ZAGREB, Aug 21 (Hina) - The Trade Union of Civil Servants sent a protest letter to the government on Thursday over its failure to inform the union about its project of state administration reform which the government is scheduled to
adopt after the summer recess. The union says it learnt of this through the media.
ZAGREB, Aug 21 (Hina) - The Trade Union of Civil Servants sent a
protest letter to the government on Thursday over its failure to
inform the union about its project of state administration reform
which the government is scheduled to adopt after the summer recess.
The union says it learnt of this through the media. #L#
Failure to consult the civil servants' union when drawing up and
adopting such an important project is not in the spirit of the
collective agreement for civil servants and government employees,
which stipulates that the union should be informed of any decisions
pertaining to the status of civil servants and government
employees, the letter said.
The proposed reform of the state administration, drawn up by a
government task force, should result in amendments to specific laws
and by-laws relating to the organisation of the state
administration.
Excluding unions is therefore avoiding social dialogue and
"imposing unilateral solutions", the union says.
The union warns about commitments from the 2000 programme on
cooperation between the government and the non-government, non-
profit sector, whereby the government is obliged to include the
sector in the drafting and adopting of decisions of developmental
policy, strategy and programmes, especially in the initial stage.
In this context, the union urges the government to inform unions and
the public of the members, tasks and results of the task force in
charge of drawing up the state administration reform project.
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