Number of Employees of Public Sector Has Been Reduced by 10 000

Number of Employees of Public Sector Has Been Reduced by 10 000

Media News.20.09.04. Right-wing opposition faction has appealed to the parliament of Georgia with the initiative to make amendments and additions to the following laws of Georgia: “Law on Public Service” and “Labor Code Georgia”

The number of unemployed people has been sharply increased recently. Instead of improvement of the situation, that the current government had promised us during the pre-election period, the population is still on the verge of poverty and the dismissal of public employees has deteriorated the situation even more. Before the beginning of the dismissal the number of public sector workers was up to 52000 and it amounts to approximately 42 000 today. A new stratum of unemployed people has emerged in the country; they have been deprived of the minimum income by means of which they tried to support their families. The authorities should bear responsibility before each citizen and must not abuse laws in order to evade the responsibility – says the statement made by the faction.

On coming into the power the current government has annulled the law, which foresaw the defense of Public workers’ rights. We consider it to be the obligation of the state to render social assistance to those people, who have been forced to leave their jobs; herewith it must restore the abolished law, so that these persons do not feel themselves humiliated – members of the parliament state.

According to them the main message of right-wing opposition in parliamentary elections was the defense of human rights. That’s why the package of changes in the laws: ‘’On Public Service” and “Labor Code of Georgia” has been submitted to the parliament of Georgia by right opposition’s initiative.

The aim of the draft law is the improvement of social conditions of employees both during their working period and in case of their dismissal.

The constitution of Georgia and international labor standards include the defense of labor, employment and social rights. The legislative initiative of right-wing opposition foresees invalidity of those laws, by which these privileges have been postponed.