Employment
Experts seek ways to boost IT graduate numbers
Faced with a dearth of IT graduates required for the local market, experts have proposed a set of measures aimed at improving graduation rates.
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A step in the right direction
The government announced new tax measures for the self-employed on Tuesday with the aim of cracking down on tax evasion, which is estimated to exceed 10 billion euros per year.
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Serbian Q3 2023 employment rate up by 2.2 pct y-o-y
BELGRADE - Serbia had an employed population of 2,360,762 people in Q3 2023 - up by 51,807 or 2.2 pct y-o-y, according to figures released by the national statistical office.
Attack on nurse sparks outrage on social media
After a nurse in Silivri district of Istanbul was attacked by a patient's relatives who pulled her hair, many health workers shared photos of themselves cutting a lock of their hair on social media as a protest against the increasing cases of violence in healthcare facilities.
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Fire-damaged firms can suspend employees, ministry clarifies
Private companies whose premises were fully or partially destroyed in wildfires can suspend employment contracts with their employees while workplaces are being repaired, the Ministry of Labor and Social Security has said, noting that the suspensions cannot last more than three months.
Bulgaria: Changes in the Labor Code will Limit the Ability of the Boss to Seek the Worker on Off Days
The boss will not have the right to seek the worker on weekends through emails and messages on social networks. This will apply to those who work from home. The change was proposed by the Ministry of Labor and Social Policy and is part of a whole package of amendments to the Labor Code, which were published for public consultation, bTV reported.
Law will regulate flexible jobs
A draft law that will be submitted to the Greek Parliament in September seeks to regulate flexible types of employment such as zero-hours contracts, where the employer is not obliged to provide a minimum number of working hours to an employee.
These practices already exist, they are just unregulated.
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Hoteliers struggling to find workers amid labor shortage
Although tourism activity has rebounded with the COVID-19 pandemic-related troubles put behind, the industry is now facing another problem: Labor shortage.
Turkish hoteliers are trying to overcome this problem by hiring workers from other nations, such as Turkic countries and even from Indonesia, even though this costs them more.
Lowest-paid civil servant to receive 22,000 Turkish Liras
The lowest salary of Türkiye's civil servants will be increased to 22,000 Turkish Liras, Labor and Social Security Minister Vedat Işıkhan has said.
The government is currently working on civil servants' pay and improvements in pensions, Işıkhan told reporters.
IT enterprises in Greece more optimistic over recruiting
IT companies in Greece are more optimistic over hiring intentions in the third quarter of 2023, with the hiring intentions rate rising to 39% from 27% in the first quarter and 6% in the second quarter of the year, ManpowerGroup said in a report on Monday.