Austria -Collective agreement for private care workers -December 04, 2014

In a first round of negotiations the trade unions GPA-djp and vida have concluded an agreement for the 100,000 workers in the private health and social care. As of 1 February 2015 wages will increase with 2.03%. Part of the agreement is the increase of the monthly minimum wage in the sector to 1,500 euro. In 2015 a wage differentiation over the regions will end; thus creating a unified wage scale for the whole country. 

English: http://www.epsu.org/r/163  

German: http://www.gpa-djp.at/cms ...   

 

 

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