On 1 January 2020 the minimum wage rose from €540 to €584. The minimum hourly rate increased from €3.21 to €3.48. Trade unions and employers reached a minimum wage agreement through a national conciliator at the end of 2019. The minimum wage will rise to approximately 40% of the average wage.
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[close]The Labour Ministry has announced a higher work permit quota for 2020. Croatia will issue 78,470 work permits in 2020 for non-EU citizens. The country could be a good choice of destination for citizens of third-world countries like Pakistan, India and Bangladesh.
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[close]Turkish workers building a stadium in Kaunas are on hunger strike over unpaid wages. According to the Kaunas municipality, the contractor might be fined if the construction work falls behind schedule because of the strike. The local authorities do not rule out cancelling the contract with the Turkish company in the worst-case scenario. The May 1 Trade Union says the 53 workers currently on hunger strike outside the Kaunas municipality building intend to continue their protest until all their arrears are paid.
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[close]Recently adopted tax changes slightly reduce the taxation of labour and increase taxes on capital. The thresholds for all five personal income tax brackets have been increased, effectively subjecting a higher share of income to lower tax rates. In the second and third tax brackets, which cover mostly the middle class, the tax rate will drop by one percentage point to 26% and 33%, respectively.
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[close]In the third quarter of 2019, the average monthly gross wage of employees in Latvia increased by 8.3% year-on-year. The pace of remuneration growth remains high and, in the long run, could affect the competitiveness of Latvia’s goods and services, an economist from the Bank of Latvia warned. The data released show that the average monthly gross wage of employees reached €1,091 in the third quarter.
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[close]Almost 3 million workers in Britain are to receive a pay rise of more than four times the rate of inflation from April, after the government said it would increase the official minimum wage. In an announcement designed to woo low-paid workers in the immediate aftermath of the Prime Minister election victory earlier this month, the government said the ‘national living wage’ for over-25s would increase from £8.21 (€9.69) an hour to £8.72 (€10.29) from the start of April.
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[close]The minimum wages for both skilled and unskilled workers will rise by 8% in 2020 in line with an agreement reached a year earlier between unions, employers and the government, the Finance Minister announced. The gross monthly minimum wage for skilled labourers will be set at 210,600 forints (€636) and the wage for unskilled labourers at 161,000 forints (€486).
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[close]A new study reveals that Italians are more pessimistic than ever about life’s issues, especially when it comes to their jobs and the economy. According to a survey by global research group Ipsos, they’re pessimistic about quite a lot in fact. They're most worried about work and the economy, as 77% of those surveyed said that was their main concern for 2020.
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[close]The Government has adopted a series of ‘one-size-fits-all’ deals with public service unions covering pay, conditions and reforms across the entire public sector over the past decade. That may change as nurses secured additional pay on top of the current public service pay agreement following strike action and reforms being undertaken.
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[close]A three-day strike by workers at Lisbon airport led to the cancellation of several flights. Talks between SINTAC and Vinci Group-owned Portway, which employs workers at Lisbon, Porto, Faro and Funchal airports, broke down in December when the company said it would not unfreeze salaries. Portway said that it was ready to return to the negotiating table.
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