At the end of 2016 the statistical office published the latest statistical data on the situation in the country. Growth of disposable income in 2014 and 2015 continued for the third consecutive year, actually at a higher rate. High growth was mostly the result of the increase in compensation of employees both in the public and private sectors (increase in employment and growth of gross earnings). Average monthly gross earnings grew in 2016; in the first nine months by almost 2%. This is the result of the growth of average monthly gross earnings in both sectors, in the public by 2.4% and in the private by 1.7%.
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A local court in Breda has ruled that drivers and conductors of railway company NS cannot go on strike as planned because of the risk to public safety. It would not be responsible to allow large groups of people to gather at railway stations because the strike stopped them getting to work, the judge said. However, from January 6, when police numbers are back up to strength, the strike can go ahead, court said. The strike involving workers in Amsterdam, Rotterdam and Hoofddorp would have resulted in widespread disruption to the rail network.
English: http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2016/12/court-bans-train-drivers-strike/
The government has presented a proposal in which it calls for the minimum wage to be increased to 557 euro. The proposal was formulated after the ruling Socialists joined the opposition PSD and CDS-PP parties to vote against a proposal from the Portuguese Communist Party (PCP) recommending that the government would raise the National Minimum Wage to €600 per month from 1 January 2017.
English: http://www.theportugalnews.com/news/government-proposes …
The Irish Congress of Trade Unions Private Sector Committee is advising affiliate unions in the sector to seek pay increases in 2017 that would see basic pay rise by at least €1000 annually, or 4% - whichever figure is higher. The committee monitored pay bargaining developments over the course of 2016 and trends across a range of key measures that impact on the living standards of workers. The country's largest employers' group described the unions' demand for a 4% pay increase for private sector workers in 2017 as a ‘try on’ and said there was no justification for an across-the-board wage increase. The ICTU replied in an open letter.
English: http://www.ictu.ie/download/pdf/patricia_king_response …
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/monday-interview-unions-demand …
Leaflet with the demands: http://www.ictu.ie/download/pdf/private_sector_bulletin …
The trade union Ver.di has called workers at the warehouses of U.S. online retailer Amazon.com on strike on 21 December 2016, as part of a long-running dispute over pay and conditions. Ver.di said in a statement it was calling on workers at three of the nine Amazon warehouses to join the strike, which will run until 24 December. Germany is Amazon's second-biggest market after the United States, with 11,000 warehouse staff plus thousands of seasonal workers. The trade union members of the different workplaces have opened a permanent website with reports about the protests and activities.
English: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-amazon-com-germany …
Trade union website (in German): https://www.amazon-verdi.de/1
The social partners reached an agreement on the time credit for parental leave. In the past, it was even possible to take a period of non-motivated leave. However, this provision was forbidden in a royal decree by the government. The new agreement gives workers the right to apply for a fulltime, halftime or 20% leave, with a maximum of 51 months. The leave has to be motivated; valid grounds are the caretaking of children up to the age of 8 years, palliative care, the caretaking of a family member or relative that is seriously ill or the care for handicapped and seriously ill children (up to 21 years).
French: http://www.7sur7.be …
Text of the agreement (in French): http://www.cnt-nar.be/CCT-ORIG …
Dutch: http://www.hln.be/hln/nl …
Text of the agreement (in Dutch): http://www.cnt-nar.be/CAO-ORIG …
SIPTU members at Bausch + Lomb’s Waterford plant have voted to accept a pay deal, averting the threat of strike action and job cuts. The vote, which was supported by over 80% in a ballot, lifted a threat to the future viability of the plant, where 1,250 people are employed. The dispute polarised earlier on as the company, which is owned by troubled Canadian pharma group Valeant, had imposed a deadline for agreement on a pay deal. Otherwise, it warned, it would take a series of measures that could put 220 jobs at risk. SIPTU was looking for the restoration of the working conditions that prevailed back in 2014 before unions agreed to an €18.5 million package of cuts that saw 200 staff let go and a pay cut of 7.5 per cent as well as a new, lower pay grade for temporary staff and other measures. Reopening of the talks led to an improved deal.
English: http://www.irishtimes.com/business/health-pharma/bausch-lomb-staff …
http://www.irishtimes.com/business/health-pharma/bausch-lomb-workers-ballot …
The government has announced that the level of the statutory minimum wage (the so-called SMIC) will be ‘technically’ heightened with 0.93%, up to a monthly gross pay of 1,480.27 euro (or a net pay of 1,153 euro). The government herewith follows the advice of a group of economists. Several trade unions have asked in the recent past for a more substantial increase. They argue that, since 2012, the SMIC has only increased with 68 euro, whilst the payment of dividends went through a real enormous rise.
English: http://www.thelocal.fr/20161219/france-raises-minimum-wage-by-just-nine-centimes …
Analysis (in French): http://www.liberation.fr/france/2016/12/19/une-onzieme-annee …
Before the end of 2016 the Social Insurance Institution (Kela) will notify 2,000 randomly selected unemployed people of their participation in its basic income experiment. The pilot aims to determine whether a monthly 560-euro payment will encourage recipients to find temporary or part-time work. Once the trial begins, basic income recipients will have to give up their basic unemployment allowance or labour market subsidy. For those selected, participation in the experiment is obligatory.
English: http://kwbu.org/post/finland-test-basic-income-unemployed
http://yle.fi/uutiset/osasto/news/2000_selected …
According to the study Working abroad by the public opinion research centre CBOS, 41% of labour migrants who are working or have worked abroad went to Germany, making it the main destination for economic migration, followed by the UK and the Netherlands. The UK was cited by 23% of those who are, or have been, working abroad, and the Netherlands by 20% (up from 8% in 2007). Differences in wages remain the most important motivation for seeking work abroad.
English: http://www.thenews.pl/1/12/Artykul/285368,Germany-most-popular-destination …