Workers

"Jura" workers complain about the unbearable working conditions caused by the tropical heat.

"Jura" Factory

30.June 2026 B. B.

Working conditions in "Jura": Passing out from the heat or "air conditioning in accordance with the law"?

"Jura" workers complain about the unbearable working conditions caused by the tropical heat. "Jura" says that their air conditioning system is working

Trolleybuses

09.June 2026 IN THE

New protest of GSP Belgrade workers: Stop the privatization of trolleybus lines

Workers of the City Transport Company (GSP) "Belgrade", together with unions and citizens' associations, have announced a new protest for Thursday at 11:30 a.m., due to, as they say, the ignoring of their demands by the competent city and state institutions

Working world

08.June 2026 NR

As many as 60 percent of people in Serbia would run away from their jobs

A convincing majority of employees in Serbia would change jobs immediately if they could, and their superiors live under the delusion that workers are doing great, a new survey shows.

06.June 2026 Almire Pichon

New economy: In Serbia, people work more than in the European Union, and earn less

A comparison of average monthly wages in the region shows that Serbia had almost the lowest wages in the region for more hours spent at work

Labor rights

16.May 2026. Una Sabljaković / DW

Work in Serbia between the minimum wage and exploitation: Where does slavery begin?

The minimum wage in Serbia still does not cover basic living expenses, while domestic and foreign workers work in conditions that often include overtime, insecurity and violation of basic rights, it was said at the forum of the "Mašina" portal.

Celebration

01.May 2026. IN THE

Why is May Day meaningless in Serbia?

Revival of the First of May, as a holiday of freedom, would be of first-class social importance for the next generation of Serbian politicians because a free man, unlike a subject, always opposes a dictatorship

Job losses

24.April 2026 B. B.

Niš: Another hundred workers lost their jobs

After the previous numerous dismissals in the south of Serbia, about 100 more workers of the "Johnson Electric" company in Nis lost their jobs

Bankruptcy

27.March 2026. B. B.

New economy: "Vino Župa" went bankrupt, 230 workers lost their jobs

Joint-stock company "Vino Župa" for the production and sale of wine, alcoholic beverages, juices, concentrates and bases went into bankruptcy according to the decision of the Commercial Court in Belgrade

Radna mesta

26.March 2026. MLJ

Five hundred people fired in 10 days: Foreign IT companies are leaving Serbia

About five hundred people were fired in the IT sector in Belgrade in ten days because three foreign companies decided to leave Serbia

Emigration

24.March 2026. B. B.

New economy: 500.000 people fled Serbian welfare in eleven years

According to official data, from 2013 to 2024, 494.048 citizens of Serbia immigrated to the EU.

Expo 2027

19.March 2026. B. B.

CINS: Work is being done illegally, the Expo is being built

Some foreign Expo 2027 construction workers were misled by their employers by claiming that the "white card" they were given was actually a work permit

Interview: Nenad Jevtović

13.March 2026. Bojan Bednar

Why is the state hindering Serbian small and medium enterprises

Why the state does nothing to help domestic small and medium-sized enterprises to develop their business, Nenad Jevtović, director of the Institute for Development and Innovation, explains to "Vreme"

Workers and vacation

10.March 2026. MLJ

RTS: How to use the "old" holiday

Workers in Serbia who carried over vacation days from last year have until June 30 to use them. According to research published at the end of 2025, more than half of employees in Serbia had between seven and more than 20 days of unused vacation

A man in a factory with a cable in his hand

Leskovac

23.December 2025. B. B.

Redundancies in the south of Serbia: "Agreeable" departure of one hundred workers from "Aptiv"

"The workers themselves know that the factory wants to reduce the number of workers because the orders have also been reduced, so they themselves applied for the termination of the contract," explained the Independent Union of Metalworkers "Aptiva" in Leskovac

Economy

01.December 2025. IN THE

Research: What is a "decent salary" for a Serbian worker?

