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Low income Serbians set to benefit from free legal aid in 2018 - report
BELGRADE - Serbia has been struggling for six years to put in place a law on free legal aid, which is one of the requirements for progress in its EU accession negotiations. The law will be adopted by the end of 2016 and implemented in 2018, the justice ministry told EurActiv Serbia.
498 Euros salaries are asked from Greece
The International Committee of experts suggests scheduled reductions, as well as flexible contracts, the so-called “zero hour contracts”, with an allowance from the State as an alternative solution instead of collective redundancies in case a business faces an economic difficulty. For the same reason further salary reductions are requested in the following cases:
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Vujovic: Decisions on maximum number of public sector employees due by end-2016
BELGRADE - New decisions on the maximum number of public sector employees will be made by the end of this year as a starting basis for 2017, Serbian Minister of Finance Dusan Vujovic said Monday.
Most 2016 hirings seen in sales, IT and marketing
The domains of sales, information technologies and marketing/communications are expected to see the most hirings planned in Greece within 2016, Randstad's annual survey on human resource and salary trends has shown.
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Court upholds armed forces workers' appeal against salary cuts
The Council of State, the country's highest administrative court, on Friday upheld an appeal by members of the armed forces against reductions in their salaries carried out by the government in 2014.
The government at the time was forced to revoke a decision to cut armed forces workers' salaries after the same court deemed it violated the Constitution.
Wage disparities between government ‘chosen’ employees and normal public servants
A revised circular on employees’ monthly salaries released revealed a discrepancy between staff in the state sector. Deputy Finance Minister George Chouliarakis was compelled to issue the new circular regarding the monthly wages of employees in the public sector, after the confusion caused by the previous one.
SEV proposes public sector lay-offs and wages cuts
The Hellenic Federation of Enterprises (SEV) has proposed slashes in the average public sector wages over a ‘reasonable time period’. SEV argues the excessive public sector is a burden on the private sector, suggesting spending cuts through lay-offs and salary reductions.
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Negotiations with the Unions: "Salaries should be based on capability and results"
The Ministry for Public Administration is therefore preparing a plan to improve the pay system and reduce anomalies. Advantages should be seen in the consistent implementation of the reward structures and equal salaries for comparable roles.
Romania Dumps Reform of Public Sector Pay
Romania's technocratic government has abandoned plans to revise state wages under pressure from the unions.
"We have decided to give up this bill for now. Our intention is to have a law agreed by all social actors involved," government spokeperson Dan Suciu announced.
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Only 30 percent of workers in Turkey are female
Some 30 percent of working people in Turkey are women, according to data from an annual income and life conditions survey released by the Turkish Statistics Institute (TÜ?K).
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