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The Government of the Republic of Serbia

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2,672 severance payments to be paid out by month's end

23 February 2006

Belgrade, Feb 23, 2006 –Serbian Minister of Health Tomica Milosavljevic said that at today's session the government decided to pay out severance payments for another 2,672 employees by February 28. The employees in question work in health centres in Vojvodina and other parts of Serbia.

Tomica Milosavljevic at today's press conference

At a press conference following the government session, Milosavljevic recalled that on October 25 last year, a number of health workers voluntarily left their jobs and were given severance payments. However, due to unsynchronised activities in Vojvodina, this has not yet been done in the province.

He said that with this decision, the Ministry of Health concluded one of its major activities that will help save money, that is enable the Serbian Health Insurance Fund to be financially sustainable, help it to further increase contributions to the health sector and to enter 2007 in the black.

Serbian Minister of Labour, Employment and Social Policy Slobodan Lalovic said that the newly-adopted Bill on social protection for war veterans and the disabled will be forwarded to parliament for emergency procedure. The Minister added that he expects the parliament will adopt it at its next regular session, so that it can be passed in March.

He recalled that the social protection for war veterans and the disabled is still being regulated by six former federal laws, three republic laws and a number of decrees. The new law will help codify and bring order into this area.

Slobodan Lalovic

He pointed out that basic rights, such as those referring to physically-impaired persons and deprived families which are dealt with in current regulations, will be preserved in the new law.

According to Lalovic, a novelty in this law is the possibility of solving the housing problems of war veterans, and disabled persons and their families. The law envisages formation of a separate fund which will function until the housing problems of all categories of citizens whom the law applies to are resolved.

Lalovic added that this law will properly regulate the issue of realisation of rights for members of the Ravna Gora movement.

The law also envisages certain changes in the method of adjusting allowances to war veterans, and disabled persons and their families, said Lalovic and added that instead of adjusting the allowances to salaries on a monthly basis, which has been practiced so far, the new allowances will be adjusted quarterly, following the Swiss formula.