ZAGREB, March 6 (Hina) - A recent all-union assembly and protest in St. Mark's Square have yielded a result as headway has been made in negotiations on amendments to the Labour Act by reaching an agreement on part-time employment,
said the leaders of five union federations at Thursday's news conference.
ZAGREB, March 6 (Hina) - A recent all-union assembly and protest in
St. Mark's Square have yielded a result as headway has been made in
negotiations on amendments to the Labour Act by reaching an
agreement on part-time employment, said the leaders of five union
federations at Thursday's news conference. #L#
After a tripartite working group removed part-time employment from
the agenda, about a dozen contentious issues remain to be
discussed, the most important being severance pay, dismissal
notices and the number of people employed with small employers.
Unions remain open for negotiations, but taught by previous
experience, they continue with the preparation of forms of pressure
on the government, which includes the possibility of organising a
general strike.
"Our confidence in the government wavers because only after the
all-union assembly did it for the first time show true willingness
to negotiate on changes to the Labour Act," said Kresimir Sever, the
president of the Independent Croatian Unions.
Unions are satisfied with the parliament's conclusion that the
government should continue tripartite negotiations and that until
the final text of the amendments is drafted, it should forward into
parliament other provisions connected with the Labour Act to
complete changes to the labour legislature.
Now is the opportunity for the entire package of laws to be prepared
and adopted together, the unionists said.
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