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Klub 500 Praises Labour Code Changes in Government Manifesto
Friday 25 June 2010 Zoom in | Print page
Bratislava, June 25 (TASR) - The best element in the programme theses drawn up by the centre-right parties - SDKU-DS, Freedom and Solidarity (SaS), the Christian Democratic Movement (KDH) and Most-Hid - for businessmen are the proposed measures concerning the Labour Code, Klub 500 executive director Tibor Gregor said on Friday.
According to Gregor, it's these very measures that will make a significant improvement in conditions for creating new jobs.
Businessmen view the flexibility of the Labour Code as extremely important, particularly during a crisis. "We welcome the proposed measures to curb the current overprivileged standing of trade unions at the expense of employers' representatives along with the cancellation of forced extensions to higher level collective agreements, which we regard as a violation of employers' constitutional rights," said Gregor.
Another positive is the proclaimed reform of the levy system, said Klub 500 representatives. Gregor stressed that the deduction burden is the main obstacle to the creation of new jobs.
Employers also appreciate the emerging coalition's unequivocal stance on local governments, as demonstrated by proposed municipal reform and measures to prevent towns and villages from running into avoidable debts in future. However, Klub 500 feels that a modification of conditions on drawing resources from EU funds is still lacking.
"We hope that the new coalition will implement the proposed measures as soon as possible in order to revive the economy and aid the process of creating new jobs. Likewise, we hope that the government won't slow down the pace of highway construction, which represents a positive step for potential investors in the less developed regions of Slovakia," said Gregor.
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