According to a regional survey conducted during the Job Fair, 66 percent of workers in Serbia say that their salary is crucial when choosing an employer. What are their expectations?

Personal attitude

09.October 2025. Miloš Kovačević, Andrej Pavićević

Pink capitalism: When workers become owners

Contrary to the widespread belief that social democracy is capitalism with socialist features, economic democracy is much closer to this ideal.

Construction sites are frequent places where workers suffer

Looking for the job?

12.September 2025. B. B.

Serbia needs more and more foreign workers

Serbia lacks workers with lower qualifications and highly educated experts

Health care

20.August 2025. Nemanja Rujevic

Again false stories about false sick days

Now e-sick leave should prevent lazy Serbian workers from taking "fake sick leave". Although the media, officials and employers complain about the "epidemic of fake sick leave", the truth is completely the opposite - in Serbia, people work the most and get sick the least

Workers and employers in Serbia

19.July 2025 MM

False sick days: How common are they and what causes them?

The issue of suspicious sick leave was raised again, but the union says that such cases are not that frequent. However, it happens that someone who is not actually sick takes a medical leave. The reasons are much deeper than "a break from work"

Social front

13.July 2025 S.Ć.

The social front gathers workers: You too have the green light

The new organization Social Front, which gathers workers of all professions, organizes a protest walk from the Terazije fountain in Belgrade to the Ministry of Labor

Interview: Duško Vuković, candidate for president of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Serbia

19.June 2025 Ivan Mitkovski

When Vučić decides on the minimum wage - there are no unions

The upcoming elections for the president of the Federation of Independent Trade Unions of Serbia come at a time when workers are increasingly left without a clear job and voice, and unions without trust. While inflation erodes wages, and the government announces a minimum wage in euros, the union is silent. Or at least most are silent. Duško Vuković, the vice-president of SSSS, is entering the race for the position of president of this largest trade union organization in the country, with the message that "the union must be the backbone of the resistance, not a cold bureaucracy."

The "Krusik" factory announced that in the second shift, at around 4:30 p.m., in the factory for the production of initial equipment, there was an "accident during the operation of the amplifier".

Chronicle

30.May 2025. IN THE

Explosion in Krusik, five employees slightly injured

According to unofficial information from the Valjevo hospital, five people were injured and they have minor injuries

Germany

17.April 2025 Nenad Krajcer (DW)

Germany needs even more workers from the Western Balkans

The future German government has big plans to rebuild the infrastructure, for which it will need many builders. But at the same time it limits immigration from the Western Balkans. The first construction associations are already protesting

Departure of foreign investors

21.March 2025. Bojan Bednar

Foreign factory closures: Little hope for laid-off workers

Serbia was completely unprepared for the closure of companies created by direct foreign investments and state subsidies. The interlocutors of "Vremen" warn that a very difficult and uncertain future awaits the workers who lost their jobs and point out that the entire economic model in Serbia is wrong.

Belgrade hosts again

03.March 2025. Ma. J.

"Time tells": on March 8, a large protest by students and workers

Students and numerous trade unions, farmers, postmen, educators, workers of EPS and other companies are planning to gather at a protest in Belgrade on March 8.

Factories leave, workers stay

19.February 2025. Tijana Stanic

The specter of unemployment is circling the south of Serbia

Benetton's announcement that it is closing its plant in Niš means that more than 900 people in that city will lose their jobs. Other factories in the south of Serbia, such as Johnson Electric, Jure and Aptiva, have problems that could lead to an additional increase in unemployment. What should the state do so that workers stop being cheap and replaceable labor force

Accumulation of problems

17.February 2025. IN THE

New economy: Johnson Electric returns subsidies, lays off workers in Niš

According to the 2016 contract, Johnson Electric was supposed to have at least 2.400 new employees, but things have changed over time. Just a few days ago, about 300 workers of this factory received a proposal for mutual termination of the employment contract