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Gig economy on the rise in Eastern European countries. First labour organizations and unions of platform workers appear

Mašina MašinaJune 19, 2021June 17, 2021

Platform workers in Eastern European countries face similar problems like their colleagues in Serbia. Does the forming of the first trade unions and other workers' organizations suggest a possibility of international organizing?

Platform workers in Eastern European countries face similar problems like their colleagues in Serbia. Does the forming of the first trade unions and other workers’ organizations suggest a possibility of international organizing?

Mario Reljanović: Amendments to the Law on Simplified Work Engagement on Seasonal Jobs exceed my worst expectations

Marko Miletić Marko MiletićJune 19, 2021June 11, 2021

Labour law expert Mario Reljanović believes that the draft law meant to regulate the working conditions of seasonal workers contains "meaningless" norms and does not improve workers’ rights.

Labour law expert Mario Reljanović believes that the draft law meant to regulate the working conditions of seasonal workers contains “meaningless” norms and does not improve workers’ rights.

What will the law on seasonal work bring to women who are employed to clean, tidy up and care for children and the elderly?

Mašina MašinaMay 24, 2021April 29, 2021

"Part time workers will be equal in disenfranchisement and exploitation of their work."

“Part time workers will be equal in disenfranchisement and exploitation of their work.”

Glovo deliverers in Belgrade demand higher earnings

Marko Miletić Marko MiletićSeptember 7, 2021March 27, 2020

Aware that their services are needed during the outbreak of coronavirus, the Glovo App delivery workers keep driving. They ask no dedication award from the company, but demand to be fairly paid and that their wages return to their January levels – to that end they have started organizing.

Serbian Agency Employment Law: Will it help workers or put them in a disadvantage?

Luka Petrović Luka PetrovićDecember 18, 2019

Domestic legislation has for the first time regulated the position of employees engaged through agencies, although such employment has existed for years. In what way and how much will the new law help agency workers? We discussed this with Jugoslav Ristić, president of the Confederation of Autonomous Trade Unions in Kragujevac and Mario Reljanović, an expert in labour law.

Three Draxelmaier’s workers fired because of the strike

Saša Dragojlo Saša DragojloDecember 4, 2019

Three workers of the Dräxlmaier factory in Zrenjanin, Serbia were fired , according to Masina’s sources. At the beginning of October workers in all three shifts discontinued work for an hour to protest against low wages and vague criteria for payroll calculation. Dräxlmaier suspended 32 workers on the account of strike. However, most suspensions have been lifted after the Labour inspectorate intervened.

Wolt and Glovo – innovations in bending labour rights

Marko Miletić Marko MiletićSeptember 30, 2019

A traffic accident in Serbian capital Belgrade in which a Wolt bicycle courier got injured raised concerns about Wolt couriers’ working conditions and status. Are they employed and where, do they have health and social insurance, right to sick leave, vacations, how much do they earn…

Fatal accidents at Belgrade Waterfront construction site – interview with a witness

Radomir Klasnić Radomir KlasnićNovember 22, 2018

Masina’s journalists managed to talk with a worker engaged at the Parkview construction site, who witnessed a tragedy in which the lives of two of his co-workers were lost. According to his words the working conditions at the Belgrade waterfront construction site are terrible, there are workers without employment contracts, and the labour inspection announces its arrival beforehand.

Serbian government wants to stimulate birthrates by lowering financial support for mothers

Mirjana Dragosavljević Mirjana DragosavljevićOctober 11, 2018

Contrary to the officials’ pompous announcements, the newly introduced legal measures diminish financial support for expectant and new mothers.

H&M fails to pay its workers a living wage

Mašina MašinaSeptember 28, 2018

Contrary to the promise it made five years ago, H&M pays its workers less than living wage, the Clean Clothes Campaign (CCC) has established.

Two workers die at Belgrade Waterfront construction site

Mašina MašinaFebruary 26, 2020September 14, 2018

This morning two workers, around thirty and forty years old, died in Belgrade after falling from great height. The ambulance received an emergency call at 9:42 a.m. and the two medical teams sent could only pronounce them dead at the scene.

New Law to be Introduced in Serbia: Labor for Lease

Tamara Baković Jadžić Tamara Baković JadžićJune 1, 2017

Adoption of the unfavorable law on agency employment and its future regulation will only worsen the already poor labor relations.

Fifty shades of exploitation

Anica Stojanović Anica StojanovićJune 1, 2017May 25, 2017

Internships, traineeships and other programmes for acquiring work experience are increasingly becoming a precondition to getting a labour contract. Even though interns are performing roles of workers, in most cases they are not paid for them nor is their employment guaranteed after the programme has ended.