The average net wage rose to RON 3,372 (€696) in July, 8.1% more than in the same month last year. In real terms, the net wages rose by 5.2% year-on-year, close to the pre-crisis levels (+5.9% year-on-year in February).
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[close]Workers in the aerospace sector that includes various Airbus facilities went on strike in a bid to protect their jobs amid the economic fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic, the UGT and CCOO unions informed. In a statement calling to industrial action, the unions demanded solutions to protect jobs. The sector directly employs 108,000 workers.
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[close]For several years now different forms of precarious forms of labour which mostly exclude the right to paid sick leave, holiday, lunch and transport allowances, have been on the rise. The COVID-19 pandemic has only made the situation worse and while NGOs, calling for systemic changes, are pessimistic, the Labour Ministry is planning some steps in the autumn.
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[close]In several places, workers at beer breweries and depots went on strike after several confirmed Coronavirus infections among their colleagues. The strike started at the Jupiler brewery in Jupille. Later depot workers in Liège, Charleroi, and Anderlecht followed suit. In response to the strike, the management invited the trade unions to a reconciliation meeting.
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[close]The Commission, trade unions, chambers of commerce and employers' organisations are renewing their cooperation to enhance the integration of migrants and refugees into the labour market. In a joint statement, they highlight areas for future focus, and express interest in cooperating further in the area of labour migration under the European Partnership on Integration launched in 2017.
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[close]In response to IG Metall’s proposal to implement a four-day week across the industry to secure jobs, Volkswagen’s head of labour relations declared that the company sees no need for a four-day week. The company is confident that the existing cost-cutting plan, including reducing the workforce without compulsory layoffs, will be enough to overcome the Coronavirus crisis. The plan will also help Volkswagen with the transition to building more electric cars.
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[close]About 20 workers of the shipyard B.T.HULL,which operates as part of the Brodotrogir group, demonstrated outside the shipyard in Trogir, demanding their unpaid wages for the last two months and if there was no work, the shipyard should file for bankruptcy so that they would get severance packages..
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[close]Students have been blocking the main entrance of a university over a government reform they fear will undermine its academic autonomy. The heads of the University of Theatre and Film Arts (SZFE) quit over recent management changes brought by the government.
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[close]Employment rights for posted workers to Sweden are to be more comprehensive, and include such things as equivalency of pay (as compared with local workers) and broader applicability of rules around working conditions. This is part of the implementation in Sweden of the European Union revised Directive on the Posting of Workers. Also, employers will have enhanced administrative obligations, e.g., foreign employers must report every posting to the Swedish Work Environment Authority and appoint a contact person in Sweden.
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[close]The Minister of Social Affairs does not agree with the proposal of the shipping line Tallink CEO to provide wage compensation for people working in the tourism sector to the end of 2020, due to uncertainty when the sector might return to pre-pandemic levels. Tallink Grupp announced there are more than 2,000 jobs at risk if salary compensation schemes are not extended.
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