According to the latest research of the Serbian Employers’ Association and the International Labour Organization, more than half of all companies (54%) have been affected financially by the crisis. Many small companies have already reduced their salaries, usually between 10 and 20%, and some have had to opt for a more drastic cut, up to 30%. Many workers have been made redundant and, according to official figures, about 15,000 people lost their jobs in the period from March to mid-June. Redundancies are still in progress, very often for people with a fixed-term contract, and a new wave of wage cuts is expected from July.
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