Post of Serbia - Annex to the Collective Agreement signed for PE Post of Serbia

12/4/2023

Annex to the Collective Agreement signed for PE Post of Serbia

The Minister of Information and Telecommunications, Mihailo Jovanović, signed today, on behalf of the Government of the Republic of Serbia, the Annex to the Collective Agreement with Acting Director of PE Post of Serbia, Zoran Đorđević and representatives of two representative unions, Slavko Novakov (PTT Serbia Union) and Goran Stefanović (Worker Union). The signing was attended by the President of the Supervisory Board, Boriša Šarenac.

The Annex to the Collective Agreement for PE Post of Serbia defines a salary increase for all technology employees in the amount of 10% starting from November 1 this year. This Annex is one of the points of the Agreement that the Prime Minister Ana Brnabić signed on November 15 with representatives of two representative unions, Acting Director and President of the Supervisory Board of this Enterprise.

In this way, the implementation of the Agreement is fully continued, in accordance with which the employees of PE Post of Serbia ended the suspension of work the previous month. Let us remind you that all workers, with the exception of management, were paid a one-time aid in the amount of twenty thousand dinars on November 23 and 24. On November 28, the Government's Commission for the Approval of New Employment approved PE Post of Serbia’s employment for an indefinite period of time for a total of 232 executors. Today's Annex to the Collective Agreement provides for a salary increase of 10 percent for all technology employees starting from November 1 this year.

An additional salary increase for technology workers is expected on January 1, 2024, and will amount to 10 percent, which makes a cumulative salary increase of 21 percent compared to salaries in technology before November 1. Also, the salary increase for all employees in the administration, except for the management, will be 10 percent, starting from January 1, 2024.

Finally, for employees who ended the suspension of work, reduced travel expenses and reduced salary for the days they spent in suspension of work will be paid with the next calculation of travel expenses and salary on December 12 and December 15 this year.

"In order to monitor the results of the work of PE Post of Serbia, regular meetings among the management of this Enterprise, trade unions and representatives of the relevant ministry have been introduced", said Minister Jovanović and added that he expects further growth of services, new services and new customers from this Enteroruse, so that the growth of income can enable a new salary increase during 2024.

"With today's signing, the Government of Serbia has shown that it fulfills its promises and sticks to the agreements reached", said Jovanović.