If an employer is not able to secure reassignment, women have the right to a leave with compensation, pursuant to their collective contract and labour rules.

According to the Labour Law, article 68, salaries of employees are defined by collective contract, labour regulations and work contracts as such, each salary is unique for a position, held by either men or women.

Salaries in Bosnia and Herzegovina are regulated by a general collective contract and branch collective contracts.

The employer bound by a collective contract has to determine in its labour rules, developed in coordination with the union, the lowest salary, which cannot be lower than the lowest salary determined by the branch union.

While the Labour Law stimulates flexible adjustments in the labour market, strict collective contracts continue to be rigorous and disable job creation.

The National Collective Labour Agreement of the years 2002 2003 has established the following

According to article 68 of the Law on labor, the collective contract, a book of rules and regulations, and a work contract determine the salaries of employees.

In the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina, according to the Labour Law provisions, the lowest salary is determined by collective contracts and labour regulations.

With the National Collective Labour Agreement of the years 2004 2005 the following have been established

Even though in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina there are workers to whom the provisions of the collective contract pertain, the competent minister has not yet decided on extending application of the collective contract, even he receives the opinion from the union and employers association.

Section 24 of the Act respecting income security provided that programs such as STM would not be subject to the requirements of the Act respecting labour standards, the Labour Code and collective agreements.

A labour contract cannot be cancelled by an employer while a worker is on leave, except when the business is being liquidated or the businessman is terminating his activities (article 46 of the Labour Code).

According to the general collective contract, concluded in May 2000, the lowest salary is determined by branch collective contracts, and it cannot be below 55 per cent of the average salary in the Federation, as per the latest published statistical data.

The National Collective Labour Agreements of the years 2002 2004 have improved the existing legislation concerning private sector employees, as far as labour relations equality, parental leaves, paternal leaves and other issues related to gender are concerned.

Rights to breaks (daily, weekly, annual), number of work hours and paid leave during State holidays are regulated by labour legislation and collective contracts.

Civilians living in counter insurgency areas who are unable to carry out their forced labour duties are particularly vulnerable to reprisals and collective punishment.

This issue is determined with the new General collective contract that is being discussed by partners in social dialogues, and which passing is expected to be soon.

For example, the collective contract of the oil and petrochemicals branch in the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina states, in articles 66, 70 and 72, as follows

A collective agreement is a legal contract between employers and trade unions as bargaining agents for units of workers, within the industrial relations context (see section B).

The National Collective Labour Agreements of the years 2002 2004 have improved the existing legislation for employees in the private sector, as regards equality in labour relations, parental leaves, paternity leaves and other matters related to gender issues.

As a notable contrast to the positive elements of new labour legislation in both Entities stand collective contracts, which remain largely oriented to strict prescription and control, thus imposing on the labour market many regulations from the previous period.

These principles and rights include freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining, the elimination of forced or compulsory labour, the abolition of child labour and the elimination of discrimination in employment and occupation.

Finland has universal validity of collective labour agreements and often, but not always, the trade unions, employers and the government reach a Comprehensive Income Policy Agreement.

In Republika Srpska, the general collective contract determines a guaranteed salary of up to 65 per cent of the salary that an employee received in the last three months.

During the job placement period, those women continue to receive their wages, but for no more than three months after the expiration date of the labour agreement (contract).

Despite the agreed levels, the international financial organizations have a limiting influence on collective bargaining, and thereby the lowest labour price is the basis for salary calculations.

Collective strategies, collective institutions and collective action are indispensable.

Collective strategies, collective institutions and collective action are indispensable .

The Committee welcomes the promulgation by the State Council of Rules on Supervision of Labour Security and its amended Regulations on Collective Contracts and Regulations on Minimum Wages.

In the private sector, where such differences sometimes existed, they were usually to be found in the smaller companies that were not subject to labour legislation and collective bargaining.

An employer cannot refuse to employ a pregnant woman, cancel her labour contract or, except in cases when it is in the interest of her health, reassign her to other positions.

Collective security alliances are just that collective.

The contract was said to have been unconscionable, since the employer had demanded a regular amount of work in order to save on labour costs, and because the internship had no educational purpose.

Low income citizens entitled to legal assistance are those whose annual income does not exceed two thirds of the lowest annual individual earnings, as defined in the General National Collective Labour Agreement.

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However, even on the above grounds the employment contract with a pregnant woman or a person raising a child under three years old can only be terminated with the consent of a labour inspector.

(a) Under article 172 of the Labour Code, a labour agreement (contract) with a pregnant woman or a woman who has children under the age of three (or a single mother) cannot be terminated by the employer if the woman has a disabled child under the age of 16, except in cases in which the business is being completely liquidated, in which case termination of the contract is allowed, but another job must be found for the employee.

Two and a half months after terminating her employment contract, the author reported to the Labour Inspectorate that she had been struck in the right eye by a lemon on 2 July 1993 while working.

of Bosnia and Herzegovina, the federal minister can expand the application of collective agreements to other legal Entities if he deems it appropriate, even if they did not negotiate and conclude the contract or acceded to it subsequently.

(a) Arising from an original contract that is a contract for the supply or lease of goods or services other than financial services, a construction contract or a contract for the sale or lease of real property

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