Government of FB&H: Salaries in Public Administration and State Enterprises to be lowered by 10 Percent?

At yesterday’s session, the Government of FB&H tasked the Federal Ministry of Justice to begin negotiations with the Independent Union of civil servants and employees in the civil service, judiciary authority and public institutions in the FB&H in order to reduce the salaries of employees in the administrative bodies of the FB&H by ten percent, as announced by the Government of FB&H.

In doing this, budget savings for the FB&H will be obtained. The Government commissioned the Federal Ministry of Energy, Mining and Industry and the administration of public enterprises Elektroprivreda B&H JSC and Elektroprivreda HZ HB JSC Mostar to begin negotiations with the unions with the aim of lowering the salaries of employees by ten percent.

The Government tasked the Federal Ministry of Transport and Communication and the administration of public enterprises BH Pošta Ltd. Sarajevo, Hrvatske pošte Ltd. Mostar, JSC BH Telecom Sarajevo and Public Enterprise Hrvatske telekomunikacije JSC Mostar to initiate negotiations with the unions in order to reduce the salaries of employees by ten percent.

Consequently, savings in the public enterprises Elektroprivreda HZ HB JSC Mostar, BH Pošta Ltd. Sarajevo, Hrvatske pošte Ltd. Mostar, JSC BH Telecom Sarajevo and Hrvatske telekomunikacije JSC Mostar will be invested in the improvement of operations of those enterprises.

The funds generated by the savings of PE Elektroprivreda B&H JSC Sarajevo will be invested in the restructuring process and the payment of contributions to the mines.

At yesterday’s session, the Government of FB&H acknowledged the information on the Resolution of the Municipal Court in Sarajevo from July 3^rd 2015 (The adoption of the proposal for interim measure of insurance-conducting the Decision of the Assembly of PE Elektroprivreda HZ HB on the dismissal of the president and the members of the Supervisory board of PE Elektroprivreda HZ HB) and responded to the allegations of the prosecutor within the binding period, it was stated in the announcement.

(Source: novovrijeme.ba)