The Ministry of Welfare (that includes Labour since 2011) has published an action plan related to the position of disabled with important sections on employment and participation on the labour market. Projects aimed at making workplaces more accessible, supporting disabled persons on the labour market and increasing their access to the private sector labour market should be undertaken in order to raise their quality of life.
English: http://eng.velferdarraduneyti.is/departments/disabled-persons/nr/33510
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According to a new survey by FTF, seven out of every ten local councils will be laying off employees during 2013. Some 54 of the country's 98 mayors have already, or are on the cusp of, approved budgets for 2013, and 42 out of those 54, about 78%, said that there will be less funds in their municipal coffers than in 2012. Nearly 70% of the surveyed mayors predicted that the shrinking budgets will translate directly into fewer workers.
English: http://cphpost.dk/news/national/councils-predict-more-layoffs-2013
European research network CASE published a report analysing the effects of remittances on the economy. Remittances are money streams that are associated with emigrants sending money to family back home. Poland is the 17th largest recipient of remittances in the world, remittances constituting up to 1.5% of its GDP in 2011. Remittances were highest in 2006-2007, but fell again as the economic crisis hit countries of destination. Remittances contributed to Poland's economic growth and, the authors claim, limited income inequality because remittances went to less developed regions.
English: http://www.case-research.eu/sites/default/files/publications/2012-12_Barbone.pdf
The trade unions have mobilised for a long announced strike with demonstrations all over the country on 28 September. Protesters - ranging from university professors, public administration and health employees, and garbage collectors - took to the streets as part of a strike organised by the Italian General Confederation of Labour (CGIL) and the Italian Union of Labour (UIL). In the preceding weeks PM Mario Monti tried to calm down the international audience with statements that Italy no longer risks being a source of turmoil amid the on-going Eurozone debt crisis.
English: http://www.lifeinitaly.com/news/en/156767
http://rt.com/news/italy-general-strike-austerity-200/
Italian: http://www.milanotoday.it/cronaca/sciopero-milano-28-settembre-2012.html
http://www.mainfatti.it/sciopero/Sciopero-28-settembre-2012-pubblico-impiego ...
http://www.genovatoday.it/cronaca/sciopero-pubblico-impego-28-settembre-2012.html
Amid a week of protests it is expected that the government will outline 39bn euros worth of savings, tax rises, and structural reforms. Demonstrators said they were angry that the state has poured funds into crumbling banks while it is cutting social benefits. In the meantime regional tension has grown as well, after calls for more tax autonomy were rejected by the central government.
English: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-19733995
http://in.reuters.com/article/2012/09/25/us-spain-budget ...
The Health Insurance Fund has announced that wages can rise next year by 3% for doctors and 6% for nurses and caregivers in an effort to avoid a strike, organised by the doctors' and health care workers' trade unions, that begins on 1 October. The unions want to stop the exodus of doctors and nurses to other countries. They want the health care system to return to growth from what they call a state of collapse. `We seek a national collective agreement so that we can treat patients in our homeland working under normal load and for a motivational salary,' said Iivi Luik, chair of the health care workers' union. The doctors' trade union stated that it has enough funds to compensate its members' foregone salaries for a few months, should the strike last that long. Meanwhile the railway workers have announced that they might support the strike.
English: http://news.err.ee/health/b59b61f9-ef4c-4d80-8957-2ea2e92a6740
http://news.err.ee/health/9a02ba86-6e8f-47bf-ac70-d9fece8b80e8
http://news.err.ee/health/b59b61f9-ef4c-4d80-8957-2ea2e92a6740
http://news.err.ee/economy/9daf0331-3089-4727-902c-d3721ba864eb
The traditional summer break that has allowed the conservative-led government of prime minister Antonis Samaras to enjoy relative calm on the streets is over. Trade unions are holding mass demonstrations in Athens - and some 65 cities and major towns nationwide - before protesters march on the Greek parliament. The union anger is directed at spending cuts worth nearly €12bn over the next two years that the country has promised the EU and the IMF to secure its next tranche of aid. The bulk of cuts are expected from slashing wages, pensions and welfare benefits, heaping a new wave of misery on the population.
English: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/sep/26/greek-workers-begin ...
http://greece.greekreporter.com/2012/09/26/tens-of-thousands-of-greeks-marched ...
The National Institute of Statistics released the results of an earnings survey (year 2010) that is carried out every four years. One of the findings is that women earn about 10% lower than men. In 2010, the average annual gross earnings were 23,561 lei/person (approximately €5,900 in 2010), with significant differences by gender (22,772 lei/person for women compared to 24,264 lei/person for men). The figures also provide evidence for inequalities in the earnings distribution. Employees in the upper deciles (10th deciles) earned over 13 times more at year level than the employees in the lower deciles (1st deciles).
English: http://www.insse.ro/cms/files/statistici/comunicate/com_anuale ...
Trade union and employer representatives have reacted critically to a draft budget presented by the finance ministry during tripartite consultations. Both unions and employers were critical of the budget being based on laws that have not been approved in Parliament yet. Unions furthermore warned against pension reform and salary freezes, whereas employers were disappointed with the lack of cuts to the state administration. Despite its cold reception, the budget will be approved in the council of ministers and sent to Parliament together with the opinions of the social partners. These were the first tripartite talks since the unions left the negotiation table in spring, claiming the government only presented proposals it had already decided upon.
English: http://praguemonitor.com/2012/09/25/trade-unions-reject ...
Trade union SIPTU has served a strike notice on Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) in an on-going conflict over pension entitlements. As reported in previous newsletters, the Aer Lingus and DAA Irish Aviation Pension Scheme has been found to have a €700 million deficit that unions have tried to get the companies to close. The case is currently in front of the Labour Relations Commission, who has adjourned the talks in order to formulate a settlement proposal. SIPTU stated the blame lies with the pension regulator rather than the companies, because new and stricter legislation has forced pension schemes to be closed rather than protected them. The strike is announced for 1 October. Meanwhile, Aer Lingus has announced it will establish a new legal committee, headed by one of its non-executive directors, to step up the efforts to address the issue.
English: http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0911/strike-action-at-aer-lingus-and-daa ...
http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0912/1224323911890.html
http://www.independent.ie/business/irish/aer-lingus-steps-up-its-efforts-to-solve ...