Translation of "augmentation de salaire rétroactive " (French → English) :

Welcomes the new ET 2020 priority of improving support for teachers and raising their status, which is essential for them to be able to command the necessary respect, thus making their profession more attractive; is of the opinion that fulfilment of this objective would require better preparation and training of teachers and improving their conditions of work, including increasing salaries in some Member States, given that teachers often earn less than the average wage of higher education graduates.

25. Points out that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have warned of the problems, both social (in-work poverty) and economic (depressed internal demand), related to the wage devaluation that has occurred in recent years; stresses in this regard that an adequate wage policy is vital for maintaining internal demand, and that wage increases should therefore be better adapted to changes in productivity; maintains the need to stress the importance of increasing wages, especially in countries where wages are below the poverty threshold, but believes this must be done w ...[+++]ithout undermining the subsidiarity principle; recalls that minimum wages differ substantially between Member States, and reiterates its request for a study on this issue; encourages the Member States to set minimum wages in accordance with national legislation and practices; calls for a comprehensive strategy for fighting poverty based on, among other things, access to decent jobs leading to quality employment and services; points out the role of education, and hence of empowerment for employment, as one of the main anti-poverty tools;

13. Points out that the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) have warned of the social (in-work poverty) and economic (depressed internal demand) problems related to the wage devaluation that has occurred in recent years; stresses in this regard that an adequate wage policy is vital for maintaining internal demand, and that wage increases should therefore be better adapted to changes in productivity; maintains that there must be a reference to the importance of increasing wages, especially in countries where wages are below the poverty threshold, but it must be made with ...[+++]out undermining the subsidiarity principle; recalls that minimum wages differ substantially between Member States, and reiterates its request for a study on this issue, including an analysis of the differences in purchasing powers between Member States; encourages the Member States to set minimum wages in accordance with national legislation and practices and to consider their impact on in-work poverty, household income, aggregate demand and job creation;

9. Is worried about the upward pressure of higher energy prices on consumer prices, increasing the harmonised index of consumer prices inflation to 2,3% in the euro zone and the EU, points out the increase in industrial producer prices by 5,9% in July 2006 in the euro zone while secondary effects of the surge in oil prices on wages continue to be largely absent with moderate wage increases; expresses its concerns about the negative effects of oil price increases on household demand due to reduced disposable income;

11. Stresses that serious reservations on the part of both sides of industry must be borne in mind; therefore considers it necessary to take account of the concerns or fears of employees and trade unions; in particular, holding pay negotiations between management and employees and negotiations on employee financial participation simultaneously must be avoided; believes that the premise must be that employee participation will always be an additional component, and should not replace the customary basic wage or wage components, in particular pension schemes or customary wage increases;

11. Stresses that serious reservations on the part of both sides of industry must be borne in mind; therefore considers it necessary to take account of the concerns or fears of employees and trade unions; in particular, holding pay negotiations between management and employees and negotiations on employee financial participation simultaneously must be avoided; the premise must be that employee participation will always be an additional component, and should not replace the customary basic wage or wage components, in particular pension schemes or customary wage increases;