January 2013 Annual Review 2012 on Labour Relations and Social Dialogue in South East Europe: Croatia By Ana Milicevic Pezelj* Content Summary Socio-economic developments Governmental policies and legislation Industrial relations Tripartite social dialogue Forecasts Annex- Information about: Collective bargaining, social dialogue, social security, education& vocational train­ing, employment, wages Trade unions and employer organizations * Ana Milicevic Pezelj, Executive Secretary in the Union of Autonomous Trade Unions of Croatia © Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Regional Project for Labour Relations and Social Dialogue in South East Europe Tadeusa Koscuska 8/5 11000 Belgrade, Serbia E-Mail: fes@fessoe.de Internet: www.fessoe.de The text is available online: www.fessoe.de The views expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the Friedrich-Ebert­Stiftung or of the organization for which the author works. 1. Summary The year 2012 was marked by a low level of economic activity. At the end of the year all the negative trends have continued: GDP dropped by 1.9 per cent in December, there were no investments, insolvency continued, which often results in non-payment of wages to workers and closing of many companies, highest unemployment in the past nine years, decrease in real wages, decrease of consumption for nine months in a