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HR-UNIONS-Politika BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH BRIEF NEWS BULLETIN IN ENGLISH NO. 4927HINA Zagreb, 18 April 2003HUP ENDS NEGOTIATIONS, GOVT AND UNIONS DISSATISFIEDZAGREB, April 18 (Hina) - The Croatian Employers Association (HUP)
on Friday discontinued negotiations on amendments to the Labour Act claiming the government yielded too much to workers' requests. The government and unions claim that the HUP's decision is unfounded. The HUP's chief reason to end negotiations is that the government agreed to change a motion regarding severance pay in case of a dismissal, at the request of the unions. PM Ivica Racan and the leaders of union federations agreed that severance pays for employees with up to 20 years of service would not be decreased, while older workers would be given compensation for some of the rights they would lose. HUP director Zeljko Ivancevic told reporters Friday that due to this agreement the amount of severance pay would be only slightly reduced in comparison to the e