The AS Tallink Grupp management reported that changes are necessary to improve the company's operational efficiency and profitability. The ferry M/S Isabelle Silja Europa will become the new ferry hub to Australia, starting with August. The management has announced that as a consequence of these changes it will have to cut jobs. Negotiations with trade unions are already underway.
English: http://www.baltictimes.com/news/articles ...
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Korean owned tire maker Hankook has been relentless in its union busting. The firing of a local union president became the last violation in a series of totally unusual and extraordinary examples of the bad industrial relations practice for years exercised by the Hankook management. Protesters have urged the company to put an end to violations of trade union rights, and most particularly to stop harassing and firing local union leaders.
English: http://www.industriall-union.org/hankook-continues-to-violate-union-rights ...
Statistics Austria compiled an updated Index of Agreed Minimum Wages (basis: 2006 annual average = 100). The index is a key evaluation criterion for wage and salary negotiations. In June 2014 the index reached a value of 122.8 (provisional figure), there was no change compared to the previous month. The rate of increase compared with June 2013 was 2.3%. In 2013 the annual average of the Index of Agreed Minimum Wages amounted to 119.8. In general, minimum wages were 2.6% higher than in the previous year (+3.3% for blue collar workers, 3.0% for white collar workers and 0.7% for civil servants).
English: http://www.statistik.at/web_en/statistics/social_statistics/index_of_agreed ...
According to figures released by the Statistics Office the country has the fourth lowest unemployment rate in the EU, after the Netherlands, Germany and Austria. In 2013 the Czech Republic had an average 7% unemployment rate, compared with the EU average of 11%. On the other hand, the country has one of the lowest number of employed working in part time jobs (5.8% as compared to 50% in the Netherlands), and ranks sixth as regards the number of employed men over 55 years of age (62.6%). As regards the number of employed women over 55 (41.4%) the Czech Republic is below the EU average now at 43.3%.
English: http://www.czso.cz/csu/csu.nsf/enginformace ...
http://www.czso.cz/csu/2014edicniplan ...
The Institute of Economic Research (EKI) has calculated that the real wages in the country have increased 279% since 1993. EKI estimates that the average gross wages will be 1,010 euro a month in 2014. In 2003, gross wages exceeded 400 euro and in 2008 they exceeded 800 euro. In 2007 the average wage fell to 784 euro. Between 1993 and 2008, wages were growing faster than inflation.
English: http://balticbusinessnews.com/article/2014/8/4/estonia-s-real-wages ...
The trade union Efling, active in hospitality services, has criticized the exploitation of restaurant workers. While most workers are given a base salary for day work - with a percentage of that added to it for working evenings, nights, weekends, and holidays - many restaurant workers receive one hourly wage for any shifts, regardless of the day or time. This pay is known as a jafnadarlaun, a form of offsetting wages. A former employee of Lebowski Bar was fired from her position after asking to be paid according to the law. She was happy at her job until she got her first pay check on July 1.
English: http://grapevine.is/news/2014/08/03/demanded-fair-wage-and-got-fired/
The Cabinet has approved the drafting of new legislation to reinstate Registered Employment Agreements (REAs), which set pay rates for certain sectors, on a constitutionally secure basis (see our Newsletter in May 2014). Under the new legislation companies in financial difficulty will be apply to for a temporary derogation from the legally binding terms of the REA, for the first time. Previously, employers could face criminal sanctions if they breached the REA, no matter their economic circumstances.
English: http://www.rte.ie/news/2014/0801 ...
Air France had to cancel some of its short and medium-haul flights from airports after several unions called their ground workers to go on strike over work conditions and salaries. Workers are calling for better work conditions and salaries and increased flight security. They also oppose the use of subcontractors.
English: http://www.english.rfi.fr/visiting-france/20140802-air-france-grounds ...
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A report of the national statistical office documents the evolution of the workforce and notably the labour migration with facts and figures. On 1 January 2013, the country's resident population was approximately equal to that of 1969, amounting to approximately 20.01 million inhabitants. From 1989 to 2012, the total population declined by over 3.1 million inhabitants. More than 77% of the decrease in the usual resident (stable) population during this period was caused by emigration. As a result the country has to face an increased ageing of the population. Up to three quarter of the migrants leave for Italy and Spain.
English: http://www.insse.ro/cms/files/publicatii ...
The Ministry of Labour and Pension System announced earlier in 2014 proposals to modify working time legislation that will make internal organisation of work easier for employers (see our February and March Newsletters). The aim is to help them cut operating costs by being able to respond quickly to short-term fluctuations in orders. The ministry also wants changes to the current rules on severance payments so that all workers, including employees on the fixed-term contracts, have the right to severance pay. It hopes that the changes will stimulate job creation, and the proposals are now being discussed in Parliament. Employers approved the initiative, but trade unions want to keep mechanisms that guarantee automatic pay increases and set out comprehensive safeguards against dismissal.
English: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/eiro/2014/02/articles ...