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Negotiators Trefelik (employer) and Heitzinger (employee) announce that the new collective agreement for 120,000 employees brings 1.5 percent more salary
Vienna (OTS) – The social partners in trade, i.e. the Federal Trade Section of the Austrian Chamber of Commerce (WKÖ) and the life services union, have agreed on a new collective agreement for workers in the sector in Austria: according to this, the Salaries of about 120,000 employees will increase by 1 in line with the inflation rate of .5 percent.
The negotiating partners have also agreed to the following recommendation: retail companies that see a financial margin despite the crisis can pay retail workers a crown bonus of at least 150 euros.
“We are pleased to have been able to conclude a good collective agreement in a proven social alliance in these difficult days, which maintains purchasing power and still takes into account the situation of companies,” said commercial president Rainer Trefelik.
Christine Heitzinger, president of the life union services department: “We hope that other companies will follow the recommendation of the social partners to pay a crown bond and thus follow the positive examples of other retail companies regarding the bonus payments that have already been made. accomplished. After all, the employees of the retail sector work hard to maintain the supply of the population in the crisis ”. In this sense, you should also see the part of the KV grade that foresees an improvement in remuneration on December 31. “Employees will receive bonuses starting at 1 pm and that’s already this year,” says Heitzinger.
The collective agreement overpayments will remain in effect in the new collective agreement, which will enter into force on January 1, 2021. The reform of the wage groups will resume as soon as the Covid situation allows, so Trefelik and Heitzinger. (PWK539 / JHR)
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