The Statistical Office (SORS) has issued revised Labour Force Survey data for 2014 and the first two quarters of 2015. Comparison of the first and second quarter of 2015 with the corresponding quarters in 2014 indicates a shift of unemployment, partly into employment and partly into inactivity. Over a twelve month period the official unemployment figure decreased from 20.9% in the 2nd quarter of 2014 to 17.9% in the same quarter in 2015.
English: http://webrzs.stat.gov.rs/WebSite/public/PublicationView.
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The monthly overview of contractual hourly wages shows that, at the end of September 2015, the coverage rate (share of national collective agreements in force for the wage setting) was 62.0% in terms of employees and 59.0% in terms of the total amount of wages. In September 2015 the hourly index was unchanged while the per employee index increased by 0.1% from August 2015. Compared with September 2014 the hourly index and the per employee index increased by 1.2%. During the period January-September 2015, both indices rose by 1.1% compared to the same period in 2014.
English: http://www.istat.it/en/archive/171635
In 2015, wages have increased by 2.8 percent, below the expected 3.2 percent. Wages grew the most in the insurance and automotive sectors, while the energy sector reported the lowest increase. These are some of the results of the latest remuneration study elaborated by PwC. In 2016, the companies plan to increase wages by 2.9 percent when wages are expected to grow most significantly in the services and information and communication technologies (ITC) sectors.
English: http://spectator.sme.sk/c/20062152/ict-is-the-best-paying-sector-in-slovakia.html
A joint Siptu/NBRU committee is likely to meet to consider further industrial action to take place in the event of a dispute over union demands at Iarnród Éireann, the state-owned rail company, for payment for drivers' past productivity not being resolved. After talks aimed at resolving the row broke down at the Workplace Relations Commission, the unions have warned further strike action on the railways is inevitable unless there is a change in approach by management. The main dispute is about commitments on past productivity the company entered into in previous agreements with workers.
English: http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/unions-warn-of-more-train.
http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/talks-at-preventing-strike-action-at-irish-rail.
According to a report published by the government, 115 employers have failed to pay 1,700 workers the National Minimum Wage (NMW). However, the trade union confederation TUC estimates that at least 250,000 workers were being denied their legal pay, and that only a quarter of the offenders are being caught. The TUC argued in a 2013 report that the NMW enforcement regime must be subject to a process of continual improvement in order to keep up with those employers who actively look for new ways to try to evade their responsibility to pay the National Minimum Wage. One of the prominent non-complying companies named in the report is the fashion retailer Monsoon.
English: https://www.tuc.org.uk/economic-issues/labour-market/workplace-issues/.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business.
Dockworkers walked out in protest at the planned privatisations of the country's two biggest ports, a condition of a multi-billion euro bailout from international lenders. A statement from the dockworkers' trade union vowed to avert privatisations and accused the government of attempting to sell out to what they call `foreign owned monopolies'. The trade union said its goal is to avoid any sales process, ensure labour relations through collective bargaining and ensure a sustainable pension system.
English: http://www.business-standard.com/article/news-ians/greek-port-workers-strike.
The statistical office is working on detailed and final 2014 data and graphs on number of persons in paid employment by amount of gross and net earnings. In 2014, 65% of persons in paid employment had below average gross earnings and 63.1% below average net earnings. Gross median monthly pay stood at 1,353 euro in 2014, which is nearly 300 euro less than the average gross wage of 1,637 euro. Persons in paid employment in the public sector had on average a higher education than persons in paid employment in the private sector and their earnings were above the national average. The labour cost data for 2014 indicate that the average monthly labour costs per person in paid employment amounted 2,104.23 euro, which is an increase of 1.0% compared to 2013. Average labour costs per hour worked amounted to 14.71 euro.
English: http://www.stat.si/StatWeb/en/show-news?id=5547&idp=15&headerbar=4
http://www.stat.si/StatWeb/en/show-news?id=5568&idp=15&headerbar=4
The Swedish steel conglomerate SSAB announced restructuring plans that could result in the loss of up to 295 jobs. The corporate shake up will affect workers at the company's steel plant in Raahe and its building subsidiary Ruukki Construction. The company has launched restructuring talks that will affect some 2,900 workers in Finland - 2,445 of them work at the Raahe plant. The talks will last at least six weeks and the planned personnel reductions should be finalised during the first half of 2016. The company aims to implement some of the payroll cuts by reducing the number of fixed term job contracts as well as through natural turnover.
English: http://yle.fi/uutiset/swedish_steelmaker_ssab_posts_q3_loss_plans_to_cut_.
A parliamentary Posted Workers Committee, made up of representatives from all political parties, has formulated tearing up the so-called Lex Laval (i.e. the legislative changes introduced in 2010 in the wake of the so-called Laval case) in order to improve the terms and conditions for foreign workers who are posted to the country. The committee suggests that trade unions are given the right to resort to industrial action in order to push through a collective agreement with minimum wage demands, a so-called posted workers collective agreement. According to the proposals, within ten days the posted company should appoint a representative with the power to negotiate and sign collective agreements if a trade union demands it. The proposal says trade unions should be able to demand documentation, which proves that the posted employer adheres to minimum terms and conditions. Posted workers should be allowed access to Swedish courts in order to demand minimum terms and conditions according to collective agreements, regardless of whether they belong to trade unions that have signed agreements or not.
English: http://www.nordiclabourjournal.org/nyheter/news-2015/article.2015-10-21.
A study commissioned by the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) and led by the Institute of Economic Research (IRE) at the University of Italian Switzerland in Lugano, examines the consequences of cross-border workers - or `frontalieri' - on Ticino's job market. After publication was pushed back several times, its controversial conclusions were finally leaked to the press. The study concludes that nothing proves that resorting to cross-border workers has increased the risk of unemployment among the resident population - neither in Switzerland nor in Ticino.
English: http://www.thelocal.ch/20151023/ticino-job-market-study-angers-locals
French: http://www.tdg.ch/suisse/etude-frontaliers-choque-tessin/story/.
Press statement (in Italian): http://www.press.usi.ch/en/comunicati-stampa/.