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    LABOUR NOT PROPERLY VALUED IN ARMENIA - BORIS KHACHATRYAN

    12:03 â~@¢ 01.05.14

    In an interview with Tert.am, Vice-Chairman of the Confederation
    of Trade Unions of Armenia Boris Khachatryan said that work is not
    properly valued in Armenia.

    Mr Khachatryan, numerous reports say that many people in Armenia,
    for example, drivers, work 12 to 15 hours a day.

    We analyze the problems in employer-employee relations. We do not
    conduct sectoral studies. Most problems involve extra pay, work
    contracts, salaries, holidays and so on. But the major problem is
    work contracts. According to different estimates, 50 percent and even
    more employees are in the shadow. On the one hand, employees do not
    want to establish legal relations with employers. On the other hand,
    employers do not want either.

    Armenia's ex-premier Tigran Sargsyan said that more jobs with monthly
    salaries exceeding 150,000 drams are available, but people did not
    want to work. When he was asked to specify, he did not do it. What's
    the reason?

    Let us see statistical data. The average monthly wages are 156,000
    drams. According to our law on minimum wages, the minimum monthly
    wages in Armenia is 45,000 drams. And now let us compare it with the
    reality. What problems do the minimum monthly wages resolve? We have
    two types of basket of goods here in Armenia: the first type is by
    Armenia's Ministry of Health and the second type is by the World Bank.

    And they show different figures.

    That is, people prefer not working?

    Not that they prefer not working. They want to work, but work is not
    properly paid for. In market relations everything has its price.

    According to the Constitution, work must be paid for, and the
    government must ensure it irrespective of whether Trade Unions exist
    in a country. We have a State Labor Inspectorate. And according to
    the Labor Code of Armenia, the Labor Inspectorate is to supervise
    employers honoring relevant legal acts.

    The movement against funded pensions has stated that the whole process
    - from the Constitutional Court's ruling to this moment, when a new
    bill is being drafted - they are performing trade unions' function.

    Each individual, especially young people, can voice their opinions.

    Before the movement formed, trade unions, and I personally, raised
    problems back in 2010 - lack of salary adjustment, very low average
    monthly wages.

    Armenian News - Tert.am

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