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Labour Ministry targets shift in employment policy
Belgrade,
8 April 2004
Serbian Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Affairs Slobodan Lalovic said today that the Ministry's major goals in the forthcoming period concern a shift in employment policy and implementation of a poverty reduction strategy.
Slobodan Lalovic
As part of a new employment policy, the Ministry will seek to offer new employment to workers who have lost jobs, said Lalovic. The previous employment policy would only increase the jobless rate in the country, the Minister went on to say, explaining that Serbia may expect a major raise in unemployment in a few years when economic restructuring is completed.
Representatives of international institutions backed the announced shift in the employment policy and expressed readiness to provide both financial and logistic support, Lalovic told a press conference.
The previous government adopted a poverty reduction strategy which must be implemented now, Lalovic added. The World Bank agreed to help the government implement the strategy, which the Minister said also stipulates measures to address problems of groups particularly hurt by Serbia's transition to a market economy.
According to him, the drawing up of a new labour bill is almost completed. The new legislation stipulates collective agreements and a series of provisions in line with EU standards, including guaranteed wages and worker rights. It also proposes new solutions for curbing "under-the-table" employment.
A bill on economic and social council and a bill on peaceful resolution of individual and collective conflicts are also slated for parliamentary approval, the Minister said.
The government will also prepare bills on social contributions and industrial action and trade unions, said Lalovic, adding that amendments to the employment law and the social protection law will also be put in place.
Representatives of international institutions backed the announced shift in the employment policy and expressed readiness to provide both financial and logistic support, Lalovic told a press conference.
The previous government adopted a poverty reduction strategy which must be implemented now, Lalovic added. The World Bank agreed to help the government implement the strategy, which the Minister said also stipulates measures to address problems of groups particularly hurt by Serbia's transition to a market economy.
According to him, the drawing up of a new labour bill is almost completed. The new legislation stipulates collective agreements and a series of provisions in line with EU standards, including guaranteed wages and worker rights. It also proposes new solutions for curbing "under-the-table" employment.
A bill on economic and social council and a bill on peaceful resolution of individual and collective conflicts are also slated for parliamentary approval, the Minister said.
The government will also prepare bills on social contributions and industrial action and trade unions, said Lalovic, adding that amendments to the employment law and the social protection law will also be put in place.
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