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The proposal of the representatives of the Government of Serbia presented at today’s meeting that the increase in the minimum labor price ranges from four to six percent, is acceptable to employers, while the unions do not agree and insist on that the Finance Ministry reconsider that option, the Alliance of Independents told Tanjug. Trade Union of Serbia (SSSS).
Representatives of the Employers’ Union (UPS) say they are willing to commit to the issue of the minimum in 2021, but so that this growth does not jeopardize the business of companies in Serbia.
The honorary president of the Nebojsa Atanackovic Union says that such a proposal from the State fully agrees with what is proposed by the Employers’ Union, taking into account that the real situation of the economy must be considered and, on the other hand, the material situation must be improved from the workers.
“We are satisfied with the attitude of the Ministry of Finance, which has shown stability. It is important that the increase is not above what the economy can handle at the moment. The range of four to six percent is optimism and it will be good to increase both wages. ” Atanackovic told Tanjug.
The Employers ‘Union states that the union representatives began negotiations with a request to increase the minimum price of labor to 37,000 dinars, which is unacceptable from the employers’ point of view.
UPS recalls that in its research conducted before the conversations on the price of labor, up to 85 percent of companies estimated that there is no room for any increase in the minimum wage, due to the business crisis caused by the current pandemic. .
SSSS’s Dusko Vukovic says to Tanjug that the proposal to increase the minimum price of labor from four to six percent is unacceptable to the union and that they are still in the position that it must follow the price of the minimum consumption basket .
“Thus, the policy of cheap labor would continue to be replicated, and neither unions nor workers who receive the minimum wage can be satisfied with such a small increase in the minimum wage,” said Vukovic.
It points out that the unions resent that the agreement of the social actors three years ago to equalize the minimum price of labor with the minimum consumption basket in 2021 has not been respected.
“Now it seems an unattainable dream and we do not see any indication that it will happen in the next four years, and with this proposal we are 6,000 to 7,000 below the minimum consumption basket, which amounts to 37,500 dinars,” says Vukovic.
He adds that they suggested to the representatives of the corresponding ministry to reconsider the proposal they made today.
“The agreement is to try to find a compromise in the next meetings,” Vukovic said.
The next meeting, he says, is scheduled for next Tuesday and final talks are scheduled for September 14.
About 350,000 people in Serbia receive the minimum wage. Last year, the government raised the minimum from 27,000 dinars to about 30,000 dinars in 2020.
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