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OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY IN THE HAIRDRESSING
SECTOR
SITUATION IN CROATIA
JOINT UNI EUROPA AND COIFFURE EU WORKSHOP
WARSAW 19-20 JUNE 2013
PRESENTED BY CROATIAN UNION OF SMALL BUSINESS,
HANDICRAFTS, SERVICES AND FOREIGN OFFICES
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SHORT HISTORY OF HAIRDRESSING IN CROATIA
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LONG AND RICH TRADITION IN HAIRDRESSING
FIRST AND MOST FAMOUS HAIRSTYLE DATES FROM ROMAN TIMES
IT IS SO CALLED SALONITANKA-HAIRSTYLE FROM SALONA
SALONA IS VERY OLD TOWN NEAR SPLIT AND IT IS UNDER UNESCOS
PROTECTION
EACH PART OF CROATIA HAS A SPECIAL WAY OF HAIRDRESSING AND IT IS
NOW VERY IMPORTANT PART OF ETHNO HERITAGE
FROM 1999. THERE IS ANNUAL COMPETITION IN ETHNO HAIRSTYLING
SINCE 2012. IT IS INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
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HAIRDRESSING SECTOR
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CROATIA - POPULATION 4,284,889(2011 census)
EMPLOYED-1, 337, 746
HANDICRAFT SECTOR; 85, 772 SUBJECTS
27, 368 WOMEN
58, 404 MEN
TOTAL NUMBER OF EMPLOYED;188, 871(workers and employers)
103, 099-employees
HAIRDRESSING IS SUBSECTION WITHIN HANDICRAFT SECTOR
5366 SALONS-owners and self-employed persons
1300 beauty salons within total number of salons
11, 805 total number of employees in hairdressing sector
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EMPLOYERS ORGANISATIONS
UMPH-ASSOCATION OF HANDICRAFTS EMPLOYERS WAS
ESTABLISHED IN 1995.
SINCE 1999. IS AFFILIATED TO CROATIAN UNION OF INDIPEDENT
ASSOCIATIONS
HUP-CROATIAN EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATION
AFFILIATED TO BUSINESSEUROPE AND MEMBER OF IOEINTERNATIONAL ORGANISATION OF EMPLOYERS
THERE IS NO COMPANY FROM HAIRDRESING SECTOR WHICH IS
MEMBER OF HUP
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PROFESSIONAL ORGANISATIONS
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THE MOST RELEVANT PROFESSIONAL HAIRDRESSING
ORGANISATION IS CROATIAN CHAMBER OF TRADES AND
CRAFTS(HOK)
MEMBERSHIP IS COMPULSORY BY THE LAW
HOK IS A MEMBER OF THE UEAPME-EUROPEAN ASSOCIATION OF
CRAFTS, SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES
WITHIN THE HOK THERE IS A GUILD OF HAIRDRESSERS
SINCE 2010 IT IS AFFILIATED TO OMC(ORGANISATION MONDIALE
COIFFURE)
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TRADE UNION
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HSMP-CROATIAN UNION OF SMALL BUSINESS, HANDICRAFTS,
SERVICES AND FOREIGN OFFICES WAS AFFILIATED TO THE UATUCUNION OF AUTONOMOUS TRADE UNIONS OF CROATIA-TLE LARGEST
TRADE UNION COFEDERATION IN CROATIA
SINCE 1997 TO 2006 HSMP WAS A MEMBER OF WCL-WFIW-WORLD
FEDERATION OF INDUSTRY WORKERS
SINCE 2010 HSMP IS A PART OF CROATIAN TRADE UNION OF METAL
WORKERS WHICH IS A MEMBER OF UATUC AND IMF-INTERNATIONAL
METAL WORKER FEDERATION
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COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT
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LAST COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT WAS SIGNED IN 2005. BETWEEN
HSMP AND UMPH AND IT WAS IN IMPLEMENTATION UNTIL 2007.
