Public service unions today sent a statement to the Government rejecting its proposal to forgo Christmas bonuses, vacation pay, and gifts for children this year due to the crisis.
Given that the Government’s proposal for an Amendment to the Basic Collective Agreement for Civil Servants and Employees in Public Services, under which employees would be deprived of Christmas bonuses, vacation pay, and gifts for children, is unacceptable to the unions, negotiations should begin regarding amendments to the Basic Collective Agreement for Civil Servants and Employees in Public Services, the statement says. The state service unions will send their response to the Government on Monday, and the leaders of these unions announce that the response will also be negative.
At a meeting held on March 25, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Ivan Šuker proposed to the unions of public and state services that they forgo the payment of Christmas bonuses, vacation pay, and gifts for children this year, which would save 640 million kuna. He announced that the Government would also propose this to the unions in state-owned companies and companies from the portfolio of the Croatian Privatization Fund. For the salaries of about 240,000 employees in public and state services, 30 billion kuna is allocated annually, and an additional 3.9 billion kuna for various allowances, Šuker noted. (H)
