Over 6,000 doctors’ employees in Lower Austria have a new collective agreement. The agreement instates a monthly minimum wage of 1300, which unions have welcomed as a step to raising wage levels in the female dominated sector. Employees whose wages exceed the new minimum wage will also see a pay hike of 3.4%, half of which is paid in retroactively from 1 January 2014 and the other half from 1 January 2015.
English: http://www.epsu.org/a/10827
German: http://www.gpa-djp.at/cms ...
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