The living minimum is to be raised to CZK 3,860 (EUR 155) from CZK 3,410 (EUR 137) per month, while the existential minimum will be raised to CZK 2,490 (EUR 100) from CZK 2,200 (EUR 88) per month. The increase was necessary because both amounts have been at the same level for eight years, while prices have increased by 13% during that time.
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[close]The average net monthly real earnings increased by 2.1% in the last year, reaching EUR 1,133.50, the Statistics Bureau of Slovenia (SURS) reported. In nominal terms, the average net monthly wage rose by 3.7% last year. The average monthly gross earnings in 2019 amounted to EUR 1,753.84.
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[close]The Institute of Economic and Social Research (WSI) at the Hans Böckler Foundation has published its summary of collective bargaining for 2019. In addition to substantial salary increases, agreements in 2019 were marked by the prevalence of “options-based models” for working time. The WSI is forecasting a more “contradictory” trend in collective bargaining in 2020, amid a labour shortage and a structural crisis in the automobile sector.
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[close]Average real wages, which take account of the impact of inflation, have risen above their pre-financial crisis level for the first time. An increase of 1.8% took pay excluding bonuses to GBP 474 (EUR 551) in the year to December, just GBP 1 above the peak of GBP 473 (EUR 550) in March 2008, the Office of National Statistics said.
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[close]The unions at PGG SA, the EU’s largest coal producer in the Silesia region, demanded a wage increase of 12%. They held a two-hour emergency strike and scattered coal at the doorways of the offices of regional lawmakers.
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[close]The Trade Union of Journalists and the Journalists’ Association (DNS) called a protest against the ongoing layoffs at Delo, the largest newspaper publisher in the country. The two organisations say the management is abusing social dialogue and damaging the newspaper and Slovenian journalism.
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[close]A 24-hour strike halted ferries, public transport, and municipal services in Athens and other parts of the country as unions staged protests against pension reforms. The strike went ahead after a pension reform bill was submitted to parliament. It includes plans to lower monthly income contributions and overhaul the way some pension funds operate. Some 10,000 protesters joined rallies in Athens. Large protests were also held in Thessaloniki and other cities.
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[close]The Norwegian headline inflation rate is forecast to ease in 2020 to 1.5% for the year, down from 2.2% in 2019, a publicly appointed commission reported. With members from trade unions, employers’ federations and Statistics Norway, the commission’s conclusions will influence the outcome of Norway’s annual round of collective bargaining, which is set to begin soon.
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[close]Employees of the Faculty of Informatics and Information Technologies (FIIT) of the Slovak University of Technology (STU) went on strike following conflicts between some of the staff and the dean. The conflict escalated when the dean fired his predecessor. The strikers fear that educational quality is in danger of deteriorating at FIIT.
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[close]The Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) and the Podkrepa Confederation of Labour announced a series of protests against the so-called European Green Deal. According to the unions’ presidents, they are not against making the economy greener but oppose the proposed intensity and time span.
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