The statistical service published updated employment data. In October 2016 the number of registered unemployed increased to 37,475 persons in comparison to 37,304 in September 2016. In comparison with October 2015, a decrease of 8,9% was recorded, which was mainly observed in the sectors of construction, manufacturing, trade, transport, accommodation and food service activities, public administration and to newcomers in the labour market.
English: http://www.mof.gov.cy/mof/cystat/statistics …
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The board of Posta Romana and representatives of postal workers’ trade union SPLR have upon the salary increase scheme, from 1 January 2017. During the negotiations, the parties have agreed a salary increase and also to increase the value of meal tickets, after the coming into force of the law regarding the increase in the nominal value increase in the meal tickets. The new pay scheme aims to follow the social equality principles, focusing on the employees with the lowest incomes. As a result of the agreement, the work conflict will be stopped and the activity of Posta Romana will take its normal course.
English: http://www.business-review.eu/news/posta-romana-board-reaches-deal …
The central office for statistics CBS reported that more than 46 thousand UK citizens were living in the Netherlands on 1 January 2016. The majority of these first-generation British are living in the Randstad megalopolis and their wages are high in comparison to other migrants. During the past two decades, more native UK citizens have entered every year than left the country. For the first time since 2001, more than 4 thousand UK natives settled in 2015, i.e. nearly twice as many as those who returned to the UK. The report includes a comparison with other immigrants. It reveals that more often than their counterparts from Germany and Belgium and from the rest of the EU, UK citizens are found in the highest wage groups.
English: https://www.cbs.nl/en-gb/news/2016/44/british-subjects-in-the-netherlands-earn-high-wages
Train drivers returned to work after a four-week strike when the government agreed to joint union and employer demands for a national standard for all train drivers. The government agreed to develop the national standard with the involvement of the unions and the trade organisation. A trade organisation for railway companies will be immediately set up by law, with mandatory membership for all companies with safety certificates on the network. The locomotive drivers’ regulations will be made more specific and the employers – Norwegian State Railways (NSB) and CargoNet – have committed not to change the existing training programmes before the new standard is developed. During mediation the NSB had strongly rejected the union’s proposal along these lines.
English: http://www.itfglobal.org/en/news-events/news/2016/november/victorious-norwegian …
Trade union GSEE called for a nationwide strike on 8 December 2016 to protest against austerity measures and labour law reforms demanded by the country's official lenders as part of a crucial bailout review. GSEE, which represents about 2 million workers and pensioners in the private sector, said the 24-hour walkout would be a protest against the planned reforms.
English: http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-eurozone-greece-strike …
The OECD is preparing a series of country reports, Connecting People with Jobs, which provides an assessment activation policies to encourage greater labour market participation. This country report (the second in the series) focuses on four groups: long-term unemployed, low-skilled workers, older workers and displaced workers. The global financial crisis has hit hard and resulted in a high level of long-term unemployment, low rates of employment for some groups such as those who are older or low-skilled and poor reemployment chances for workers who have been made redundant. The report includes a section with a polemic on the effects and impact of the minimum wage on the structure of earnings.
English: http://www.keepeek.com/Digital-Asset-Management/oecd/employment …
The National Statistics Office portrays employment data from two distinct perspectives for the years 2010 to 2015, by ‘place of work’ and by ‘place of residence’. Also a sectoral distribution is provided. Thus, users are enabled to observe commuter workers across regions. In 2015, the highest proportion of employed persons were in wholesale and retail trade; repair of motor vehicles and motorcycles; transportation and storage; accommodation and food services activities and the public administration and defence; compulsory and social security; education; human health and social work activities (Tables 1 and 2).
English: https://nso.gov.mt/en/News_Releases/View_by_Unit/Unit_02/Regional_Statistics …
The Chamber of Labour produced an instructive leaflet on a contract for the provision of services for workers that are confronted with offers to work as an independent worker. By using questions and answers several important issues (taxation, honorary, security) that relate to this type of contract are raised. The leaflet explains the differences between a (commercial) contract for the provision of services and a labour contract.
German: https://media.arbeiterkammer.at/wien/PDF/Publikationen/ArbeitundRecht …
Couriers for the Foodora food delivery app have taken strike action, raising questions about the 'sharing economy' and how workers in that sector can organise. Riders are demanding better working conditions. In May 2016, they wrote a letter signed by 85 out of 100 workers with their demands. Finally, in July 2016, a meeting took place with the employers´ representatives. Management said the contract could not be modified. However, in September Foodora issued a new contract, applying to all new riders, and from the end of November 2016, to all riders. This contract eliminates the fixed income and replaces it with a variable one: €2.70 per delivery. Since the beginning of October 2016, Foodora workers have been organising several actions (strikes, blockages of the service, and distribution of leaflets in restaurants affiliated to Foodora). The main demands are: abolition of the ‘temporary collaboration’ contract, as well as the per-delivery pay, and introduction of a flexible part-time contract. This kind of contract guarantees sick leave, insurance and vacation; a basic salary with a variable bonus per delivery; and the end of threats and disciplinary sanctions against the protesting workers.
English: https://libcom.org/blog/foodora-strikes-italy-dark-side-sharing-economy …
The Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI) escalated their work-to-rule as part of their campaign seeking pay restoration and negotiating rights. Trade union Garda Representative Association (GRA) has decided to join AGSI after GRA members rejected the accord by a margin of about 87% to 11%. An all-out strike by rank and file Gardaí as well as Garda sergeants and Inspectors is looking increasingly likely. Members of the AGSI began limited industrial action over a 16.5 per cent pay claim and access to the State’s industrial relations machinery such as the Labour Court and Workplace Relations Commission. The AGSI reached a deal with the government some months ago which brought its 2,000 members into the Lansdowne Road public sector pay agreement. However, the AGSI has revised its position after establishing that an ongoing review of Garda pay and industrial relations will not deliver the immediate increases it is seeking.
English: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/rank-and-file-garda ...
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