According to a Hay survey, based on a sample of 507 companies, wages have increased in 2012 by 2.1% whilst inflation was calculated at 2.5%. But, in companies with more than 500 employees costs of the paid real wages grew by 4%. Bonuses were paid a lot, in particular on the basis of individual performances. The total number of employees in these larger companies decreased by 6%. Workers have to work more, and this, combined with a demotivating manager, non-functional processes, the impossibility to do new things and distrust in the company's future, will trigger the best ones to leave in search of a better job.
English: http://praguemonitor.com/2013/06/26/hay-group-firms ...
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According to Statistics Estonia the average monthly gross income per employee in the local public sector in 2012 was €844. Compared to 2011, the average monthly gross income has increased in all parts of the country. In 2012, the average monthly gross income per employee in local government units was between €554-1,228. During recent years the difference between the local government units with the biggest and smallest gross income has decreased, in 2012 it was 55%.
English: http://www.stat.ee/65386
The trade union TEK has been campaigning very innovatively against unpaid overtime. The objective of the campaign was to create the members' awareness for the negotiations that will start in September beginning in the metal and technological industries. The message is that people should not work more than eight hours a day, which was the most traditional demand of the labour movement more than 100 years ago. Or if it is necessary to work more than eight hours, then they should be paid.
English: http://www.industriall-union.org/finnish-union-campaigns ...
Workers in the state-run pharmaceutical company Galenika rallied against possible privatisation of the company in front of the government. They called on the government to adopt a strategy to make keeping Galenika and having it recovered in a majority state ownership. Workers asked for guarantees that the rights arising from collective agreements be honoured and the drafting of a quality social program. The trade unions Nezavisnost Galenika and the Independent Trade Union in the company have submitted their demands to the government. They demanded to be received by officials who should decide the fate of the company, over what they call non-transparency and vague reasons for an extension of the bid deadline.
English: http://www.b92.net/eng/news/society ...
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The trade union of bank employees ETYK has rejected an early retirement scheme offered by the Cyprus Development Bank (CDB), which wants to cut personnel costs by 35%. ETYK said it was not prepared to accept any unilateral actions that violated collective agreements and that it `had asked for an agreed, attractive voluntary exit scheme' that will lighten the bank's payroll.
English: http://cyprus-mail.com/bank-union-angered-by-cdb-early-retirement-scheme/
The trade union confederation CMKOS called on the government to raise the low wages of fire-fighters. According to the union the fire-fighters work under demeaning pay conditions. Since 2010, the number of fire-fighters has decreased by 400 and their pay dropped by some 3500 crowns (?137) on average due to the government austerity measures. But, since the beginning of June, when floods erupted in the Czech Republic, some 22,800 professional and voluntary fire-fighters have been deployed to remove the floods consequences and they managed their work fully professionally in spite of the high physical and psychological strain.
English: http://praguemonitor.com/2013/06/06/unions-want-higher-wages-firefighters
The government has prepared a bill that puts in place a two-year transition period prolonging the current labour market restrictions for Croatian workers after this country joins the European Union in July 2013. The bill will be adopted because of `the tough economic situation in the Eurozone country and the high level of unemployment'.
English: http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/slovenia-croatia.p0o
State-owned electricity producer Hidroelectrica has announced its shareholders have agreed with a large scale restructuring plan which will allow the company to exit the insolvency process it is currently in. As a part of the plan, subsidiaries will be merged and 300 jobs will be cut to realise a 6 million cut in salary costs. Notwithstanding the restructuring process, Hidroelectrica will remain indebted and has agreed to a schedule of payment in instalments.
English: http://www.romania-insider.com/hidroelectrica-largest-energy-producer ...
The central office for statistics CBS published new figures on the use of temporary workers. In the 1st quarter of 2013, the amount of hours worked in stage A temp jobs was 3.2% down on the 4th quarter of 2012. Stage A is the category of workers engaged by temp agencies on a contract basis without regular terms of employment. In stage A, it is easier for both parties - temp job agencies and temp workers - to terminate the contract than in the subsequent stages B and C. The overall number of hours worked in temp jobs declined for the fourth consecutive quarter. The index (2010=100) for the number of hours worked in stage A reached 99.5 in the first quarter. The figures are adjusted for seasonal variation.
English: http://www.cbs.nl/en-GB/menu/themas/dossiers/conjunctuur ...
Eurofound presented a comprehensive package of research comparing approaches and measures on how EU Member States, Croatia and four EU candidate countries, have tackled undeclared work since the onset of the economic recession in 2008. By 2010, 27 out of the 30 countries in the European Economic Area (EEA) and Switzerland had implemented policy measures to help prevent businesses and people from engaging in undeclared work from the outset. 19 countries were using measures to enable the transfer of undeclared work into the declared realm, and 20 of these had adopted commitment measures to try to facilitate a greater commitment to `tax morality'. In certain sectors (for instance the construction and transport sectors) alliances have been established between the government and the social partners.
English: http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/areas/labourmarket/undeclared-work ...
http://www.eurofound.europa.eu/pubdocs/2013/243/en ...