Extra holidays and hours paid 100% from January – Express

Extra holidays and hours paid 100% from January – Express

The Government will return the payment uncut holidays and overtime as of January, not returning to extend the reductions in compensation of employees as expected the employers

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In 2012, the government imposed a 50% cut in the amount paid for overtime. In the first hour, workers receive the increased normal return of 25% and 37.5% more in the following hours. Have the holidays were paid 50%. This agreement signed with the social partners ended in July and was extended until December, recalls the “Daily News”

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According to the daily, the workers will in 2015, year of legislative elections, to receive 50% plus normal return in the first hour of overtime. In subsequent passes hours to 70%. As for the holidays, will be paid at 100%.

António Saraiva, president of the Confederation of Portuguese Industry (CIP) told the “DN” that ” companies will be very penalized by replacement of the payment of extrarodinárias hours. ”

The bosses now want counterparts by worsening business costs and remember that the cuts that the government will eliminate now been negotiated in return for not download TSU (single social tax) paid by companies

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Measure creates jobs – CTGP

Armenian Carlos, general secretary of the CGTP, states that the payment of holidays and overtime without cuts will allow the creation of more jobs

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He added, Lusa, the cuts were not “any sense because they are illegal, unconstitutional”

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“We think it’s response to . legality The Government entered a clearly illegal situation when intruded in collective bargaining and took over the suspension of the extraordinary work of payment amount stipulated in the collective labor agreements, “said

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Armenian Carlos recalled that these cuts led CGTP to present last year, a complaint to the International Labour Organisation

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[News updated at 10:05]