The Labour Office in the north of the country has joined forced with the Health Office in a bid to bring about changes to working hours during the heat wave currently gripping the island. A trade union spokesperson stated that workers should not be working during the hours of 12pm to 4pm. It should be against the law for employees to be put to work outdoors during those hours due to not only the risks from the heat but also from the possible high levels of humidity. Despite temperatures reaching over 40' C, workers still have to work outdoors on construction sites or manual labour jobs.
English: http://in-cyprus.com/labour-unions-calls-heat-wave-changes/
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The plant of carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroën in Trnava is going to implement a unique weekend shift to produce the new car model. The weekend shift will bring jobs for 570 production operators, 170 skilled maintenance workers, administrators of equipment and car repairers, 46 team leaders and 8 managers. Their salary will range from 70 to 80 percent of the income in a three-shift system. About 500 employees will work 9.5 hours on Saturday morning or afternoon and on Sunday night and others will work 10 hours from Friday to Sunday. The company managers see the introduction of a new shift as a job opportunity for students or those people who cannot work during the week due to family issues.
English: http://spectator.sme.sk/c/20199178/psa-introduces-fourth-working-shift.html
One of the largest public sector unions has warned that the complete repeal of the legislation which cut the pay and pensions of State employees during the recession would see high earners gain substantially more than their lower-paid colleagues. In a blog post to the union membership, Impact's head of communication said a complete reversal of the Financial Emergency Measures in the Public Interest Act (Fempi) would give a worker on €30,000 a total gain of less than €450 a year, while someone earning €125,000 would stand to gain almost €20,000. The union calls this a regressive outcome and believes that deals have to be negotiated, which deliver continuing improved living standards for those on low and middle incomes, with a fair and balanced unwinding of Fempi for all over time. Because, as the recovery strengthens the country needs to return to normal industrial relations where pay is set by agreement, not legislation.
English: http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/union-warns-against-repeal-of-law .
In response to the vote to leave the EU several trade unions have issued official statements. UNITE, the biggest union in private sector, said that the country will face profound change. UNISON stated that the union will be working in the coming period to hold the leave campaigners to the promises they've made - that there will be more money for the NHS, and that the workers' rights at work will remain intact. TUC General Secretary Frances O'Grady said in a comment that the British people have made their views clear. As the UK prepares to leave the EU, the first priority now is to protect jobs and defend the living standards of working people. The government must urgently set out a plan to defend UK industry and keep British jobs. That means defending the pound and stimulating the economy. Working people must not pay the price for the decision to leave. In its Advice before the vote the TUC had warned that future governments would have a pretty much unconstrained freedom of action in relation to those areas currently governed by EU social and employment law.
English: https://www.tuc.org.uk/node .
https://www.tuc.org.uk/sites/default/files/Brexit .
https://www.ucatt.org.uk/joint-union-statement-following-referendum-vote
https://www.unison.org.uk/news/2016/06/unison-statement-on-the-eu-referendum-result/
http://www.unitetheunion.org/news/unite-the-union-statement .
Staff at Childminding Ireland are on an indefinite strike since the beginning of June 2016 after five workers were served redundancy notices. Trade union IMPACT has agreed to attend a Workplace Relations Commission (WRC) mediation meeting on the dispute. Neither the union, nor its members in Childminding Ireland, received any contact from the agency's management since their strike got underway on 7 June. The company has indicated that future staff will be required to have a childcare qualification. Workers will continue the action until management reverses its decision, and enters talks over a proposed restructuring.
English: http://www.irishexaminer.com/breakingnews/ireland/childminding-ireland-staff .
The index of wages according to collective labour agreements measures the evolution of wages and salaries (per employee or per hour) determined by contractual provisions set by collective agreements; the indices are calculated with reference to the fixed employment structure of the base period (December 2010). At the end of May 2016 the coverage rate (share of national collective agreements in force for the wage setting aspects) was 36.0 per cent in terms of employees and 34.8 per cent in terms of the total amount of wages. The labour market results of the 1st quarter indicate that on the labour supply side, total employment slightly grew to the previous quarter, after a light decrease in the fourth quarter of 2015, but with highly differentiated dynamics among the types of employment. The increase in permanent employees was balanced by the decrease in temporary employment and by the stability of the self-employed.
English: http://www.istat.it/en/files/2016/06/EN_contractual_wages_salaries .
http://www.istat.it/en/files/2016/06/EN_labour_market .
A one-day strike caused disruption to public transport, municipal public services and crèches. Some private sector companies have also been hit by the strike action as have the ports. Trade unions protest against what they call the antisocial measures of the government, in particular plans for a labour reform. The confederation of socialist trade unions proclaimed on the eve of the strike an increase of the minimum hourly wage to 14 euro.
English: http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/Economy .
http://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/employment/5843/hourly-minimum-wage .
http://www.brusselstimes.com/belgium/employment/5857/general-strike-a-clear-message .
Lisbon was the location for a massive March for public education. The event was organised by several organisations, including the trade union Federaçao Nacional dos Professores (FENPROF), to express the view that it is unacceptable to fund private schools with public money. The march celebrated the public school, known as `a school of all colours,' as a common good representing quality education, diversity, inclusion, and democracy. It also demanded adequate funding for public education.
English: https://www.ei-ie.org/en/news .
After a period of intensive negotiations, trade union IG BCE, representing about 650,000 workers in the mining, chemical, and energy industries reached an agreement for a pay deal for workers in the chemical industry with the employers' association BAVC. The agreement will run for two years. It includes a pay increase of 3.0% in the first step and 2.3% in a second phase; the timing of the increase is related to a regional and company clause. The agreement also introduces a `Starts' program for apprentices and young migrants that enter the labour market.
English: http://www.chemweek.com/business/environment/corporate_social_responsibility .
German: https://www.igbce.de/tarife/chemie-tarifrunde/chemie-tarifrunde-2016-abschluss .
A blog that was used during the campaign (in German): https://chemie2016.tumblr.com/
Poland has strongly opposed to German and French moves to set a minimum wage for foreign truck drivers, saying this would infringe the principles of a European single market and freedom of services. Germany, where average wages are much higher than in Poland, introduced a minimum rate of 8.50 euro an hour for lorry drivers in 2015, dealing a blow to Polish transport companies, which have the second-largest truck fleet in Europe. France is planning to introduce a law, which would be applicable to lorries transiting through France. In May 2015, the European Commission launched a legal procedure against Berlin, citing an infringement of European rules. The commission has also sent a letter of formal notice to Paris, the first stage of legal proceedings. In the meantime, other countries have joined the protest of the Polish authorities.
English: http://www.thenews.pl/1/10/Artykul/258584,No-minimum-wage .
Background article by Eurofound: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/observatories .