Although the economic indicators are relatively positive the employment outlook is still not promising. Government authorities granted 20 applications by companies to place workers under reduced working hours. A total of 29 applications were filed in May, compared to 33 in April, and 20 were given the go-ahead. Out of a total number of 3,299 employees at the 20 companies, some 1,800 will work under reduced working hours starting June, with the state compensating workers for lost wages. The measure aims at helping businesses who are experiencing financial difficulties, either because of a difficult economic climate or structural issues.
English: http://www.wort.lu/en/business/luxembourg-labour-market-1-800-employees ...
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Hotel workers throughout the Balearic Islands are planning sit-in protests and possible strikes unless agreements can be reached over their working conditions and pay. The trade unions CC.OO and UGT are attempting to negotiate collective working agreements which cover rights and duties of employees across the sector, including time off, hours and wage scales. However, employers are proving to be the most inflexible during meetings and no progress has been reached.
Spanish: http://news.gnom.es/news/balearic-hotels-strike-threat
Two trade unions representing workers who operate oil drilling rigs reached a deal with the Norwegian Shipowners' Association, averting a strike after similar negotiations with other oil sector workers broke down in recent weeks. The unions were pleased with the overall financial settlement. Three rounds of talks with other types of oil workers - platform workers, oil services employees and those operating onshore supply bases - have broken down. These are heading for state mediation in the coming weeks.
English: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/28/norway-oil-wagetalks ...
Anticipating the adoption of legislative changes that will grant police officers and members of other disciplinary forces the right to join a union, the Malta Police Association announced it intends to become an independent union as soon as possible. The association, established in 1955, has been defending the interests of law enforcement personnel for decades but has so far lacked the negotiation rights pertaining to trade unions. The legislative changes would make it possible for the association to become a union. MPA announced that this is its intention, after the formation of another union affiliated to the general workers' union UHM was made. Analysts think that the planned legislation will give a boost to the membership of the trade union movement not only numerically but also in psychological terms as the inclusion of all categories of workers could enhance the principles of solidarity upon which the movement is based.
English: http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140516/local/update-2-police ...
http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20140526/opinion/Union-members-in-uniform ...
The social plan negotiations for the loss of 1230 jobs at the Philip Morris cigarette factory in Bergen op Zoom came to a halt. The social plan drafted by the management was rejected by the workforce that called for a strike on Wednesday 28 May. The trade unions were asking the company to `pay back the millions' on tax facilities with a decent social plan and alternative investment in the region. They asked the continued payment as long as workers have not found another job, a 5-years period of job seeking guidance and the indexation of pensions during the next 10 years. In an ultimatum the unions announced that if no agreement is reached new strikes are planned for the beginning of June 2014.
English: http://www.nltimes.nl/2014/05/28/philip-morris-worker-strike/
The trade union confederation KOZ is asking for an increase of the minimum wage to €400 per month. Their claim is that a person who works eight hours a day should not earn an amount that is below the poverty level. As a consequence a person working for the minimum wage during standard working hours should receive a net monthly salary of €346.40, after deductions into insurance funds (i.e. the social and health insurers).
English: http://spectator.sme.sk/articles/view/54127/10/trade_unions_want_to_up ...
The trade unions (FNV Bondgenoten and CNV Vakmensen) reached an agreement with the Employers' organisation Cleaning and Office services (OSB) for a collective agreement in the cleaning sector after a long period of negotiations and strike actions that, according to an opinion poll, had a 70% public support. Cleaners at train stations and in trains, employed by outsourced cleaning companies, went on strike in the end of April after negotiations with OSB failed. They asked a €0.50 pay hike and an end to the practice of waiting periods, which leaves cleaners without sick pay for the first two days when they are ill. Railway company NS offered to act as an independent mediator to resolve the conflict. The 3-year agreement stipulates an annual pay increase of 2%, with an additional year-end bonus of 0.2% (thus 6.6% for the total contract period). The first two days of sick leave for account of the workers will be abolished step-by-step (one on 1 January 2015, one on 1 January 2016).
English: http://student.uva.nl/en/announcements/content/2014/05/agreement-in-principle ...
http://www.thehagueonline.com/headlines/2014-05-22/ns-cleaners-strike-rubbish-in-trains ...
http://www.nltimes.nl/2014/05/28/janitors-strike-reach-deal-union/
Hours before state and local government workers were due to initiate strike actions, negotiators reached two new collective agreements, with a third being expected soon. As negotiations progressed slowly, local, Oslo municipal and state level public sector workers announced industrial action. After over-night negotiations, however, the local level workers reached an agreement for a 3.3% wage increase and no changes in the organisations' pay systems. Within hours, the state level agreement was reached as well and Oslo municipal workers are expected to settle soon.
English: http://www.newsinenglish.no/2014/05/26/local-strikes-averted-state-talks-go-on/
The statistical office published the final employment figures for 2013 and the March 2014 data on average monthly earnings. After a serious fall of wages that started in 2011, wages stabilised (with seasonal differences) around 1,500 euros. At the end of 2013 there were about 791,000 persons in employment; 31% of them had tertiary education, 57% upper secondary education and 12% basic education or less. Among women who were in employment 40% had tertiary education and among men 23% had tertiary education. The structural difference between the sexes was smaller in case of basic education or less. Among women in employment 11% and among men 13% had basic education or less.
English: http://www.stat.si/eng/indikatorji.asp?ID=29
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Technicians working nationwide for the telecommunications group TDC laid down their tools. TDC and the trade union Dansk Metal, which is negotiating on behalf of the workers, acknowledged that they were very far apart on wage demands. Employees are asking for an across the board increase to keep up with inflation, leaving room for managers to give raises to employees that they deem deserving. Dansk Metal said that TDC would not agree to a general raise and said that salary increases remain the domain of individual managers.
English: http://cphpost.dk/news/tdc-technicians-walk-off-the-job ...