If the Municipality of Rožaje respects the contractual obligations, around 100 workers will be without work by the end of the year.
According to a "Vijesti" source from the ruling Bosniak Party (BS), the purge could follow immediately after the parliamentary elections.
Prior to that, the sixth invitation for mutual termination of the employment relationship was sent to officials and employees. The deadline for submission of applications is October 11.
"An employee whose employment relationship ends based on mutual termination of employment is entitled to severance pay in the amount of up to 10.000 euros or 12 gross wages earned in the last month, if it is more favorable for him," the advertisement reads.
It was explained that the employment relationship will end on the day the severance pay is paid.
"The head of the authorities and services will decide individually on each request within seven days from the day of its submission. An employee whose employment relationship is terminated based on point two of this invitation cannot establish an employment relationship in local government bodies and public services founded by the Municipality within a period of five years from the date of payment of severance pay.
The BS official claims that this is the last public call for mutual termination of the employment relationship.
"After that, we will be forced to more painful methods, because it is certain that the budget cannot support this number of employees," said the "Vijesti" source.
For more than a year, the local government has avoided answering journalists' and councilors' questions about the exact number of newly hired workers. According to the estimates of individual opposition councilors who could be heard at the parliamentary sessions, around 500 workers are currently employed in the Municipality, public enterprises and institutions. In the last quarter of last year, the Municipality signed a debt reprogramming agreement with the Ministry of Finance, on the basis of which it undertook to lay off 20 percent of its employees by the end of the year.
While they are grappling with excessive administration and looking for a way to reduce it, local managers, according to "Vijesti" sources, in the midst of pre-election activities, are announcing vacancies and hiring again.
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