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| Businesses complain about quality of business environment |
| Bratislava, 24.04.2017 |
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| RÚZ has begun to believe that discussing the minimum wage is a waste of time.
The quality of the business environment in Slovakia continued to decline last year partly due to legislative changes that led to hikes in costs for employers. Representatives of the Republican Union of Employers (RÚZ) said this at the association’s congress session on April 20.
RÚZ criticised in particular the introduction of a tax on dividends, changes in levy caps and an extension of and increase in the special levy for regulated entities. The competitiveness of companies was also affected by low-quality and non-transparent regulatory policy in the energy sector, which has led to the fact that Slovakia has some of the highest electricity prices in the European Union.
“We dealt with all of the issues that have an impact on the business environment and have been discussed with government officials,” said RÚZ president Miroslav Kira¾varga as cited by the TASR newswire. “We emphasised that we are advocating the unification of employers’ forces, creating a strong employer organisation that could communicate its position within negotiations with the social partners.”
Among the flaws affecting Slovak companies, RÚZ also stated difficulties in enforcing the law, an ineffective judiciary and a high level of corruption.
“Overall, we see that the business environment isn’t improving,” said RÚZ first vice-president Luboš Sirota. “The measures that are being adopted have come too late. We’ve been speaking about the lack of a labour force for two years; [warning] that this situation would appear. Two years have passed and the government is [only] now saying that we’re in this situation.”
Employers also discussed the minimum wage for next year. Earlier this month the Trade Union Confederation (KOZ) proposed that the minimum wage should be increased to €492 per month in 2018. In response to KOZ’s initiative, the Federation of Employers’ Associations (AZZZ) proposed that a formula should be put in place whereby the minimum wage increase would be based on pre-set indicators. This measure should simplify annual talks on the minimum wage between the social partners. odkaz na stránku
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