Sweden
The SEKO services union has agreed a two-year deal with the EFA energy employers’ association that will see salaries increase by 3.7% for the 3,500 workers covered by the agreement. The deal includes setting minimum wages for 18-year-olds but also for skilled workers with two and five years’ experience. The minimum monthly wage for 18-year-olds will be SEK 17288 (€1790) in 2010 rising to SEK 17738 (€1840) in 2011.
Read more at > SEKO (SE)
The JHL trade union reports that negotiations have delivered a two-year agreement in the energy sector that runs to 31 March 2025. Employees will get a 3.5% general increase on 1 August this year along with a €415 lump sum paid on 1 July. Next year the general increase will be 2% from 1 June with 0.5% for the local level.
The Kommunal municipal union has negotiated a new two-year collective agreement with the Arbetsgivaralliansen employers' organisation in health and social care. The organisation has around 3000 members employing some 250000 people. The agreement runs from 1 April 2014 to 31 March 2016. The pay increase was negotiated as a flat-rate amount so as not to increase the gap between male-and female -dominated industries. Salaries will be increased by SEK 550 (€60.5) from 1 April 2014 and SEK 600 (€66) from 1 April 2015. Minimum wages will be increased by the same amount and will mean SEK 19720 (€2170
The public service unions ABVAKABO and CNV Publieke Zaak have negotiated a new collective agreement covering 13,000 employees of provincial government. Salaries rise by 0.7% backdated to 1 June 2007, 1.5% from 1 June 2008 and 0.4% from 1 January 2009. There are also increases to the end-of-year payments which rise from 4.5% to 6.8% of salary in 2007 and from 6.8% to 8.3% in 2008. Read more at > ABVAKABO (NL) And at > CNV Publieke Zaak (NL)
