Employees guaranteed a four-week holiday

Government reached an agreement that the contract of indeterminate duration can be reached for as long as three years for the same or different jobs at the same employer. After fifteen months of negotiations, numerous disputes betwen the unions and the employers regarding changes of the Workforce law, government reached its final version, says Večernji list. The greatest disputes were concerning the contract of indeterminate duration.

Until now the only thing that existed was a contract for the same position, after which the employer changed a name of the working post while continuing with the practice of the Workforce Law, and the contract of determinate duration. Rights of the employees possessing a contract of determinate duration cannot vary from those in a possession of a contract of indeterminate duration, while every violation of the above would be considered harsh violation of the workforce law, decided the government

Weekly working hourse are no longer than 40 hours, with maximum of 8 hourse of overtime. Holiday will last four weeks and there won't be any transfer of the vacant days at the new employer. - A workbook in a shape as we know it will be entirely nullified once Croatia become the EU member, and it will be replaced by a virtual card - said Damir Polančec, a government vice-president.

- Ministry of economy, labour and entrepreneurship will commence working on the preparations of concluding additional changes of the Labour law and adjusting of interests between labour unions and the Croatian Employers' Association, with emphasis on regulation of the employment contract of determinate duration Institute, in accordance with the European Union practice - it was said at the government session.

Preparation of additional amendments to the Labour Law and their placement in government procedures should be made within 30 days, was decided in the government. The government provided its guarantee for the financing of building four ships in the shipyard 3rd May in Rijeka, which was released in favour of the bank Credit Suisse International, on behalf of the first loan tranche of 52.5 million U.S. dollars. The entire loan amount is 110 million U.S. dollars and 79 million euros.

- We have seriously commenced with the second round of privatization and we work on it to make it succeed. We take care of every workplace, in accordance with the possibilities of the state budget, about which we will in the future to make some tough decisions, but it is our task - said Prime Minister Kosor. The Issued warranty is necessary in acquiring conditions for the peaceful preparation of the second round of privatization, which will be more successful than the first, is convinced Polancec.