Salary

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:

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.

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.

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