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The Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions of Serbia, the Independence Union and the Association of Unions of Pensioners will stage a protest in Belgrade on May 1, marking International Workers' Day.

Ahead of the protest, they organised a two-day campaign in six towns and cities across the country in order to promote labour rights and call for improvements.

Thousands of Romanian civil servants staged a one-day strike on April 30, during which no documents will be issued of payments collected.

Trade union leader Bogdan Hossu said the government had failed to apply a unified wage law to the sector, so that equal work and equal responsibility remained unfairly remunerated.

By Roula Salourou

A Labor Ministry invitation to employer associations for talks regarding the government?s plan to increase the minimum salary to 751 euros per month and the content of planned legislative interventions regarding labor issues was received with reservations on Tuesday.

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"Draft law proposes 60 pay grades for public sector"

BELGRADE -- The first draft law on public sector salaries is ready, and it proposes 60 pay categories, Kori Udovicki said on Thursday.

Udovicki is Serbia's deputy prime minster and minister of public administration and local self-government.

Earlier this month, Russian President Vladimir Putin announced that he would take a 10% pay cut, as the country's economy continues to stagnate due to European economic sanctions.

However, it is highly doubtful that he will even notice the impact of such a cut, as he doesn't even know the exact amount of his salary, according to his own statements to members of the press.

By Roula Salourou

The first part of a government plan to increase the minimum salary is expected to be implemented in October, taking the level up to 654 euros per month for all private sector workers. The government?s election pledge to raise the minimum monthly salary to 751 euros will not be fulfilled before the second half of 2016.

Over 300 employees of Bulgaria's Vidin-based car tyre maker Vidachim will be unemployed as of Monday.

Vidachim, one of the largest companies in Bulgaria's poorest northwestern region, will issue redundancy notices to 314 of its 446 workers amid a lack of orders, according to reports of private TV station Nova TV.

By Chryssa Liaggou

The draft of the new collective labor agreement by the union of employees of Public Power Corporation (PPC) provides fora return to increased union benefits and perks, and for the union (GENOP-DEI) to be funded from the salaries of employees, a measure that was abolished in 2008.

Prime minister, Victor Ponta on Friday said at the Victoria Palace (government's HQs) that the Government hopes to find a solution to solving the salary issue at the local public administration level, adding that 'the public sector's salary law is a total disaster, starting with the President and the Prime minister, whose salaries are smaller than any company's receptionist.'