Mugoša files initiative to hear ministers on the General Collective Agreement

The European Union announced that the president of that parliamentary group in the Parliament of Montenegro, Boris Mugoša, submitted an initiative to hear the line ministers in charge of social dialogue and finance, Minister Naida Nišić and Minister Novica Vuković, regarding, as they said, the complex situation surrounding the General Collective Agreement.

He reportedly suggested that representatives of trade unions and employers' associations be invited to the session.

"In his initiative, Mugoša states that the General Collective Agreement regulates the rights, obligations and responsibilities of the employment relationship, as well as other issues of importance to the employee and the employer; that it expires tomorrow and that there has obviously been no agreement between the social partners," the European Union statement states.

In addition, as stated in the statement, Mugoša points out the fact that with the expiration of the General Collective Agreement on May 1, around one hundred thousand employees from industries that do not have sectoral collective agreements or collective agreements with the employer could be left without a significant part of their workers' rights.

"Finally, he points out in the initiative that due to all of the above, it would be necessary to hold the aforementioned hearing as soon as possible," it concludes.