ZAGREB, June 15 (Hina) - Croatian Interior Minister Sime Lucin said on Friday a programme of providing for surplus labour in his ministry would be discussed by the government before the summer holidays. Lucin told reporters in Zagreb
a programme providing for 600 members of court police and security forces and mine removal units had already been finished while a similar programme providing for as many workers should be completed by the end of this year. Data on surplus labour in the Interior Ministry will be known in three to four months, Lucin said. Commenting on a reporter's remark about 3,700 redundant workers, Lucin said nobody with appropriate qualifications would be laid off. However, he added, there are many workers with inadequate qualifications and fake diplomas, as well as those who have completed the necessary education in the meantime. According to Lucin, the regions of Lika and Istria and,
ZAGREB, June 15 (Hina) - Croatian Interior Minister Sime Lucin said
on Friday a programme of providing for surplus labour in his
ministry would be discussed by the government before the summer
holidays.
Lucin told reporters in Zagreb a programme providing for 600
members of court police and security forces and mine removal units
had already been finished while a similar programme providing for
as many workers should be completed by the end of this year.
Data on surplus labour in the Interior Ministry will be known in
three to four months, Lucin said.
Commenting on a reporter's remark about 3,700 redundant workers,
Lucin said nobody with appropriate qualifications would be laid
off.
However, he added, there are many workers with inadequate
qualifications and fake diplomas, as well as those who have
completed the necessary education in the meantime.
According to Lucin, the regions of Lika and Istria and, to some
extent, Zagreb, have a shortage of police forces, whereas Vukovar-
Srijem and Osijek-Baranja counties have the largest number of
redundant workers. Lucin said that upon his taking over the office
of interior minister last year, the ministry had 30,000 employees.
In the meantime, their number has decreased by 1,000, mostly
because of the natural drain (retirement), he said.
The Interior Ministry should have 25,000 employees, of whom 19,000
police officers. That is still higher than the European average
considering the crime rate and population, says Lucin adding all
police officers will be informed about their status and offered
solutions by the end of the year.
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