After four years of negotiations, employees at waste recycling company WasteServ have been awarded their first collective agreement in the company's 12 years of existence. WasteServ management and trade union UHM closed the agreement, which includes clauses on pay, benefits, family friendly measures and continuous training and development.
English: http://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2014-12-02/local-news/First-collective ...
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Payroll companies have said that legislation coming into force on 1 January 2015 is unclear. A new law will align the protection of payroll employees against dismissal with that of permanent employees at the client firms. The major change with the current regime is that firms will no longer be able to dismiss workers on payroll contracts without stating the reason. Under the new law, dismissals will fall under the regular procedure, in which justifications of economic reasons for dismissal need to be provided to the public employment services (UWV). The payroll companies are saying that they support the legislation, but that its broad scope means that some temporary agency workers will inadvertently fall under the new law too.
English: http://www.staffingindustry.com/eng/Research-Publications/Daily-News/Netherlands ...
Second-level schools across the country were closed, sending around 350,000 students home, as teachers staged a strike against the Junior Cycle reforms. In the reforms, teachers' assessment of student performance would form 40% of the certification. Teachers' unions, however, have insisted that external assessment is critical to educational standards. Another day of strike has been announced for January 2015.
English: http://www.rte.ie/news/2014 ...
SAFE trade union has threatened to organise labour disruptions if the government does not intervene to prevent further job losses at Statoil. Oil producers have cut about 7,000 jobs in the last months to compensate for rising costs and falling oil prices. The industrial actions by SAFE would constitute a political strike, last roughly eight hours and will probably not interrupt production.
English: http://www.businessweek.com/news/2014-12-02/norway-oil-workers-threaten ...
From 1 January, the minimum wage will be increased from €320 to €360 per month. The minimum wage hike follows the approval of amendments to the Law on Minimum Monthly Wage and Minimum Hourly Wage by the Government. The hourly wage is raised from €1,933 to €2,166.
English: http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/legislation ...
The national labour cost index (AKI) for wage-earners and salaried employees in the private sector is produced monthly and describes the total labour cost development over time. The data production started in January 2008.
English: http://www.scb.se/AM0301-EN/
http://www.scb.se/en_/Finding-statistics/Statistics-by-subject-area/Labour-market ...
After a warning strike in November, teachers from 120 schools have gone on indefinite strike, during which some schools will close down altogether. The teachers have made a list of demands to be met by the ministry in order to end the strike. The demands include the reinstatement of education vouchers to pre-2009 level from LTL 3,348 to LTL 3,774 (from EUR 970 to EUR 1,093); to reinstate the basic monthly salary from LTL 1202 to LTL 1280 (from EUR 350 to EUR 370). Further demands include equal pay for pre-school teachers, the signing of a collective agreement, retirement at age 55 and smaller classes.
English: http://www.baltic-course.com/eng/education ...
The Institute of Economics of the Hungarian Academy of Science with support from the National Employment Foundation (OFA) has published its 2012-2013 Hungarian Labour Market Yearbook. The annual report analyses developments on the labour market, presenting main characteristics and trends. Additionally, the report contains an in-depth analysis of public sector employment and wages.
English: http://econ.core.hu/kiadvany/mt.html
During a seminar in November 2014 the transport workers union launched the results of a research project on the practice of letter-box companies and social dumping in the international road transport. The report, written in three languages, is now available online. It comes with 25 measures to improve the working conditions in the sector. Measure number 6 is the introduction of an EU regulation or European collective agreement prescribing a certain level of social conditions for the carriage of goods by road. Such an EU regulation could provide drivers with a minimum level of protection. Measure 13 asks for the inclusion of the place of employment in a law or collective agreement. Other measures include the harmonisation of social legislation in Europe, the introduction of a minimum wage and better access to local courts.
English (Dutch, French): http://www.btb-abvv.be/images/stories/Wegvervoer/sociale_dumping ...
After insisting on a minimum wage freeze last month, the finance minister announced the proposal for an increase in plans for the 2015 budget in two steps from the current BGN340 (?173) to BGN360 on 1 January 2015 and to BGN380 from the middle of 2015. The proposal came after meetings with employers' organisations and trade unions. Earlier, the Confederation of Independent Trade Unions in Bulgaria (CITUB) had demanded the minimum wage be raised to BGN400. In an interview, deputy health minister Vanyo Sharkov said he would strive to raise the pay of emergency care workers at a steeper rate of 20% per year for the next five years in order to boost motivation at work.
English: http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=165117
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