The leadership of trade union confederation CGIL has made an appeal to the other two large confederations CISL and UIL to join in action calling for the renewal of many collective agreements for both public and private sector workers. It was added that this joint action could take the form of a major national protest of different groups of workers. CGIL also stated that the government had not allocated enough money for pay raises in the public sector.
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A commercial recruitment portal held a web based poll and found that pay satisfaction has grown the most in Estonia among its Baltic clients. Compared to 2013, pay satisfaction had risen by 14% in Estonia and 13% in Latvia, but dropped by 2% in Lithuania. A spokesperson explained that the primary reasons for the rise in pay satisfaction were shortage of labour and modest economic growth. This means better work conditions, including an increase in pay, for job-seekers and working people alike. Across the Baltics, people connected with IT, recruitment, agriculture and environmental protection were the most satisfied with their pay whereas more than 70% of employees in healthcare, social work, education and research, and catering fields found that they were underpaid. 60% of top executives, 45% of mid-level managers and 42% of sales personnel stated that their remuneration was in accordance with their contributions; in contrast, this opinion was shared by just a quarter of skilled and unskilled workers and customer service personnel.
English: http://news.err.ee/v/business ...
The state-run social insurance fund Sodra warns that if several thousand more people enter the labour market than leave it in 2017 and 2018, the total number of the insured will remain unchanged and the labour market will come close to its bottom. The fund predicts negative employment growth as soon as in 2019, due primarily to negative demographic trends. An economist came with a similar message and said that the country must think about a coordinated import of labour from abroad. This could be done via the education system, for example, by inviting young Ukrainians or Belarusians to study and then stay to work. According to the International Monetary Fund, losing workers to other countries has already cost 21 central and eastern Europe nations an average of about 7 percentage points of gross domestic product. The IMF predicts a hit of as much as 9 percentage points over the next 14 years should current trends continue.
English: http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/analytics ...
People working for the minimum wage will be receiving €435 per month in 2017, according to the regulations signed by the government. The representatives of the government, employers and trade unions have been repeatedly negotiating the minimum wage hike, but they failed to come to an agreement. Thus, the Labour Ministry became responsible for proposing the amount. This hike means that the minimum wage will represent 52 percent of the average monthly salary. The minimum wage stands at €405 per month in 2016, which is an increase of €25 compared to 2015.
English: http://spectator.sme.sk/c/20359765/minimum-wage-should-rise-to-500.html
The parliament has approved the new law on parental leave, which enters into force on December 1, 2016. The Act provides for more flexibility, enabling a parent to take four or six months' full-time leave; eight or twelve months’ part-time leave; one day of parental leave per week for 20 months and four individuals months of parental leave within 20 months. In all cases, the flexible models require the prior consent of the employer. The part-time and single-time models can therefore be rejected by an employer.
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The website www.kollektivvertrag.at reports that in several industries new agreements have been concluded. Trade unions PRO-GE and GPA-djp reached a 12-month deal in the brewery sector with a 1.25% pay increase. In the freight transport industry, the unions and the employers signed an agreement with a 2.7% pay increase, starting 1 January 2017.
German: http://www.kollektivvertrag.at/cms/KV ...
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The minister of Employment and Social Security, the general secretaries of the trade unions CCOO and UGT and the presidents of the employers’ Associations CEOE and CEPYME met at the Ministry to advance on dialogue social. They analysed the situation raised by recent rulings of the EU Court of Justice regarding temporary workers and its impact on labour law. In order to provide legal certainty for companies and strengthen the stability of workers, they agreed to establish a group of experts that will issue a report on a proposal for an agreed tripartite reform. The government and the social partners also analysed the situation of long-term unemployed and the impact and possible renewal of the Activation Program for Employment. Besides, they confirmed their commitment to find an agreement on a reform of the pension system to try to assure its sustainability.
Spanish: http://www.ugt.es/Documentos ...
Based on publications of the Francisco Manuel dos Santos Foundation alarming figures have been revealed about the poverty rate in the country. This was admitted by the ministry of labour in a message to mark the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. In a study released by the Foundation, called ‘Portugal Desigual,’ it is written that the number of poor increased between 2009 and 2014 by 116,000 to 2.02 million, a quarter of them children and 10.7% of them represented by workers living below the poverty line. Today, one in five live with a monthly income below €422, with incomes falling by 12% since 2009.
English: http://algarvedailynews.com/news/10129-portugal-has-too-much-poverty ...
Data (Portuguese): http://portugaldesigual.ffms.pt/
State doctors went on a three-hour strike at Makarios hospital in Nicosia to protest the health ministry’s decision to train students from University of Cyprus’ (UCy) medical school in public hospitals. The work stoppage, by trade union Pasyki and the doctors’ branch of civil servants’ union Pasydy, began, after the dean of the UCy’s medical school went to the Makarios hospital to assume duties at the children’s surgery clinic, as part of the cooperation agreement between the UCy and the health ministry. Both unions are against the cooperation agreement between the ministry and the university. According to the agreement each hospital department will have two heads – the existing manager and a university doctor – while the latter will also have under his or her supervision a number of medical staff of the department. The university doctor will take three to four physicians from the already understaffed clinic who will be under his supervision. The unions consider that this will create chaos. The unions also protest against the difference in salaries as university doctors’ annual income will be more than three times that of state doctors.
English: http://cyprus-mail.com/2016/10/17/doctors-threaten-new-strike-action ...
The Bucharest subway workers’ union USLM might trigger a collective labour conflict that could lead to a general strike after a new round of negotiations for the 2016-2017 collective work agreement failed to get them the expected results. The general strike could block the traffic at the Bucharest subway. The negotiations between USLM and metro operator Metrorex ended with some of the topics included on the agenda unsolved, especially those related to improving working conditions, according to union representatives. The current collective work agreement expires on 23 October 2016.
English: http://www.romania-insider.com/bucharest-subway-workers-plan-strike ...