Willing black market laborers
Employers are not solely to blame for black market labor and not all of the more than 240,000 unofficial workers in BiH have been forced to work without rights or benefits. Many choose that way to work.
Employers break the law with approval from authorities
Employers devise ways to avoid paying high contributions for workers, while labor inspectors and responsible officials are ignoring obvious irregularities.
Ready to retire but stuck in the black labor market
Workers who have put decades into jobs may never get to retire because of unpaid contributions to health insurance and pension funds. All they can do is keep on working for daily wages – and hoping things will change.
Textile workers do without salaries now and pensions in the future
Struggling to remain competitive and profitable, textile and shoe-making factories skimp on salaries and pension contributions and workers don’t protest out of fear they could end up worse off.
Survey looks at attitudes of unofficial workers
A survey by the Center for Investigative Reporting found that unregistered black market workers see little point in complaining, and only hope for a change in the future.
Black Market Labor
A series of stories on Labor
Reform of public spending processes is slow
The public waits too long and pays too much because of faulty bidding for roads, schools and other big projects.
CIN on Radio 202
Show titled “Road condition in BiH” draws public attention
CIN on BHT1
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