Croacia - Workers on fixed-term contracts dissuaded from joining unions

The UATUC reports that workers in non-standard forms of employment usually do not join unions, as they fear that their contracts will not be renewed by their employer if they do so. It is particularly the case in the tourism and hospitality sector. In a country where precarious work has become the norm and 90 per cent of the newly concluded contracts are fixed-term contract, such deterrent severely affects the ability of workers to exercise their right to freedom of association.