The unemployment level in Croatia has fallen to a record low. One of the main reasons for this development is mass emigration. As a consequence, the country increasingly relies on retirees: from shop assistants to doctors. The number of registered unemployed has dropped to just 128,000, from 345,000 at the end of 2013.
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[close]Tesco-Global Department Stores Zrt. will increase its employees’ wages in two steps this year, with the company spending HUF 3.8 billion (EUR 11 million) on wage increases for retail workers under an agreement with the Trade Union of Trade Employees (KAS) and the Trade Union of Independent Workers (KDFSZ).
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[close]The average employee took 12.9 days off work last year as a result of illness. Human resources consultancy SD Worx has found that there has been an increase in sick leave of around 15% over the last five years. A large part of the increase was due to a growth in cases of long-term sickness, which was bigger in companies with more than a thousand employees than in smaller firms. The results only refer to the private sector.
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[close]Turkey’s first lady lauded the country’s progress in female employment and urged women to take on more entrepreneurial roles as the government prepares to kick off new programmes to boost women’s participation in the labour market. Between 2004 and 2018 the female employment rate rose from 23% to 34%. The first lady emphasised the importance of government incentives to boost women's employment.
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[close]Recent data published by Statistics Estonia shows that the labour market situation last year was better than ever before. In total, over 670,000 people were in employment in 2019. That figure equalled 68.4% of all persons aged 15-74, which is higher than in any other EU Member State. Unemployment fell to 4.4%, compared with 4.6% in 2007.
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[close]The Brussels Airport police began a work-to-rule action at passport control for departures. The industrial action is in protest against a shortage of manpower, made worse by a lack of resources, which together have created a working environment unions say has become intolerable.
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[close]An ongoing discussion about working hours in the care industry has recently led to a series of warning strikes. The discussion has focused on employees in the health, nursing and social professions, but particularly on a group of nurses who do not benefit from collective agreement negotiations: the 24-hour carers who look after the elderly and sick at home, live with them and are almost always self-employed and women.
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[close]During a raid in an Amazon distribution centre in Großebersdorf, the Austrian ‘financial police’ found 39 violations of the Wages and Social Dumping Act. They also checked 55 workers, who are said to be marginally employed with the interposition of three subcontractors. Amazon has denied all allegations.
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[close]The European Trade Union Confederation (ETUC) released data indicating that in the European Union there are at least 3.3 million fewer workers covered by a collective bargaining agreement than there were at the beginning of the century.
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[close]The number of people who are dependent on social assistance is increasing steadily, which is why there have been repeated calls for better social security for older workers. That is precisely the goal of the bridging performance proposed by the Federal Council and the social partners. In spring, parliament will discuss issues concerning older workers.
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