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Croatia personal assistant wage and reform dispute

Overview

In Croatia, Minister of Labour Alen Ružić announced plans to standardize pay and rights for personal assistants employed by associations, aiming to align them with public sector caregivers. The Ministry proposed a new system using a 1.35 coefficient to reach a starting net salary of approximately 1,100 euros, while also seeking to extend benefits like Christmas bonuses and vacation allowances to these workers.

Following these developments, the Regional Industrial Union (RIS) announced a protest in Zagreb scheduled for December 3. The union is demanding an immediate increase in the hourly service rate from 11 to 17 euros. Union representative Tea Radović criticized the government for conducting reform discussions “behind closed doors” and argued that the rate increase requires only a ministerial decision rather than legislative changes. Workers have also raised concerns regarding labor shortages caused by poor working conditions.

These tensions are part of a broader regional scrutiny of labor and social issues across the Balkans. In Croatia, the dispute over personal assistance reform coincides with debates regarding pensioner supplements and minimum wage adjustments.

Entities

Ministry of Labour, Pension System, Family and Social Policy · Alen Ružić · Regionalni industrijski sindikat · Ekonomsko-socialni svet · Branko Krmić

Timeline

  1. [BUSINESS] 17 sources
    Labor and wage disputes intensify across Croatia, Slovenia, and Bosnia

    Labor disputes and wage negotiations are intensifying in Croatia, Slovenia, and Bosnia and Herzegovina, covering minimum wage hikes, pensioner supplements, and personal assistance reforms.

  2. [POLITICS] 7 sources
    Alen Ružić announces pay equality for personal assistants

    Croatia's Labour Minister Alen Ružić announced plans to standardize pay and benefits for personal assistants in associations to match those in public institutions.

Sources

espreso.co.rs · eventbrite.co.uk · glas-slavonije.hr · index.hr · jutarnji.hr · lider.media · maglocistac.rs · mondo.rs · n1info.hr · novilist.hr · ogportal.com · oslobodjenje.ba · poslovni.hr · prigorski.hr · rama-prozor.info · rtnk.me · sd.rs · times.si · tvpljevlja.me · vijesti.hrt.hr · vijesti.me

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