to establish agreements that afford work flexibility but avoid burnout, sleeping and relationship problems, denounced by many employees. Companies will be required to guarantee their employees a right to switch off from work and technology as the country seeks to tackle the modern-day scourge of compulsive out-of-hours email checking. A new law obliges organisations with more than 50 workers to start negotiations to define the rights of employees to ignore their work digital devices.
English: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe ...
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2016/dec/31/french-workers-win-legal-right ...
Trade union KESK planned a 450km walk from Istanbul to Ankara, involving its leadership and workers dismissed in the government purge following the failed military coup. Some 200 fired workers and their supporters gathered on 21 December in Istanbul to embark on a protest march to the capital city of Ankara, demanding ‘We want our jobs back!’. However, facing mounting police pressure, they decided in the end to head to Ankara by bus where they held a demonstration. The action aimed to protest against the dismissal of thousands of workers and the imprisonment of journalists during the purge.
English: http://www.equaltimes.org/we-want-our-jobs-back ...
http://www.ituc-csi.org/turkey-450km-walk-for-justice ...
The Resolution Foundation published new research results on the labour market position of agency and zero-hours workers, including statistical data and information on pay and working conditions. The reports aim to shed light on this overlooked groups by mapping out the scale and nature of this work. There are an estimated 865,000 agency workers in the UK today, a number that has increased since 2011 by 30%. Agency workers are more likely to be younger and less qualified than the overall workforce. In 2016, agency workers were paid on average £2.57 an hour less their non-agency counterparts. Workers on zero-hours contracts lose an estimated £1,000 a year compared with employees doing the same work. The Resolution Foundation said all workers who find themselves without a permanent, full-time role lose out in terms of wages, but people hired on zero-hours contracts suffer the biggest financial punishment.
English: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/dec/30/zero-hours-workers ...
http://www.resolutionfoundation.org/media/blog/a-typical-year/
http://www.resolutionfoundation.org/app/uploads/2016/12/Secret-Agents.pdf
The government announced that the level of the minimum wage will remain at RON 1,250 (275 euro). A future government will have to establish a new value of the minimum wage. Representatives of the political party that will build the new government announced earlier on the plan to increase the statutory gross minimum wage from 1 January 2017 to RON 1,450 (321 euro). The trade unions suspended the negotiations with the outgoing government, preferring to wait for a new government to install. Increasing the minimum wage to RON 1,450 was one of the main promises delivered by the winning PSD during the campaign.
English: http://www.romania-insider.com/no-change-romanias-minimum-wage …
A press release from the statistical office provides an update of wage data. The average gross salaries and wages paid in November 2016 amounted to dinars 63 061 (511 euro). The average net salaries and wages (tax and contributions excluded) paid in November 2016 totalled 45 767 dinars (371 euro). Compared to the average gross salaries and wages paid in November 2015, average gross salaries and wages increased by 3.5% in nominal terms and by 2.0% in real terms, while average net salaries and wages increased by 3.6% in nominal terms and by 2.1% in real terms.
English: http://www.stat.gov.rs/WebSite/repository …
Airport workers belonging to handling and assistance companies Groundforce and Portway might go ahead with strike action from 28 to 30 December. Private security workers belonging to companies Prosegur and Securitas, who are responsible for checking passengers and employees and scanning baggage, are also expected to strike at the same time. Topping off what looks to be a complicated period for national airports, Groundforce employees have further threatened to strike on Christmas Eve.
English: http://www.theportugalnews.com/news/air-passengers-warned …
Workers at Geneva airport stated that they could go on strike with only two hours advance warning after negotiations over pay with airport operator Swissport broke down. Unions say the current pay levels are not sustainable for one of the most expensive cities in the world. The Geneva branch of the Public Service Union (SSP) representing workers at the airport are demanding an increase in salary and renegotiation of the collective agreement. Swissport has rejected the call to increase pay, saying in a statement obtained by news agencies that the current collective agreement is valid until 2019. The company first reacted with sanctions threats towards the strike committee. However, later on a solution was found for ordinary talks.
French: http://www.ssp-vpod.ch/actualites/nouvelles ...
English: https://worldradio.ch/news/2016/12/05/christmas-travelers-face-strike-action ...
Teachers’ salaries are set to rise twice in 2017, once in January, when teachers’ minimum salaries will be raised to 1,000 euro and the average to 1,200 euro, and again in September, when the new minimum of 1,050 euro and the new average of 1,260 euro enter into effect. The salary increase is planned for teachers at general educational schools as well as for those working at vocational schools. The double increase makes it possible to raise teachers’ pay by some 10%. The current minimum salary for teachers is 958 euro.
English: http://news.err.ee/v/news …
Planned strikes by British Airways cabin crew on Christmas Day and Boxing Day have been suspended, the Unite union has said. Employees were due to walk out in a row over pay and conditions. The union said 4,500 workers employed on so-called ‘Mixed Fleet’ contracts - who have joined since 2010 - were on lower pay than other staff. Talks at conciliation service Acas have led to a revised offer which will be put to a ballot of union members.
English: http://www.bbc.com/news/business ...