Gov't proposes new Representativeness Act, withdraws Casual Jobs Bill

The Croatian government on Thursday sent to parliament a bill on the representativeness of employers and trade unions, envisaging criteria under which such associations can represent employers or the labour force at tripartite meetings that also include government officials at the national level.
 

Outlining the proposed legislation, Labour and Pension System Minister Mirando Mrsic said that the first Law on Representativeness of Trade Unions led to the consolidation and merger of unions and encouraged them to form their joint committees for collective bargaining.
The new legislation allows nonrepresentative unions to participate in negotiations on collective agreements, but they will not be regarded a party to the collective agreement.
The right to strike over the signing, amending or renewal of collective agreements would be granted to representative trade unions that have participated in collective bargaining but have not singed a collective agreement.
Also today, the labour ministry withdrew its proposed bill on casual work, thus giving up from a bill which is one of the reasons why trade unions are collecting signatures for general strike.

 

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