According to official data the number of employed people in the period June-August 2014, increased to 4.158 million, 177 thousand more than a year ago. The employment rate of people aged 15-64 increased to 62.4%, the highest rate since 2009. The percentage increased in all age groups. However, though the participation of women went up with 3.3% (to 56.2%) it did not keep pace with men (up 3.6% to a total of 68.8%).
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Outsourced hotel housekeepers at the Park Hyatt Paris-Vendôme have won an important wage increase bringing pay into line with other luxury hotels following a four-day strike for better wages and working conditions begun on September 19. The agreement covers 80 hotel housekeepers, porters and maintenance staff and brings monthly wage increases from 380 to 420 euro.
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Trade unions and employers' organisations have refused to take part in a meeting of the National Council for Tripartite Cooperation on the budget update proposals. In an open letter to caretaker Deputy Prime Minister Yordan Hristoskov, chair of the Council, the representatives of trade unions and employers' organisations underscored that they have not received the documents related to the issues on the agenda, namely the updates of the 2014 state budget and of the 2014 budget of the National Health Insurance Fund (NHIF).
English: http://www.novinite.com/articles ...
As a result of a tripartite agreement the minimum wage will go up by 20 euro to a monthly 505 euro. The increase in the minimum wage from 485 euros to 505 euros will take effect in October 2014 and is estimated to affect around 11% of all workers. The CGT-P trade union confederation has rejected the proposal.
Portuguese: http://www.theportugalnews.com/news/govt-bosses-unions-raise-minimum ...
The air freight firm Cargolux announced it will make a job security proposal at the next Collective Working Agreement meeting with unions LCGB and OGBL. The firm has come under fire over a newly created Italian subsidiary, Cargolux Italia, over which fears were raised of outsourcing. The subsidiary employs 25 people and Italy is known to have lower personnel costs. The move from Cargolux comes after the LCGB announced it would call a press conference to urge the airline to sign a Job Security Act, ensuring the security of pilot jobs in Luxembourg and Italy.
English: http://www.wort.lu/en/business/cargolux-italia-fears ...
In recent years we have reported about the changes in the collective bargaining tradition of the metal sector. Recently, collective bargaining started in the metal sector. The outcome always sets the standard for the wage trend in other industries. The six employers federations for the separate branches, in a sector with in total 180,000 employees, negotiate separate wage levels. The first talks led to no results and the negotiations have been postponed to 7 October.
German: http://derstandard.at/2000005900524/Heisse-Eisen-fuer-die-Herbstlohnrunde
Trade union Unite has stated that the minim
um wage should be increased immediately to £7.81 an hour, arguing it would boost the economy as well as lift millions of low paid workers out of poverty. Unite said a £1.50 increase from the current hourly rate of £6.31 was affordable because it would generate an estimated £2.1bn in revenues for the public purse and create at least 30,000 jobs. About 4.6m low-paid workers would benefit, making them better off by an average of £1,400 a year, according to an independent report commissioned by the union.
English: http://www.theguardian.com/society/2014/sep/25/minimum-wage ...
The Central Bank writes in its monthly bulletin that the current rate of emigration of foreign residents from Spain and of Spaniards themselves could have a significant effect on the potential growth of the economy. `With the arrival of the crisis, the number of migrants working in the Spanish economy has changed radically', said the report's authors. They noted that around a million migrated to Spain in 2007, that number was just 342,000 in 2013. At the same time, some 500,000 people left Spain last year. The initial wave of departures included many younger, highly-qualified individuals but since 2010 a higher number of older and less-qualified individuals had made the decision to leave. According to the bank it is necessary to make the country a more attractive place to work.
Spanish: http://www.thelocal.es/20140925/emigration-may-hurt-growth-warns-central-bank
New rail strikes might come after the train drivers' union GDL said that `last chance' talks with the state-owned rail operator Deutsche Bahn over pay had collapsed. GDL is seeking a 5% pay rise for about 20,000 train drivers and a shortening of their work week to 37 hours from 39 hours. The union is also seeking a mandate to negotiate pay and conditions for train guards and other personnel. Deutsche Bahn, which is conducting separate talks with the larger main railway union EVG representing most railway-related workers and professionals, opposes competing negotiations.
English: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2014/09/25/uk-germany-strike-railway ...
http://www.euronews.com/2014/09/06/german-train-drivers-strike ...
The national carrier Czech Airlines has announced layoffs in an effort to keep the troubled company afloat. The airline will let go around one third of its staff including dozens of pilots and stewards and ground personnel. The trade union of pilots says that cutting jobs goes against the terms of the company's privatisation, and has asked the shareholders to reverse it. Czech Airlines stewards have meanwhile gone on strike alert, and said further steps will be announced.
English: http://www.radio.cz/en/section/curraffrs/czech-airlines-announces-massive-layoffs