News / 2006

12.12.2006 ETTK: European Commission endorses that Euro monies should go to economy
11.12.2006 Employers say next year’s minimum wage limit is 3,600 kroons
07.12.2006 Government appointed Henn Pärn as Public Conciliator
07.12.2006 Riigikogu raised social tax base rate to 2,000 kroons
29.11.2006 Tarmo Kriis: Estonian tax system focuses too much on taxing labour force
24.11.2006 Council meeting of the Health Insurance Fund
23.11.2006 Government announced unemployment insurance premium rates for 2007
22.11.2006 Still possible to change the outcome of social tax base rate issue
15.11.2006 Employers not happy with Government’s plan for dividing euro monies
15.11.2006 Employers propose Henn Pärn as the new Public Conciliator
15.11.2006 Employers’ Confederation takes social tax dispute to Health Insurance Fund
10.11.2006 Employers support the European Commission’s views on dividing euro aid
06.11.2006 Estonia missed out on foreign labour
02.11.2006 Employers: Bulgaria will not satisfy Estonia’s labour needs
01.11.2006 ETTK and Bulgarian Industrial Association signed the agreement for cooperation
24.10.2006 Trade unions support employers' positions in minimum wage negotiations
24.10.2006 Employers ready to offer 3,500 kroons as minimum wage
23.10.2006 Employers support Tax Board in the issue of self-employed being used as employees
19.10.2006 European Entrepreneurs’ Day: investment in technologies is the key issue
12.10.2006 Joint activity agreement on vocational education
09.10.2006 Trade unions wish to enter into tripartite negotiations without delay
24.09.2006 Labour market participants: use of foreign labour needs analysing
21.09.2006 Employers demand social tax base to be increased at a higher pace
16.09.2006 Employers’ organisations approach the European Commission about the need to increase investment aid
12.09.2006 Best enterprises in Estonia are Vertex Estonia and Hansapank
11.09.2006 Employers demand swift simplification of rules for import of foreign labour
04.09.2006 Economy continues with fast growth
30.08.2006 New Chairman of the Estonian Unemployment Insurance Fund is Tarmo Kriis
29.08.2006 Employers: increased minimum wage would give impetus to ‘wage rally’
28.08.2006 The monthly gross wages and salaries were over 9,000 kroons in the 2nd quarter
23.08.2006 The employment is the largest in the last twelve years
22.08.2006 Ministry of Finance forecasts great economic growth
22.08.2006 Employers demand investment aid to be increased by 1.5 billion kroons
10.08.2006 Income tax issue left to the next government
24.07.2006 Employers not backing average wage requirement for foreign workers
22.06.2006 Swedish employers criticized governments of new member states
21.06.2006 Employers do not support Ministry of Finance in income tax dispute
18.06.2006 Annual average monthly gross wages and salaries were over 8,000 kroons
15.06.2006 Employers will formulate their view on minimum wage in August
15.06.2006 Employers propose Margus Tammekivi as the new Public Conciliator
12.06.2006 The first pilot group of Project CB concludes their training
11.06.2006 UNICE presidents meet in Vienna
09.06.2006 Government approved Estonian Higher Education Strategy for 2006−2015
05.06.2006 ETTK sided with ship owners in dispute with Finnish trade unions
05.06.2006 Rapid economic growth continued
29.05.2006 Trade unions demand 20% increase to minimum wage next year
27.05.2006 Employers beat Trade Unions 6:1
26.05.2006 Recognition to family-friendly companies
26.05.2006 Increase in wages and salaries was the highest of the last eight years
25.05.2006 Draft of the Employees’ Representatives Act sent to Parliament
23.05.2006 The employment grew rapidly in the beginning of the year
19.05.2006 Employers discussed income policies with finance minister
14.05.2006 Estonian businessmen looking into investment opportunities in Serbia
08.05.2006 Branch associations discussed the free movement of labour
03.05.2006 UNICE will actively participate in consultation on the EU transparency initative
