In the future, job offers will have to indicate a salary. | BNN

In the future, employers will be required to report the gross monthly or annual amount of payroll or gross hourly rate in the job offer. This is provided for in the amendments to Article 32, paragraph 3 of the Labor Law, which will enter into force on Wednesday, 28 November.

Admittedly, however, the magnitude of the magnitude is not specified. Therefore, it could theoretically be between 500 and 5000 EUR. However, such practices could be considered inappropriate under the law of the recruiting society. Working day in Latvia.

"As in Latvia, it was not necessary to publish the level of remuneration in the job offer, the proportion of ads that do not indicate the level of pay is weak: employers sometimes hide the level of pay and there are several reasons for such behavior.The labor market in Latvia can be qualified again because it is measured over decades and not by hundreds, as in the old European countries. Moreover, the level of pay in equal positions is not aligned – this can vary not only from one company to another, from one position to another, but even within the same company, the new ones. Employees are hired for a higher salary than ten years ago – because of inflation and economic growth in the country, so a company may have to index its compensation based on inflation and inflation rates. the value of relevant specialists in the labor market. Otherwise, you may have to lose your employees to competitors. This is one of the reasons why employers reluctantly disclose their company's level of compensation, as it allows them to attract their employees to "better" companies, "said Maris Silinieks, Director of Marketing.

In some cases, employers treat the level of pay as a corporate secret because it reveals the level of cost of the product made by the competitors and creates a comfortable situation of "price war".

"The absence of indication of compensation in the job offer is also due to the fact that the employer wishes to retain the possibility of changing the compensation budget if the position the candidate proves excellent, but with higher salary requirements than those provided for the job – the job discussions have the opportunity to "play short-term" by offering higher pay. job seekers is quite the opposite: it is much easier to choose an offer of employment if the level of remuneration already offered is known from the beginning.Need to spend time to send the application and lead negotiations, in the end, to discover that the compensation offered is too low, "says the company.

"The quality of job applicants also varies because an employee who is currently satisfied with his / her working conditions will not waste time applying to a competition for which the level of pay is unknown and, more importantly, A company with such a "secret" offer can only receive applications from the most active jobseekers, but in Latvia this issue is treated too harshly by adopting the law instead of of course, in the UK, about 75% of vacancies indicate pay, in the Scandinavian countries most vacancies are not done naturally, without the pressure of the law, "said Silinieks.

According to him, "the requirement to indicate the level of remuneration may give rise to a debate not only for employers but also for jobseekers, for example, the sudden publication of the level of remuneration in all job offers. employment will affect small businesses, from which the employees will be attracted by the largest Latvian companies.In turn, it offers the possibility, at the national level, to tempt employees to other countries of the world. EU with a higher standard of living On the other hand, workers who are currently receiving a lower wage than the average level of the labor market could rely on a wage bill or an employment offer from the labor market. a richer business, while overpaid workers could find themselves in an unpleasant situation. "

It anticipates that with these changes in labor legislation, the demand for direct selection (good hunt) in competitions for which the job does not want to disclose the level of remuneration.