Friday, February 7, 2025

Economy

WORK FROM HOME – CHOICE OR NECESSITY

Work from home has become the topic that trade unions, workers, employers, but also legislators deal with. The importance of this issue has been shown by a regional OHS workshop which has recently been organised with the support of...

TRADE UNIONS DEMAND THE HIGHEST STANDARDS FOR OHS

Trade unions are asking the ILO Conference, which will be held in June 2021, to raise the OHS to the level of international labour standards, increase the responsibility of governments and employers and insist that more countries ratify key...

WORKERS ON ANNUAL LEAVE?

Extensive powers provided by the Labour Law are used by the employers to ‘write’ annual leave request forms while the shops are closed and thus reduce the already minimum number of days planned for annual leave. Many workers had the...

FIAT WORKERS OFFERED TO WORK IN SLOVAKIA

Workers in FCA Serbia were offered to apply to work for a year in a Slovakian factory Trnava where Peugeot 208 and Citroen C3 are produced. Company “Stellantis”, which besides Fiat includes several globally known automobile producers, offered workers...

MORE WOMEN ARE WORKING IN LOW PAID PROFESSIONS

There are more women than men working in professions that are low paid – health, social protection and now we realize how important these sectors actually are and I hope that these professions will be much more respected’, estimated...

WORK FROM HOME: WILL EMPLOYERS KEEP ALL WORK PLACES?

In Serbia work from home is a forced option that emerged during the pandemic. However, as long as it is justified as a protection from infection, more and more employees think that employers expect them to be available all...

VALIDITY OF BCA FOR ROAD MAINTENANCE INDUSTRY PROLONGED

The validity of the branch collective agreement (BCA) covering road maintenance industry workers has been extended for another three years. The agreement was signed in the premises of the Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia. On the behalf of...

NEW EMPLOYMENT STRATEGY WITHOUT TRADE UNION?

As it had been earlier announced, 2021-2026 Employment Strategy was supposed to be adopted till the end of January and a public debate was organised to discuss this strategic document. In the meantime positions of ministries were gathered and...

STATE AID FOR UNEMPLOYED, MINIMUM WAGE FOR EMPLOYEES

New state aid package for the economy and citizens which is supposed to alleviate the consequences caused by the pandemic will also include the unemployed, announced by ‘Večernje novosti’. As we have found out, this vulnerable category of citizens will...

TRADE UNIONS IN CHINESE ‘ZIJIN’ WARN ABOUT DRASTIC REDUCTION OF EXTRA PAYMENTS AND SALARIES

We got the news from Bor that on the occasion of signing the new collective agreement the management of the company „Zijin copper Bor” plans to cancel numerous extra payments and thus considerably decrease workers’ monthly salaries. The company’s...

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Teachers Protest

On October 2, 2024 Teachers’ Trade Union of Serbia, NEZAVISNOST Teachers’ Trade Union, Union of Teachers of Serbia and...

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