On 24th of October, Irina Rozenšteina, FICIL Labour Force & Requalification work group leader, presented key proposals for amendments to the Labour Law at the Human Capital Development Council. Foreign Investors’​ Council in Latvia proposals concern the following…

– Zero-hour employment contracts
– Duration of collective agreements
– Overtime compensation
– Article 44 on fixed-term employment contracts
– Dismissal of trade union members
– Article 140 on aggregated working time reference period
and other topics…

The full list of our proposals in this area can be found in the FICIL position papers, available in English and Latvian.

Following the presentation, Anda Čakša, Minister for Education and Science, endorsed the proposal on introduction of zero-hour employment contracts, while Viktors Valainis, Minister of Economics, indicated that he will carefully review each proposal, based on analysis of practices in other EU countries.

FICIL plans to further discuss proposals with the key stakeholders (Ministry of Economics, Ministry of Education and Science, Ministry of Welfare , LDDK and LBAS) in the coming weeks.