THESE CA WAS EXTENTED ON ALL EMPLOYERS IN HANDICRAFT
SECTOR
FROM 2008. THERE IS NO CA AND FROM THAT PERIOD TRADE UNION
IS IN PERMANENT NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE ASSOCIATION OF
EMPLOYERS
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LAWS AND REGULATIONS
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TRAINING
CRAFT ACT-NOW IN PROCESS OF CHANGE-LIBERALISATION OF OPENING
BUSINESS IN ALL SECTORS INCLUDING HAIRDRESSING
GREAT DISSATISFACTION AMONG CRAFTSMEN
IT WILL CAUSE DECLINE OF QUALITY IN CRAFTS SERVICES
REINFORCEMENT OF THE GRAY ECONOMY AND THE COLAPS OF
PROFESSINAL STANDARDS
VOCATIONAL EDUCATION ACT
LAW ON THE CROATIAN QUALIFICATIONS FRAMEWORK
LABOUR LAW
CURICULUM FRAMEWORK OF EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM FOR THE
PROFESSIONAL HAIRSTYLIST
DOZEN OF RULES HOW TO ORGANIZE CLASSES IN VOCATIONAL SCHOOLS
AND PRACTICAL TRAINING
STRATEGY FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE VOCATIONAL EDUCATION 20082013AIMEDAT ALIGNING VOCAT.QUALIFIICATIONS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE
EUROPEAN QUALIFICATION FRAMEWORK(EQF)
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LAWS AND REGULATIONS
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HEALTH AND SAFETY
LAW ON OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY
REGULATIONS IN THE FIELD OF OCCUPATIONAL SAFETY AND
HEALTH-DOZEN OF RULES
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR THE PROTECTION AND SAFETY AT WORKESTABLISHED IN 2000 –GOVERNMENT, EMPLOYERS , WORKERS AND
MEDICAL EXPERTS
28 OF APRIL IS ESTABLISHED AS INTERNATIONAL COMMEMORATION
DAY SINCE 2007
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LAWS AND REGULATIONS
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REMUNERATION
MINIMUM WAGE ACT-SINCE 2007-350 EUR
MOST OF EMPLOYEES IN HAIRDRESSING SECTOR RECEIVE
MINIMUM WAGE
COLLECTIVE AGREEMENT
RULES ON COMPANY LEVEL
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SOCIAL DIALOGUE
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SOCIAL DIALOGUE IS NOT YET ORGANISED IN CROATIA IN THESE
SECTOR
MAIN PROBLEM IS THE LACK OF CAPACITY ON THE EMPLOYERS
SIDE –THEY ARE TRAYING TO BE JUST BIG BOSSES
EMPLOYERS ARE NOT AWARE THAT ONLY TROUGH SOC. DIALOGUE
A LOT OF PROBLEME IN THESE SECTOR CAN BE SOLVED
BECAUSE OF HIGH RATE OF UNEMPLOYED WORKERS ARE AFFRAID
TO JOIN THE UNION SO UNION IS NOT ENOUGH STRONG TO FORCE
EMPLOYERS TO TALK
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PROBLEMS AND CHALLENGES
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THE LACK OF SOCIAL DIALOGUE
LONG AND USELESS NEGOTITIONS ABOUT NEW COLLECTIVE
AGREEMENT
GRAY ECONOMY-DECLINE IN INCOMES-SMALL WAGES
UMPH AS EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATION IS NOT REPRESENTATIVE ANY
MORE-NEW LAW ON REPRESENTATIVNES
CHANGES IN CRAFTS ACT-BAD POSITION OF HAIRDRESSING
SECTOR
PROJECT EU-INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS AND SOCIAL DIALOGUETRADE UNION AND EMPLOYERS ASSOCIATION DO NOT
PARTICIPATE-BUT GUILD OF HAIRDRESSERS DO PARTICIPATEORGANISATION WHICH IS NOT ESTABLISHED ON FREE WILL BASE
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