Union attacks government's unilateral limits on employment conditions

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The state sector union Pardia has attacked the government for trying to imposed limits on employment conditions, particularly in the state sector. The union argues that there have been significant improvements in productivity over several years with negotiated changes to work organisation, working time and the spread of digitalisation. For Pardia these are the ways of increasing efficiency and not cuts to employment conditions. The union says that public sector workers are being targeted in particular with the proposed cap on annual leave and other changes.
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