Group CM applies CCT to all journalists, regardless of whether they are unionized or not, and regardless of the platform on which they choose to work. “We know that Cofina and some regional media outlets are already informing workers about the changes that CCT entails and are implementing them now,” says CM Luis Simões, President of SJ. “Many others have not yet applied and are waiting for the extension order,” he adds.
BASIC MEASURES SALARY
Finish withthree salary tables – A, B and C – which according to The Union of Journalists “allowed journalists with the same duties and ethical obligations to do equal work, but in practice receive very different salaries.” Thus, depending on length of service, different salary levels are created (new table consists of 14 levels of remuneration) and has as its principle the acceleration of wage growth due to professional merit (according to the employee’s assessments). THE BASIS
The minimum salary for a journalist (worth up to four years of career) will be 903 euros. The cost of the table reaches 2051 euros (from 40 to 42 years).
VACATION
Annual leave has a minimum duration of 25 working days and a maximum of 28 (to 25 one day is added for every ten full years of service with the employer, but not more than three days), and for the purposes of payment of the relevant leave will only be taken into account for 22 days. DISTANT WORK
Labor regulation On distance. FREELANCE
Protocol concerning the provision of services in self-employment mode. PATERNITY
Conditions for journalists with parental responsibilities have been improved. POOR QUALITY
Limiting situations non-standard work.
Author: Duarte Faria This Sonia Diaz
Source: CM Jornal

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