ZAGREB, June 11 (Hina) - Croatia's Federation of Independent Trade Unions (SSSH) dismissed on Wednesday claims by the Croatian Employers' Association that a proposed Penal Code provision in case of non-payment of salaries would
diminish the competitiveness of domestic economy and turn potential investors away.
ZAGREB, June 11 (Hina) - Croatia's Federation of Independent Trade
Unions (SSSH) dismissed on Wednesday claims by the Croatian
Employers' Association that a proposed Penal Code provision in case
of non-payment of salaries would diminish the competitiveness of
domestic economy and turn potential investors away. #L#
The provision stipulates imprisonment ranging from three months to
three years for employers who breach workers' rights. One of the
violations is failure to pay wages within a prescribed time period
without justifiable reason.
Similar Penal Code provisions are applied in other states as well,
SSSH president Davor Juric told a news conference.
He said 165,000 Croatians did not get paid for their work in 1999,
128,300 in 2000, 100,300 in 2001, and 48,400 in 2002.
This year, thanks to a series of legislative measures, the figure
will be reduced to 25,000, Juric said.
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