Estonia: the new government wants to enhance flexibility on the labour market

The new coalition government in power in Estonia announced that it wanted to increase flexibility on the labour market. In the meantime, public authorities are concentrating on the reasons of the workforce's growing overwork, made visible with the increase of sick leaves. (Ref. 070300)
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The three center-right parties, which decided to form a new government after the legislative elections on March 4, 2007, pointed that they want to revise the labour Code. According to these parties, this code, adopted in 1992, just after the country recovered its independence, is no longer adapted to the current social and economic context. However, they did not offer more detailed offers in the coalition agreement they signed on March 28, because they intend to combine social partners in this

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