Reducing employee wages, exempting companies from the Labor Code and increasing the working week to 56 hours, for periods of up to four months: this will be possible with the new law passed in Croatia.
By Dimša Lovpar The news went unnoticed, drowned out by the sporting prowess of the Croatian football team, the changeover to the euro and the country’s entry into the Schengen area. But a labor law was approved at the end of December by the Sabor, the Croatian parliament, following negotiations conducted since the beginning of 2022 by the conservative government of Prime Minister Andrej Plenković. And this is very unfavorable for the workers. Firstly, it introduces very vague “exceptional circumstances”, which allow companies to reduce the wages of their employees by 30%, regardless of profitability (…)
