An agreement was signed on 31 March to renew the collective labour contract of the tertiary, distribution and services sector starting 1 April 2015. The changes include: i) increase in wages of 85.00 euro before taxes for IV level employees over 14 months pay; ii) flexible working hours and contracts; iii) short-term contracts. The agreement also establishes that during peak work periods, companies can ask their employees to work four hours more (for a maximum of 16 weeks in a 12 month period) without the need for consent from the trade union or worker and without higher pay for the overtime. The hours will be recovered in the following 12 months, but in periods when the company is not as busy.
