A law has been announced that will grant new parents the right to more flexible working hours in the first year after the end of the parental leave period. Currently, both men and women have the right to paid parental leave (?1,709.78 per month for full time leave and €854.88 for part-time leave). In 2010, 76% of women and 34% of men took up parental leave. The new law is in addition to the parental leave schemes.
English: http://www.wort.lu/en/view/law-change-to-allow-new-parents-greater-flexibility ...
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Workers of the bankrupt construction company Ratko Mitrovic went on hunger strike for the second time this year in order to demand unpaid wages. The workers have previously attempted to take legal action in order to force payment.
English: http://www.bwint.org/default.asp?Index=4327&Language=EN
The Trade Union of Workers in Education and Science of Slovakia (OZ PSaV) has organised a one-day warning strike against the lack of investment in education. As reported in last month's newsletter, unions fear that the €7.85 million cuts in the state budget for education will lead to a cut in salaries for all categories of employees in the education sector. Currently, a teacher's starting salary is €508 gross and the total education budget, including European funds, is less than 4% of GDP.
English: http://www.ei-ie.org/en/news/news_details/2286
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-rt-us-slovakia-teachers ...
Engineering firm FG Wilson, owned by Caterpillar, has announced it will shed 760 jobs in four Northern Irish sites. The company has set up a voluntary redundancy programme for employees to leave with improved redundancy packages and aid in the transition to a new job. FG Wilson said it will make redundancies known to workers as they go along, whilst trade unions have criticised the lack of dialogue and a proper social plan.
English: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-19582758
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-northern-ireland-19596343
The dispute over redundancy payments at Lagan Brick that started in December 2011 has been resolved as the laid-off workers and management agreed on new terms that have been kept confidential. The dispute, reported repeatedly in this newsletter, started when twenty-five former employees of closed down Lagan Brick plant in Kingscourt sought improved redundancy packages and payment of the statutory redundancy rates. The labour court recommended improved redundancy packages and payment terms in a ruling marked by the absence of Lagan Brick management. After another brief period of non-communication from the side of the company, a settlement has now been announced, ending the long lasting conflict.
English: http://www.siptu.ie/media/pressreleases2012/mainnews ...
http://www.rte.ie/news/2012/0913/lagan-brick-protest-cavan.html
Results from the Manpower labour market index study predict a continuation of the labour markets stagnation in the fourth quarter of 2012. A total of 87% of Czech companies are planning no changes. Five per cent of companies are planning to lay off staff, and the same the percentage of companies intend to take on new employees. Employers expect most new job hires in electricity, gas and water production and distribution and manufacturing. Employers in manufacturing industry, finance, insurance, real estate and other services to companies in majority expect additional lay-offs.
English: http://praguemonitor.com/2012/09/12/manpower-czech-labour-market ...
Hundreds of workers and trade unionists have participated in protests against the closing down of the US owned Alcoa aluminium production plant on Sardinia. Alcoa announced the plant's shut down in March but agreed with union and government representatives to stay in business until 1 September to seek a new buyer for the plant. Following rumours that two companies might be interested to take over the plant, unions have asked for another 20 day delay in the closure of the plant. Alcoa is one of the few large employers on the Sardinian island where unemployment rates have soared.
English: http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp ...
http://www.steelguru.com/metals_news/Alcoa_workers_stage_protest_to_slow ...
http://www.corriere.it/english/12_settembre_13/alcoa ...
Hungary's government is a government of wage rises and minimum wage rises within the limits of economic reason, Prime Minister Viktor Orb n said after a meeting with the leaders of unions association LIGA. Mr Orb n said he agreed with union leaders that any wage increase is justified in Hungary at present, but an economic policy that finances a lack of economic output from loans cannot be continued. He asked LIGA chief Istvan Gasko to support the implementation of the government's workplace protection plan, adding that without it there can be no talk of wage increases.
English: http://www.realdeal.hu/20120912/orban-gov ...
After weeks of rumours that the government might seek to renegotiate the Croke Park agreement, the government has put an end to uncertainty stating it will not attempt to renegotiate the agreement before its expiration in 2014. Contradictory statements by various cabinet members and reform measures in local authority and health services that seemed to stretch the terms of the agreement led to great worries the agreement might not stand. Trade unions published statements welcoming the confirmation that the deal will be respected and outlining the effort made by all public sector workers to meet its terms.
English: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/ireland/2012/0911 ...
http://www.impact.ie/12/09/11/No-Croke-Park-renegotiation-sought-.htm
Trade union UHM has initiated industrial action at the Medicines Authority in an attempt to unlock the stalled negotiations. The union tabled its demands in 2010 but has not yet received any counter-offer from the authority. As part of the industrial action, workers at the Medicines Authority will not answer phones or reply to faxes and e-mails. They will not be engaging in any form of communication in dealing with the registration of medicines and the inspection or renewal of licences.
English: http://www.timesofmalta.com/articles/view/20120911/local/Action-at ...