Country Rating: 2

  • Repeated violation of rights

  • Countries with a rating 2 have slightly weaker collective labour rights than those with the rating 1. Certain rights have come under the repeated attack by governments and/or companies and have undermined the struggle for better working conditions.

Company interference: The company Global Ispat Koksana Inustrija Lukavac , employer of about 1,000 workers, not only failed to pay wages on time but also unilaterally decreased wages below the national minimum wage. Moreover, management regularly attempts to intimidate the local Independent trade union of chemistry and non-metals workers of the FBIH. On 21 June 2013, management asked about 60 senior workers to leave the union and set an example to other workers. The law prohibits anti-union discrimination, but does not provide adequate means of protection against it.

Administrative authorities' power to unilaterally dissolve, suspend or de-register trade union organisations: The Ministry of Justice or the Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina can effectively dissolve a trade union. The grounds for administrative dissolution include situations where a trade union has not convened its assembly for a period exceeding what is prescribed by the union's constitution. Trade union activities can also be prohibited by a court decision if the union's activities are not in line with the goals in its constitution.

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