Slovenia
The industrial relations observatory EIRO reports that a new public sector agreement should be in place by the beginning of 2008 after five years of negotiations between the government and trade unions. The public sector will be covered by this general collective agreement and then specific agreements will be negotiated in different sectors. The main provisions of the agreement allow for four pay increases between 1 January 2008 and 31 March 2010 with one official estimate forecasting real increases in pay of 4.2% in 2008, 3.3% in 2009 and 4.8% in 2010. The agreement will also bring pay rates across the public sector more in line with workers in culture, social security and healthcare likely to benefit most from the changes.
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