Wage Theft Claims Amount To One Billion ISK By Jess Distill 15. október 2020 14:00 In an official announcement, Efling stated that neither wage theft nor other violations against the “minimum wage of workers” are punishable in Iceland. efling The total amount of unpaid wages that Efling has demanded from employers has amounted to 345 million ISK last year, RÚV reports. Wage theft is becoming a huge problem in Iceland, with more and more workers turning to trades unions to demand unpaid wages. In the last 5 years the number of claims received by Efling’s Wages Division has increased from 200 to 700 every year. The claims over this period have amounted to a total of around a billion ISK, with each claim amounting to between 400,000 and 500,000 ISK. In an official announcement, Efling stated that neither wage theft nor other violations against the “minimum wage of workers” are punishable in Iceland. “Efling requested that sanctions of this kind be included in its wage agreement with the Confederation of Icelandic Employers in the winter of 2018 to 2019. Subsequently, the government promised that such sanctions would be included in Icelandic legislation. However, there are no signs of progress, despite repeated warnings to that effect.” According to Efling, very few people end up not getting their salaries paid, but everyone has to go through a process of submitting evidence to prove their case that both a violation has been committed and that they have suffered damages as a result. It is not until a judgement is passed in the employee’s favour that penalty interest is calculated, but no compensation is added to the claims that are paid. Efling is demanding that a law is passed that guarantees a fine or punishment for not paying wages and salaries upfront. The post Wage Theft Claims Amount To One Billion ISK appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine. Note: Due to the effect the Coronavirus is having on tourism in Iceland, it’s become increasingly difficult for the Grapevine to survive. If you enjoy Grapevine’s content and want to help it’s journalists do things like eat and pay rent, please consider joining the High Five Club. You can also check out Grapevine’s shop, loaded with books, apparel and other cool merch, that you can buy and have delivered right to your door. Mest lesið Fundu lík karlmanns í Reynisfjalli Innlent Frambjóðandi Trump lýsti sér sem „svörtum nasista“ á klámsíðu Erlent Sýknaður af ákæru um manndráp af gáleysi á Akureyri Innlent Kona á níræðisaldri sá björninn í þriggja metra fjarlægð Innlent Ákærður fyrir að stinga lækni í kvöldgöngu Innlent Áhyggjuefni að innri landamærin séu ekki betur tryggð Innlent Rafrettukóngur og eigandi Drekans sakaðir um 740 milljóna brot Innlent „Kerfið er algjörlega að bregðast fólkinu“ Innlent Reyndist ekki faðir stúlknanna Innlent Nafn mannsins sem lést í vinnuslysi í Árborg Innlent
The total amount of unpaid wages that Efling has demanded from employers has amounted to 345 million ISK last year, RÚV reports. Wage theft is becoming a huge problem in Iceland, with more and more workers turning to trades unions to demand unpaid wages. In the last 5 years the number of claims received by Efling’s Wages Division has increased from 200 to 700 every year. The claims over this period have amounted to a total of around a billion ISK, with each claim amounting to between 400,000 and 500,000 ISK. In an official announcement, Efling stated that neither wage theft nor other violations against the “minimum wage of workers” are punishable in Iceland. “Efling requested that sanctions of this kind be included in its wage agreement with the Confederation of Icelandic Employers in the winter of 2018 to 2019. Subsequently, the government promised that such sanctions would be included in Icelandic legislation. However, there are no signs of progress, despite repeated warnings to that effect.” According to Efling, very few people end up not getting their salaries paid, but everyone has to go through a process of submitting evidence to prove their case that both a violation has been committed and that they have suffered damages as a result. It is not until a judgement is passed in the employee’s favour that penalty interest is calculated, but no compensation is added to the claims that are paid. Efling is demanding that a law is passed that guarantees a fine or punishment for not paying wages and salaries upfront. The post Wage Theft Claims Amount To One Billion ISK appeared first on The Reykjavik Grapevine. Note: Due to the effect the Coronavirus is having on tourism in Iceland, it’s become increasingly difficult for the Grapevine to survive. If you enjoy Grapevine’s content and want to help it’s journalists do things like eat and pay rent, please consider joining the High Five Club. You can also check out Grapevine’s shop, loaded with books, apparel and other cool merch, that you can buy and have delivered right to your door.
Note: Due to the effect the Coronavirus is having on tourism in Iceland, it’s become increasingly difficult for the Grapevine to survive. If you enjoy Grapevine’s content and want to help it’s journalists do things like eat and pay rent, please consider joining the High Five Club. You can also check out Grapevine’s shop, loaded with books, apparel and other cool merch, that you can buy and have delivered right to your door.
Mest lesið Fundu lík karlmanns í Reynisfjalli Innlent Frambjóðandi Trump lýsti sér sem „svörtum nasista“ á klámsíðu Erlent Sýknaður af ákæru um manndráp af gáleysi á Akureyri Innlent Kona á níræðisaldri sá björninn í þriggja metra fjarlægð Innlent Ákærður fyrir að stinga lækni í kvöldgöngu Innlent Áhyggjuefni að innri landamærin séu ekki betur tryggð Innlent Rafrettukóngur og eigandi Drekans sakaðir um 740 milljóna brot Innlent „Kerfið er algjörlega að bregðast fólkinu“ Innlent Reyndist ekki faðir stúlknanna Innlent Nafn mannsins sem lést í vinnuslysi í Árborg Innlent