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Finland Fin. 1

Finland Fin. 1 Wages - piece-work - guaranteed minimum - obstructive action during negotiations for new collective agreement - continued payment of minimum. HEADNOTES Facts According to the terms of employment, piece-work employees were guaranteed a certain minimum hourly wage. When the employees took obstructive action at work in order to exert pressure in negotiations for a new collective agreement, the question arose whether they were entitled to the guaranteed minimum wage for the period in ques- tion or whether the employer was entitled to pay wages only in relation to work actually performed. The City Court held that the relevant clauses of the collective agreement were applicable even after the agreement had expired and until a new collective agreement was concluded. Nurminen had, however, refused to give a report of his work according to company usage and consequently Asko had not paid him the guaranteed wage but one at a lesser rate. The City Court also found that the Wood Workers' Federation had urged its members to perform time-work only until a new collective agreement was concluded, that Asko had not altered the mode for doing work and that Nurminen had no right to change his mode of work unilaterally. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Labour Law Reports Online Brill

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Brill
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Copyright © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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2211-6028
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10.1163/221160277X00255
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Abstract

Wages - piece-work - guaranteed minimum - obstructive action during negotiations for new collective agreement - continued payment of minimum. HEADNOTES Facts According to the terms of employment, piece-work employees were guaranteed a certain minimum hourly wage. When the employees took obstructive action at work in order to exert pressure in negotiations for a new collective agreement, the question arose whether they were entitled to the guaranteed minimum wage for the period in ques- tion or whether the employer was entitled to pay wages only in relation to work actually performed. The City Court held that the relevant clauses of the collective agreement were applicable even after the agreement had expired and until a new collective agreement was concluded. Nurminen had, however, refused to give a report of his work according to company usage and consequently Asko had not paid him the guaranteed wage but one at a lesser rate. The City Court also found that the Wood Workers' Federation had urged its members to perform time-work only until a new collective agreement was concluded, that Asko had not altered the mode for doing work and that Nurminen had no right to change his mode of work unilaterally.

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International Labour Law Reports OnlineBrill

Published: Jan 1, 1976

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