Employment

Croatia’s hotly disputed new Labour Law came into force on Thursday, angering unions who have complained of a lack of communication and consensus over the way it was passed.

Under the new law, employment contracts for a definite period, which were previously possible only for three years, now can be prolonged indefinitely.

BELGRADE - The Serbian Ministry of Labour, Employment, Veteran Care and Social Affairs released on Tuesday that the Labour Law is a general regulation that applies to all employees in Serbia.

A joint statement by the ministries of Education and Tourism regarding training for tourism professionals is a hope-filled promise that efforts are being made to improve the quality of that key sector of the Greek economy. At the same time, it seems rather ambitious insofar as the part pertaining to the founding of foreign-language schools for attracting students from abroad is concerned.

By Dimitra Manifava

Three weeks into the summer sales, traders say that purchases are not satisfactory. Shopping levels appear to be lower than during the same period last year, or on the same level at best, even at popular holiday destinations, with Crete suffering the biggest losses.

BELGRADE - Certain provisions in the recently adopted amendments to the Labour Law in Serbia are not in keeping with European standards and some of them even constitute a setback and are inconceivable in Europe, Chair of the Confederation of German Trade Unions Reiner Hoffmann stated on Thursday.

The Department of Energy has started the procedures for putting more than 30 positions up for a competition for young university graduates.

A total of 315 employment contract violations against Bulgarian citizens working abroad have been reported in the first six months of 2014.

The General Labor Inspectorate Executive Agency has received 129 complaints from Bulgarian employees since the beginning of the year, Bulgarian Telegraph Agency informs.

Parliament adopts amendments to labor legislation

BELGRADE -- Deputies in the Serbian assembly on Friday adopted two bills amending and modifying the Labor Law and the Law on Pension and Disability Insurance (PIO).

A total of 190 MPs voted in favor of the amendments to the Labor Law, 21 were against, and four did not vote.

BELGRADE – Trade unions representing enterprises in restructuring have given up on the idea of staging protests over problems in the enterprises after reaching an agreement on social insurance and payment of minimum wages with Economy Minister Dusan Vujovic.

BELGRADE – Serbia’s Labor Minister Aleksandar Vulin said Tuesday that parts of the proposed amendments to the Labor Law were increasing workers’ rights, facilitating doing business and creating conditions for the inflow of investment.