According to a study by Intel some two-thirds of the workers take their work with them - at the very least checking or responding to text messages and emails while on vacation. The survey found that of the people who continue to work while away, one-third works intensively. That goes against psychologists' warning that holiday time should be used primarily to break daily routines'.
English: http://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/study-two-thirds-of-czechs-take-their-work .
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Employees of luggage handlers Aviapartner reached an agreement with the management about new contracts, which wipes out the danger of more strikes. The employees had downed tools at Brussels Airport in a wildcat strike. Workers complained about a permanent staff shortage and an old-fashioned working environment. After a long meeting between trades unions representatives and the management, a deal was reached and the strike stopped. The talks ended with a positive outcome: 25 extra people will be engaged on a temporary basis while others with a temporary contract will see this extended to the end of 2015.
English: http://deredactie.be/cm/vrtnieuws.english/News .
Pensions in Lithuania may increase in July 2016 by an average of 6%, or 16 euro per pensioner. This was announced by the responsible minister during a press conference. The increase will be an average of 6% for all pensioners and requires 75 million euro from the state social insurance budget, in addition to another 10 million euros from the central government budget. On 1 July 2015, the government raised the basic state social insurance pension by 3 euro to 108 euro.
English: http://www.baltictimes.com/lithuanian_pensioners_may_receive_pension_raise .
As layoffs in the oil industry abound, many foreign workers and expatriates who have lost their jobs are discovering that they are being denied unemployment benefits. They are often forced to leave the country when faced with the loss of income. The trade union for engineers and other workers in the technology sector talks about a `lose-lose' situation because employers lose valuable competence and the workers run into serious problems.
English: http://www.newsinenglish.no/2015/08/10/laid-off-foreigners-denied-benefits/
The head of the independent health care trade union announced that tens of thousands of underpaid, overworked social workers are preparing to go on strike. According to the union the HUF 209 (0.67 euro) hourly wage supplement offered to social workers through November 2015 does not come close to meeting their demands. Some 30,000 social workers with less than 11 years' work experience are excluded from receiving supplemental wages.
English: http://budapestbeacon.com/public-policy/hungarian-social-workers-threaten-to-strike .
Trade union UHM has ordered all health inspectors to cease work carried out in bays and beaches and any other work including the transportation of samples. The action was initiated after various complaints were received by the UHM that new work measures were put in place without prior consultation of workers.
English: http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2015-08-07 .
The education minister signed a package of support for the vocational education, establishing over the next three-year period 4,700 apprentice training positions to provide students with work experience and integrate training more closely with the labour market. Apprenticeship or work-based learning takes place in at least 2/3 amount in a company, under the supervision of a mentor appointed by the company. This gives the student the opportunity to get experience of working while studying and the company can train new and existing employees. Apprenticeship training participants are entitled to all the customary rights of vocational school students but also wages are paid to the apprentice.
English: http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/education .
The association of banks has reached an agreement on longer opening hours with the trade unions. According to the agreement, banks will open earlier and close later. The agreement applies as of 10 August and provides that banks will remain open to the public from 8 am to 2.30 pm from Monday to Thursday, and from 8 am to 2 pm on Fridays. Working hours for bank staff will be 7.30 am to 3 pm from Monday to Thursday and 7.30 am to 2.30 pm on Fridays. The agreement will be valid until 31 December 2016.
English: http://cyprus-mail.com/2015/08/05/new-banking-hours-effective-from-monday/
A strike at the La Mede Total plant (see our June Newsletter) has come to an end. The oil company plans to convert the unprofitable plant near Marseille to process biofuels, part of a plan that will also reconfigure its Donges refinery on the Atlantic coast. Under its plans for refining unveiled in April, Total will invest 200 million euro at La Mede for a biorefinery that will process 500,000 metric tons of fuel annually. The company has said that processing of crude oil will stop at the end of 2016 and that it will cut 180 jobs at the site without firing any workers.
English: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-05/total-to-restart.
Several former and current workers at the joint-stock metallurgical company KVV Liepajas metalurgs have sent an open letter to top state officials, to inform them about the complicated situation at the company and calling for a solution. The letter says that the investor chosen for the Liepajas plant was a fatal mistake, and severely criticises the new owner of the plant. Workers emphasise the humiliating situation at the company: `People who trusted promises by the company's new owners, quit the jobs they had found after the plant's insolvency and returned to work at the metallurgical plant, have been laid off again'. Workers have earned very little and were laid off on the pretext of failing the period of probation. The remaining workers had their wages cut, social contributions were last made in April, many have been told not to take vacations, and wages are now paid under the table.
English: http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/markets_and_companies .