The European Commission invited representatives from a number of EU sectoral social dialogue committees to a meeting on 28 June 2007 to discuss the cross-sectoral agreement on violence at work, adopted earlier this year.
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The three trade union confederations have agreed to extend the framework agreement reached with employers in 2013. A third-year option was possible and this has now been negotiated with a 0.43% pay increase but with a guaranteed minimum increase of €16 a month for workers on salaries below €3720 a month. Read more at > Trade Union News (EN)
(January 2017) Trade unions and employers in the private sector have negotiated a two-year cross-sector agreement which is now up for approval by member organisations. The deal includes scope for a pay increase of 1.1% that would be negotiated at sector level but this would come on top of the 2.9% increase arising from the indexation of pay that continues to be applied at national level. The unions believe they have made some progress with the employers on a range of social issues, including early retirement, in stark contrast to the what they see as the negative approach of the government.
Government, trade unions and employers signed a new cross-sector agreement on 31 March that includes a wide range of provisions, among them three key points: adoption of the International Labour Organization Centenary Declaration on the Future of the World of Work; amendments to the Constitution covering the special role of social partnership in the regulation of social and labour relations; and the need to take into account the pandemic when formulating measures to protect workers. The agreement also highlights issues that need to be addressed in relation to public sector pay in order to
