The European Commission has published an ‘Enhanced surveillance report’ on Greece which provides a comprehensive framework for monitoring economic developments. On page 22 of this document it reports that the new Development Bill of October 2019 introduced a number of changes to the collective bargaining framework. The Bill introduces the possibility of opting out from sectoral-level bargaining for certain businesses. It also amends the procedure for the extension of sectoral agreements that is no longer automatic, but at the discretion of the Minister of Labour subject to specific conditions. Other new elements include the creation of a public registry for employer associations and for trade unions in order to better verify their representativeness, and a restriction to the unilateral recourse to arbitration.
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For more information, please contact Paul de Beer or Oana Ciuca, De Burcht (Scientific Bureau for the Dutch Trade Union Movement) p.t.debeer@uva.nl or the Head of communications at the ETUI, Mehmet Koksal mkoksal@etui.org.
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