The sooner you CROATIA mass protests? Rebellion due to the package of laws on youth employment: 'This encourages emigration!'

Unions representing the public and private sectors have announced mass protests, no later than May 1, due to the package of laws that parliament in urgent procedure adopted on Friday, and which further extends the circle of beneficiaries of the measures of professional training without employment (SDF) and the young have completed four-year secondary education.

So far, it turned out, the trade unions point out that this measure is fully suppressed classic youth employment and apprenticeship and forced young people to work for minimum wage, they do not have labor rights and that upon completion of the measures, which usually lasts for one year, ending on the street . The compensation paid to them by the state and they are free to employers.
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- It is unacceptable that legislative changes of this nature are taken in urgent procedure and without any discussion of the social partners. This is insane way to finance retail chains and large employers, ie. that in fact a large number of workers lose their jobs because they will be replaced by SOR-sters, free labor for employers, because the SDF members Financed by the EU, which are intended for the welfare of workers, rather than encouraging the emigration of Croatian citizens and the downing of labor costs across the country.

If it continues with the rejection of talks on this important issue, the unions will be forced to work at the table to replace the activity on the streets - have told the union. Since laws are still enacted in order to, as he said Mladen Novosel, president of SSSH, "before the local elections improve the statistics of employees" and without the involvement of trade unions as social partners, do not have any recourse other than to pursue "dialogue through industrial action."
Unions joined the SDP, during which the Government of the measure came to life. They point out that the measures taken in during the most crisis, when unemployment was 400,000, of which a good part did very young with no experience. To extend these measures are considered, there is no reason.
- If this comes to life, anyway underpaid workers in the stores will be replaced free young workforce. Retail chains so will allow you to fire current employees and additional earnings on the free labor force - said the head of the SDP Davor Bernardić.
The higher fees

Labour Minister Tomislav Coric says however that there is no reason to protest, but the ministry warned that the measure SOR expand only minimally.
- And so far the young who have completed three-year schools, such as retailers, to participate to the extent of the MTEF. We have extended the measure and the young with a four-year secondary education to make them equalize the rights - says Katarina Ivankovic Knezevic, State Secretary in the Ministry of Labour.

He added that the new law states paying and taking professional and master exams to those users measures which employers have not paid exams, priced knows reach 3,000 kuna.
It also points out that they are aware that these measures, along with the benefits that carries the youth, helps reduce internships and other means of employment and that the measure is continuously monitored and improved.
- Fee for the SDF to this law increases from 2,400 to 2,620 kuna, and is not true that young people will, as said, left without paid transportation.
Change is what will be paying for the obligations of the employer - says Ivankovic Knezevic. How many exact amount of fees for transportation, he says, will be laid down at the end of the month. But unofficially found out that reimbursement will be uniform for all active employment measures.

• 19 Feb, 2017
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