The current page is not translated to the selected language.
A new estimate from the Confederation of Danish Industries indicates that 1997's company-level bargaining in the industrial sector has led to average pay rises of 1.7%
The results of the latest collective bargaining round at company level in industry are emerging. An estimate from the Confederation of Danish Industries (DI) shows an average increase in pay of 1.7%, or between DKK 1.75 and DKK 2.00 per hour. The increase is higher than in 1996, when bargaining at company level produced an increase of between DKK 1.50 and DKK 1.75 per hour
Pay negotiations in industry take place on the basis of a national collective framework agreement between the DI and the Central Organisation of Industrial Employees in Denmark (CO-Industri). The two organisations agreed in 1996 to a three-year collective agreement, which will expire in 1999. In each of the three years the parties are able to conduct company-based collective negotiations, which depend on the economic situation facing the company concerned. The DI has expressed its satisfaction with the outcome of the negotiations: Mr Larsen, head of department, said that in a number of companies employees and management had jointly agreed not to increase pay, which in his view is in accordance with the principle that pay increases should reflect the economic situation facing each company.
The DI estimate is preliminary, as it only covers one-third of all employees in industry, equal to roughly 39,000 employees working in 863 companies. As well as the local pay increases, wage costs for companies in the sector will also reflect the other provisions of the 1996 three-year sectoral collective agreement. Among other issues, the agreement provided that employees were to be awarded normal pay during maternity leave and that employers' pension contributions were to increase in 1997. This will result in additional costs of about 0.7% in 1997.