02.05.2006 Ministry of Finance offers for discussion the possible solution of corporate income tax
27.04.2006 Government: We must be technically prepared for the adoption of euro on 1 January 2008
25.04.2006 Exports Increased more than Imports
24.04.2006 Sale of Pollution Quota Raised Estonian Energy Profit to Record High
20.04.2006 Former Owners of Skype Earn More than EUR 108 mln from Sale
20.04.2006 The ETTK: Sickness days’ reform presupposes reduced tax burden
19.04.2006 Corporation tax system subject to an analysis
12.04.2006 Use of EU funds to Become Clear in May
11.04.2006 Riigikogu deliberated the business environment
10.04.2006 Estonia's Foreign Trade Turnover up by One-Fourth 2005
07.04.2006 UNICE: Services Directive needs a broader scope
07.04.2006 Businesses call for a boost to Europe
07.04.2006 Registered Unemployment Figure Dropped Below 20,000 for the First Time
06.04.2006 High levels of flexi-time arrangements in the UK compared to Europe
05.04.2006 IMF Praised Estonia's Economic Growth
31.03.2006 40% of Estonian population is in favour of introduction of euro
31.03.2006 The increase of industrial production continues
31.03.2006 Rapid economic growth was characteristic of the year 2005
28.03.2006 UNICE declaration on the transitional measures to the free movement of workers
24.03.2006 European Social Dialogue Work Programm 2006-2008
24.03.2006 Self-employment is not very popular in Estonia
22.03.2006 Temporary agency work: an increasingly important form of employment in the European Union
22.03.2006 UNICE supports the European alliance for CSR
22.03.2006 The Employers: the basic principles of the Occupational Accident Insurance Draft Act are incomplete
21.03.2006 Economy growth forecast for 2006 is 8.2 percent
17.03.2006 UNICE message to the European Council Spring Summit
16.03.2006 The unemployment the smallest of the last decade
15.03.2006 The largest increase of the net sales of enterprises during the five years
13.03.2006 UNICE president Seillière at ETTK conference "Kite Fly 2006"
13.03.2006 PM Ansip met the UNICE leader
13.03.2006 8 companies were awarded a Disabled Friendly Employer badge
13.03.2006 ETTK Anniversary Conference KITE FLY
08.03.2006 Most new jobs created in new Member States
08.03.2006 UNICE: Cooperation on energy is an urgent need for Europe
08.03.2006 First apprentice supervisors receive their certificates
06.03.2006 Rapid economic growth continued
03.03.2006 Enterprises pay more attention to innovations
01.03.2006 Trade unions who joined the strike pact picketed against the Employees Representative Act
01.03.2006 New Employees Representative Act continues to be a source of dispute
28.02.2006 Baltic Prime Ministers discussed construction of new nuclear power station at Ignalina
23.02.2006 The employment grew at the end of the year
22.02.2006 Bonuses at the end of the year contributed to the growth of wages and salaries
20.02.2006 ETTK: the Services Directive does not support the single market idea
16.02.2006 UNICE: This is not the Services Directive Europe needs
08.02.2006 European and Russian business call for concrete results from the EU-Russia economic integration process
25.01.2006 European Social Partners finalise negotiations on a Work Programme 2006-2008
25.01.2006 More growth and jobs for Europe: moving from diagnosis to therapy
23.01.2006 No agreement reached on the Employees’ Representatives Act
20.01.2006 Government approved Estonia’s priorities in the European Union for the second half of 2006
17.01.2006 People in Estonia are less afraid of losing their job - survey
17.01.2006 Estonian MEP: EU should deal with energy policy risks
16.01.2006 Estonian Parliament to discuss endorsement of EU Constitutional Treaty in February
13.01.2006 Estonia’s economic growth ranks second in the EU
06.01.2006 Estonian research institute forecasts continued strong economic growth
01.01.2006 Income tax rate and basic exemption changed on 1 January 2006

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