In 2019, Idewe, the external service for prevention and protection at work, received around 12% more notifications of psycho-social risks than in 2018. Two thirds of the notifications concerned disputes in the workplace, while the number of notifications of physical and psychological violence was up by 18%.
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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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[close]Despite an 8.3% rise in the minimum wage in 2020, Croatia is still slumping on the Eurostat ranking of guaranteed wages across Europe. The gross minimum wage of EUR 546 is higher than in Hungary and Romania, but most of the newer EU Member States have surpassed Croatia.
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[close]According to Statistics Netherlands, wages in the private sector increased by 3.4% in January 2020, the biggest increase in a decade. At the same time, price increases slowed down, meaning that, on balance, workers had more money to spend. By comparison, wages in the private sector only increased by 2.4% over the whole of 2019.
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[close]There is a serious shortage of skilled workers. While older workers are gradually retiring, there are not enough young graduates from vocational or trade schools to replace them. While two years ago, the Czech Republic lacked around 300,000 skilled workers in various trades, it now lacks an estimated 400,000.
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Large wage differences between sectors
Because of competition to attract and retain talented workers, wages are being driven up in many sectors. In some sectors, employers offer wages ten times higher than the average wage. Wages are not expected to rise much higher because the labour market is becoming saturated.
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[close]IndustriAll Europe has launched its ‘Women Workers’ campaign in the run up to International Women’s Day. Female workers across Europe are still facing difficult realities. At the current pace, the pay gap between men and women won’t close for another 54 years. Women still work less or not at all because of care obligations. Female workers are four times more likely to be working part-time and are less likely to be in employment.
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[close]Ara Shoes Group announced that it would close one of its two factories in Romania and cut the workforce at its second plant in April this year. The factory to be closed, located in Simleul Silvaniei, employs 350-400 people. The second factory, located in Valea Lui Mihai, has 600-650 employees. The decision was prompted by the repeated hikes in the minimum wage in Romania.
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[close]The wage-to-GDP ratio has fallen in 2019 to 49.7%, from 55.7% in 2009. Working people are thus receiving a smaller share of total income. Nevertheless, employees are getting higher salaries than three years ago. According to data from Cyprus’s statistical services, the average wage in 2018 stood at EUR 1,938, increasing by 2.5% from EUR 1,891 in 2017.
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[close]Consumer prices fell by 0.2% in January compared to the previous month. Yearly inflation was 0.2%, according to figures from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO) in Neuchâtel. The Swiss national index of consumer prices is adopted monthly by the Liechtenstein Statistics Office.
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[close]Latvia has the second-lowest minimum wage in Europe after Bulgaria, according to data published by Eurostat. The Welfare Ministry announced that discussions are currently taking place on a potential rise of the minimum wage to EUR 500 per month in the future, which is EUR 70 more than the current minimum wage.
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