Unions: Labor Law amendments "unacceptable"

The amendments to the Labor Law announced by Labor Minister Aleksandar Vulin are unacceptable to the Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia (SSSS).

Izvor: Tanjug

Thursday, 05.06.2014.

12:13

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Unions: Labor Law amendments "unacceptable"

The impression that the amendments have mostly been agreed on is also incorrect, since the trade unions have definitely not agreed to the changes in the law that refer to pays, the proposal for the severance pay to only cover the years of employment at the most recent employer and the payments of two rather than three average salaries upon retirement, Orbović told a news conference on Wednesday.

"The proposed amendments do not include extended application of the collective agreement. That is something the unions cannot agree to because it rescinds collective agreements and social dialogue," he pointed out.

A compromise is unlikely and the unions will have to resort to other tools at their disposal if the amendments are not changed back to what was agreed with Prime Minister Aleksandar Vučić, Orbović said.

The Employers' Association, not the unions, asked for the extended application of the collective agreements to be included in the labor legislation law back in 2008, and now they want that provision revoked under pressure from the IMF and World Bank, which is not in the employers' interest, he stated.

It is also "very unpleasant" that the labor law will not be put up for a public debate, he was quoted as saying.

General Secretary of the United Trade Unions Independence Zlata Zec says that some amendments to the labor have not been agreed with the unions.

"We hear in the media that we have agreed, which is not true. The unions did not even allow the chapter on pays and reduction of union rights to be started," she stressed.

Vulin said on Monday the amendments were ready, that the Social Economic Council made u of government officials, employers and unions should give their opinion on it soon and that the document would then be sent to the parliament for adoption.

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