The tax office has introduced a new requirement for all construction workers to carry IDs with their taxation numbers in order to fight undeclared work. The revised legislation also compels contractors to check that sub-contractors meet their obligations towards their employees. Tax evasion and underpaid, often foreign workers have been a big problem for years in the construction sector.
English: http://www.bwint.org/default.asp?Index=4313&Language=EN
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After almost a year of wage conflict, unions and management have agreed upon a wage increase for workers at the Nescaf factory in Orbe. All wages will be increased by 75 Swiss Francs, amounting to a 2% increase for the lowest earning employees and 1.5% for the average worker. Wage negotiations stalled immediately in November 2011 when Nescaf refused a wage offer but were suddenly re-opened in July.
English: http://cms.iuf.org/?q=node/1900
The school workers' union has announced to kick off the school year with a tour around the country to discuss the adverse effects of the cut backs on the quality of education. Amongst others, salary increases promised by the government have been halved and subsidies for aids for first-grade pupils have been cut. The `Tour for the salvation of education, schools and culture', scheduled for September and October, includes public discussions and concerts. The news of national cuts was followed by more bad news, when it became clear the country would miss out on EU funds for educational programs due to project mismanagement.
English: http://praguemonitor.com/2012/09/04/education-unions-launch ... http://praguemonitor.com/2012/08/31/school-workers-union-plans-protest-tour ... http://praguemonitor.com/2012/09/05/edumin-admits-it-will-not-be-able-draw ...
After 159 oil drillers won a labour court case about the legality of their strike, union Industri Energi announced a strike for Sunday 2 September unless negotiations would yield an agreement. During late night negotiations on the eve of the strike, a wage agreement was found. The sides agreed to a 4.5% wage increase plus a one-off 3,641 crown (?490) cash supplement for 650 workers at services firm KCA Deutag. The settlement was reached after a crippling 16-day strike in July and amidst a breakdown of negotiations between on-shore workers and the oil industry.
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A draft of the government's labour market reform proposals that is to be discussed by the social partners has been made public. The plans include a new indefinite term contract that allows employers to end the employment relation without stated cause in the first five months and makes firing very easy for the first two years. The proposal furthermore lowers severance pay, the abolition of paid lunch breaks and a provision allowing pensioners and unemployed to work up to sixty hours per month. Polls show that a (small) majority of voters is both against the labour market and the pension reform.
English: http://www.sloveniatimes.com/poll-shows-majority-rejecting ...
http://www.sloveniatimes.com/labour-market-reform-flexible-contracts-shorter-notice ...
The Minister for social policy and labour has announced that the minimum wage will be increased to BGN 310 (? 158) in 2013. This will be the third increase of the minimum wage by the current government. The ministry furthermore confirmed that a pension hike will be announced too, but could not comment on the amount thereof.
English: http://www.novinite.com/view_news.php?id=142892
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A report from the Kulturinstitutet (The National Institute of Economic Research) shows that the government's decision to inject a total of 20 billion kroner (240,000 Euro) in temporary grants to the municipalities led to an increase in local government spending in 2010. At the level of the entire economy the temporary grants are estimated to have saved almost 9,500 jobs in 2010 and 4,000 jobs in 2011.
English: http://www.world-psi.org/en/sweden-crisis-package-rescued-8500-municipal ...
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Public schemes for partial unemployment remain popular among employers seeking to reduce costs in the on-going economic crisis. For September, 35 companies have requested entry to the scheme, affecting 4171 workers. This is a slight increase compared to August (32 companies) but less than July (36 companies).
English: http://www.wort.lu/en/view/35-companies-to-place-staff-on-reduced-working ...
In a worldwide campaign trade unionists will show their support for 305 unfairly sacked Turkish Airline (THY) workers by targeting the company's offices in major world cities on 30 August. The workers who, in an extreme measure by Turkish Airlines, were dismissed by text, email and phone after protesting against imminent legislation that would effectively deprive them of the right to strike (earlier in this Newsletter).
English: http://www.itfglobal.org/press-area/index.cfm/pressdetail/7795
Trade union FNV has won a court case against subcontractor Remak, active as labour recruiter at a power station site in the port Eemshaven. Remak was paying its Polish employees €9 per hour, instead of the €11.50 that was agreed in the sector's collective agreement. In court, the parties agreed that Remak would pay the collective agreement wage as well as respect working hour reductions and holidays of the collective agreement. The deal still has to pass the Remak board of directors. In general collective agreements in the Netherlands are made generally binding for an entire sector by the ministry of Labour. Generally binding agreements have to be respected by all employers active in the sector, even those that were not part of the negotiations. The court case is part of a long trade union campaign against unequal pay in the Eemshaven, as reported in the May newsletter. Labour recruitment agency Remak is notoriously known for not respecting local pay and working conditions all over Europe.
English: http://www.bnr.nl/topic/beurs/889140-1208/fnv-cao-loon-voor-800-polen
http://processengineering.theengineer.co.uk/anger-over-foreign-worker-wage-rates ...
http://www.world-psi.org/en/dutch-unions-ensure-wages-polish-workers