Employment

Turkey's Labor and Social Security Ministry has been examining a number of models, including those in Brazil and Austria, in a bid to update the severance pay system, according to officials.

Angry unions and youths joined forces on March 9 in a day of protests against French President Francois Hollande's effort to tamper with the country's 35-hour workweek.

Several union and student organizations called protests in more than 200 cities across France to try to kill the bill which has even divided Hollande's Socialists.

The Serbian National Assembly on Monday adopted the Law on the Salary System of Employees in the Public Sector.

It concerns some 500,000 citizens employed by the state and provides for calculating salaries based on the same elements, the same base salary and a single correlation coefficients range matrix.

Srecko Mihailovic, a sociologist who compiled the new report entitled "From Journalists to Labourers, Precarious Work and Life", told BIRN that insecurity in the journalistic profession is widespread, especially related to employment security.

Labor and Social Security Minister Süleyman Soylu has signaled a series of changes in the job market, from flexible working conditions to severance payments, in a press conference with economy reporters on Jan. 28. 

Bulgarian teachers are paid the lowest salaries among European countries.

This is shown by the latest annual report of Eurydice on Teachers' and School Heads' Salaries and Allowances conducted in 36 European countries during the 2014/2015 school year.

With an average wage of EUR 4970 per year, teachers in Bulgaria rank at the bottom.

Extending the annual leave entitlement by five days will drastically reduce Bulgarian GDP, reducing it by up to 2.3%, an employers' association has warned.

Turkey's private sector has started to make calculations as to how the government's pledged increase of the minimum wage will affect overheads.

The European Parliament has adopted a resolution calling on the EU states to end any persecution of whistleblower Edward Snowden.

The document also urges these countries to give him protection, Sputnik reported.

Businesses across Sweden are introducing shorter, six-hour workdays so workers can enjoy a better work-life balance.

According to the Science Alert website, the aim is to get more done in a shorter period of time as workers will be more focused and productive during the working hours and will have more time left to enjoy their private lives.