Amendments by members of the ruling majority to part of the law in the Assembly

Yesterday, the members of the ruling parties submitted to the Parliament an amendment that would delete from the proposed changes to the Labor Law the position that the age limit for termination of employment by force of law is increased from 66 to 67 years of age.

This return of the age limit to 67 years was previously agreed upon by the social partners at the session of the Social Council.

“We are of the opinion that due to the abuses during the termination of the employment relationship, which have happened so far in practice, we must approach this solution in such a way that we will reduce them to the smallest possible extent, so in this regard we are submitting this amendment in order to give time to the professional public and partners to find an even better and more precise solution. In this way, it will contribute to the establishment of legal certainty, space will be provided for establishing the coherence of the legal system and strengthening trust among social partners for the regulation of this important issue, as well as the adjustment of the economy in relation to workforce planning,” stated the explanation of the amendment signed by 23 deputies. from the Europe Now Movement, the Democrats, the New Serbian Democracy, the Democratic People’s Party and the Bosniak Party.

An amendment to this law was submitted by a Democrat representative Duško Stjepović, by which they request that the rule of 40 working hours per week does not apply to professional soldiers whose duty lasts 24 hours.

“After being on duty, a professional military person can spend a maximum of 16 hours, i.e. two working days, on duty in the same week. A professional military person has the right to a day off after being on duty, which ultimately means that the last working day of the week for that person represents work longer than full time. This type of organization of working hours requires large financial resources based on the payment of salary increases for days of work longer than full-time,” the explanation states.

Stjepović also says that the functioning of the Army would be jeopardized if a soldier was given two days off after being on duty.

“The existing legal solution causes court proceedings that cause additional costs. The only viable solution is the proposed amendment of Article 65 of the Labor Law, which will prescribe an exception to the application of Article 60 of the Labor Law to the Army of Montenegro. In this way, the Ministry of Defense, in accordance with the Law on the Army of Montenegro, would pass a bylaw on working hours in the Army, which would prescribe the organization of work in accordance with the needs of the service,” said Stjepović.

The government proposed an amendment to its earlier proposal from the Law on Higher Education. It is now proposed that the amount of the student loan cannot be lower than 25% of the minimum wage for employees up to the fifth level of education qualification (600), and the amount of the scholarship for the best students cannot be lower than 50% of the minimum wage for employees up to the fifth level of education qualification.

The Government says that this decision was reached after a meeting with representatives of the Student Parliament. Previously, the Government proposed that the amount of student loans and scholarships for the best students be determined depending on the available budget funds.

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