Wednesday, August 19, 2015

Companies cut in working hours and wages – RTP

In June, there were 95 companies in “layoff” (for six months for suspending some employees or force a reduction in the time and to compensate workers receive only two-thirds of the salary), least nine than in the same period 2014 .

However the number of employees in these conditions has risen. 827 were in June last year and are 1,089 in June this year. A 32 percent increase that feels more in the number of workers forced to reduce hours. An upward trend observed since April.

The conclusion comes after awaiting the strategy office data and studies of the Ministry of Economy.

According to the same study one in five workers 19.6 percent earn the national minimum wage of 505 euros per month; in 2011, before adjustment measures imposed by creditors, only 11.3 percent received the basic pay of 485 euros. According to the Ministry of Economy, this is an increase of 73.6 percent.

And as the journalist John Torgal concluded, reading the study, companies resort to more cuts in working hours for face breaks in the business.

The study also notes that women were the most affected with 25 percent receive the minimum wage, while only 15 percent of men were affected.

Hotels and restaurants are the sector of activity where the weight of the minimum wage is higher (26.6 percent), followed by the manufacturing industry, such as confeções (24.8 percent), and administrative activities and support services ( 24.3 percent).

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