Appointment procedure Mersudin Gredić for the director of the state-owned company "Montenegrin Electricity Market Operator" (COTEE) was not carried out in accordance with the Labor Law, because no competition was announced for that position.
This, "Vijesti" learned, was stated yesterday by the Labor Inspectorate.
According to the same sources, the inspector Vladan Popović will issue a resolution requesting the COTEE Board of Directors to eliminate this irregularity.
The elimination of irregularities in earlier cases involving former leaders of the Coal Mine (RUP) and the Montenegrin Electricity Distribution System (CEDIS) meant the dismissal of Milan Lekić i Vladimir Čađenović, after which a competition was announced for the executive directors of these state-owned enterprises.
The labor inspector yesterday reviewed the act of the Government of Montenegro dated October 3, 2023, which approved the appointment of Gredić as the head of the company. He specified that the Board of Directors of COTEE appointed Gredić as the executive director at its meeting on October 9 of the same year.
"It is noted that no evidence was presented that the procedure for appointing Mersudin Gredić as the executive director of the limited liability company 'Montenegrin Electricity Market Operator' - Podgorica was carried out in accordance with the provisions of Article 1 of the Labor Law...", the inspection report states.
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The lowest salary of Gredić last year was EUR 45. According to the report on assets and income, which he submitted to the Agency for the Prevention of Corruption, Gredić owns a 26-square-meter apartment and co-owns a 95-square-meter residential space, as well as a 76-square-meter house. His wife owns a 26-square-meter apartment and half of a 2018-square-meter residential space. He has two housing loans from 20.000, one of which, in the amount of EUR 55,56, was received from the Government of Montenegro and is being repaid in installments of EUR XNUMX
The Inspector reminds that the provisions of Article 24 of the Labor Law stipulate that the employer is obliged to report a vacant position to the Employment Service, in the manner and according to the procedure established by a separate law. He emphasizes that this is an obligation when it comes to positions in a business company, public institution and other public service, the founder or majority owner of which is the state, or local self-government.
"A vacant job, within the meaning of paragraph 1 of this Article and Article 23 of this Law, does not include cases where there is a need to conclude a new employment contract with the same employee after the expiration of the previous one; when there is a need to assign the employee to another job with the same employer; taking over an employee based on an agreement between employers, with his consent...", the inspector emphasized.
The Labor Inspectorate acted on the initiative they received on March 28th.
"Vijesti" announced last week that this Bosniak Party official was appointed to head COTEE in violation of labor regulations.
Gredić was appointed to this position by the Government in early October 2023. Dritan Abazović, at the proposal of the then Minister of Capital Investments Ervin Ibrahimović and his party boss.
This engagement was confirmed by decision and through an employment contract by the previous president of the Board of Directors of COTEE. Nermin Škretović, also the head of BS.
Gredić told "Vijesti" that, in accordance with the Law on Business Companies, executive directors of companies are appointed by the Assembly of the company, or in this case, the founder - the Government of Montenegro, in the manner determined by the founding act or the company's Statute.
According to the employment contract that Gredić signed with Škretović on October 9, in the event of dismissal, for any reason or without giving a reason, during the four-year term, COTEE will offer him another job that matches his professional qualifications, knowledge and abilities.
"If the employee, or executive director, does not accept this offer, he or she is entitled to compensation for one year's salary, in the amount of salary corresponding to the salary in the month preceding the dismissal. The employee's right from paragraph 3 of this article shall cease if: he or she establishes an employment relationship, is elected, appointed or appointed to another position on the basis of which he or she earns a salary, or if he or she becomes entitled to a pension," states the contract of the executive director of COTEE, which "Vijesti" had access to.
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