The Education Policy Institute published comparative figures showing teachers in England are working longer hours than in most other OECD countries. Full time teachers work an average of 48.2 hours per week – the third highest out of jurisdictions compared, 19% longer than the average elsewhere, with a fifth of teachers putting in 60 or more hours per week. However, this extra time went towards lesson planning and filling in forms, with teachers spending only slightly more time in class than international peers. What's more, they are not rewarded with higher pay or perks. Starting pay is actually 16% lower than the OECD average, and many suffer burnout from stress early on in their careers, with only 48% having more than ten years' experience compared with the OECD average of 64%.
English: http://epi.org.uk/report/teacherworkload/
The report: http://epi.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/10/TeacherWorkload ...
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Primary school cleaners in West Yorkshire are entering a long period of strike over claims their wages and conditions have been cut since a private company took over the contract. In the last years, thousands of schools around the country were turned into academies and the cleaning was outsourced to a private firm. This change meant school support staff has seen cuts on their wages, pensions, sick pay and holiday entitlement. Once the contract switched from Wakefield council to C&D Cleaning, they had their wages cut from £7.85 an hour to £7.20, the minimum wage.
English: https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2016/oct/09/kinsley-school-cleaners ...
Twitter: https://twitter.com/KinsleyCandD
The three parties in government have agreed to rise the country’s monthly minimum wage from the current 9,900 to 11,000 crowns (around 400 euro). This increase is aimed at improving the pay for around 115,000 workers. Earlier on, trade union leaders had called for an increase in 2017 of minimum wages in the private sector to 11,500 crowns (425 euro) a month.
English: http://radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/government-agrees-on-minimum-wage ...
The unemployment rate at the end of September 2016 was 2.2%, the same as the previous month. The unemployment rate also remained unchanged compared to September 2015, when 16 more people registered as unemployed. The unemployment rate among 15 to 24-year-olds fell by 1.4% compared to the previous month and is now at 3.1%. 25 to 49-year-olds were less affected by unemployment than the previous month: month-over-month, the rate sank by 3.4%, and by 6.2 when compared to the previous year.
English: http://www.liechtenstein-business.li/en/news-detail/article/liechtensteins-arbeitsmarkt ...
In a synthesis report commissioned by DG EMPL of the European Commission on the situation of workers in arduous jobs, one chapter is dedicated to the income, notably once they retire. The report is based on country reports and looks after the actual retirement pathway which workers in arduous and hazardous jobs follow in the scrutinised countries. It identifies the national policy measures, and the number of workers that have access to them. Also described are the main characteristics of the retirement pattern, especially the effective retirement age, as compared with that of ordinary workers. The report provides information on the level of income with a focus on pension benefits, comparing the benefits (through special schemes, special rules of early and/or disability benefits) with the pension benefits provided for ordinary workers.
English: http://ec.europa.eu/social ...
Country reports: http://ec.europa.eu/social/keyDocuments ...
The union for the public and welfare sector JHL is concerned about the Government’s plans to continually cut earnings-related unemployment benefits. By government’s decision the maximum length of earnings-related unemployment benefit will already be cut by 100 days, from 500 days to 400 days in the beginning of 2017. For those who have been active in working life less than three years the number of days will be cut from 400 to 300. Currently the government is planning further cuts in unemployment benefits in a new pact for employment. JHL has expressed its opposition to this plan.
English: http://www.jhl.fi/portal/en ...
Using administrative data, an IAB-paper analyses the relation between wages and past and current labour market conditions. The data suggests that wages are related to past labour market conditions as contract theories postulate. However, past labour market conditions also affect contemporaneous wages through the evolution of the match qualities over a worker’s job history - the main hypothesis of the selection model. Refining the selection model by taking into account within company job regrading, the authors find that wages of workers who switched employers and occupations at the same time respond stronger to the cycle than wages of job stayers. In contrast, wages of workers who only switch employers or occupations are not more cyclical than wages of workers who stay at their previous employer and in their previous occupation.
English: http://doku.iab.de/discussionpapers/2016 ...
The increase of collectively agreed wages has reached a seven-year high in the 3rd quarter of 2016. Compared to last year, wages went up with 2.1%. Statistical data indicate that, since the 3rd quarter of 2014, the increase of collectively agreed wages outpaces inflation. The difference between the wage increase and the inflation (at 0.1%) has reached a size that was last noted in 1986. Wages increased most for civil servants, who benefited from a 3.5% rise after several years of frozen pay. Private sector wages increased by an average of 1.9% and in public organisations by 1.1%.
English: http://www.dutchnews.nl/news/archives/2016/10/pay-rises ...
Dutch (with graphs): https://www.cbs.nl/nl-nl/nieuws/2016/40/grootste-cao-loonstijging ...
The Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) Wage and income distribution report 2016 concludes that the wage gap between rich and poor freezes. The income distribution strongly stalled in recent decades. Especially in East Germany, the mobility between income classes has declined sharply since the reunification. In order to change these tendencies several measures have to be taken: the redistribution of taxation, the reduction of long-term unemployment and the dismantling of inequalities in the education system. The plea is to develop a policy of social inclusion that transfers workers with high labour market risks into more secure and stable jobs, with decent wages.
German: http://www.boeckler.de/pdf ...
Health care workers held a 24-hour strike, leaving hospitals running with emergency staff. Protesters marched past 10 state-run hospitals before reaching the health ministry. Per capita spending on health has been axed by nearly a third since 2009 as the government made cuts required by its bailout programs, according to estimates by the OECD. That has created longer waiting lists for treatment, staff shortages, and frequent medical equipment failure at hospitals. The trade unions accuse the government of delaying plans to hire more hospital staff, which they argue would cover just 20% of jobs lost due to austerity measures.
English: http://www.canadianbusiness.com/business-news/greek-doctors-paramedics ...