By applying the decision on the minimum wage made by the Government of the Federation, more and more employers avoid employees to pay fees for warm meal and transportation. Employees of violation of tax regulations warn predominantly anonymously, fearing job loss.
Collective agreements stipulates that a fee for a warm meal is up to 1 percent of the average salary in the Federation. If the contract does not, the employer is not obliged to pay.
The increase in the minimum salary has been processed by many and then worried. As a result of the decision of the Federal Government, there is no more workers received a fee for a warm meal. And all that legally.
As Adnan Smailbegović said, the President of the Association of FBiH, their proposal to the ESV and the Government was to put employees to a minimum of a thousand marks, and not a minimum wage of thousands of marks: “Because we knew what that means. A lot of companies think between how much they can raise employees or on the other side to turn their businesses out because they cannot withstand. And, of course, they decide for something that is still within the law and we must move here. “
“If the employer has less than 30 employees, he has no obligation to have the Rules of Rulebook, but may have a collective agreement, if a collective agreement is prescribed by a warm meal, then will be entitled to a warm meal, and if not, there is no”, Explains Adis Ketcho, the head of the professional service in the Alliance of Independent Unions of Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Although the payments of the fee for the warm meal and the transport are not prescribed by the Labor Law, the question of abuse is asked, which is why the effects of the increased minimum in the Federation are questionable.
“It is especially tragic that the government can be satisfied as the worker receives the same, perhaps even less, and the government gets more that the part that is increased in the basic salary of taxes and contributions, and the government charges it, which was and key motivation for this decision. On the other hand, the Government does not care what the worker does not receive more money, “he states an economic analyst Igor Gavran.
“Probably has cases where they want to save jobs and have a moral dilemma – whether to receive a thousand marks like this or go to the bureau. Unless regulated by a collective agreement in these activities, I am not sure that it is fully legally not to pay a warm meal “, economic analyst Damir Bećirović
By increasing the minimum salary contributions were increased by 60 percent. Therefore, it is not surprising that employers resort to savings if there is no collective agreement, the Ordinance on the work or employment contract. And that means from the good will and the financial situation of employers depends on whether the employees will be paid fees for a warm meal and transportation. So workers are on the same again. Why will they not help them a lot of price lock or boycott stores.
