In the past two years, more than 60 disciplinary proceedings have been initiated against employees at the Podgorica-based company "Vodovod i kanalizacija" for violating work and contractual obligations, and three have been fired.
This was told to "Vijesti" yesterday by the director of that local company. Aleksandar Nišavić.
According to him, depending on the number and frequency of errors, disciplinary measures "differ in terms of the sanction."
"In cases where, after the inspection, it is determined that an employee made a mistake, the situation is corrected and the employee is warned, and if the mistake is repeated, disciplinary proceedings are initiated against the employee. Where it is determined that it is not possible to expect adequate cooperation and response from the employee, a decision is made to terminate the employment contract as a measure, which was the case with three employees in the Measurement Service," said Nišavić, specifying that these were three collectors.
This city-owned company employs just over 500 people. In May, during a discussion on the company's performance report for last year, Nišavić told councilors in the Capital City Assembly that they had "reduced the number of employees by 30."
"Over 120 employees have been on sick leave for over a year. Without that number, about 20 percent are redundant," Nišavić said at the time.
"Vijesti" previously wrote that Podgorica's "Vodovod" ended last year with a deficit of more than 1,2 million euros.
According to information available in the company's Annual Report, "Vodovod"'s revenues were slightly more than 13 million, and expenses were 14.431.691 euros.
As stated in the work document for 2024, "Vodovod"'s revenues from water sales amounted to more than 10 million euros.
"The largest share of revenue is revenue from core activities, which totaled 10.376.448 euros. Revenue from the activation of goods and services amounted to 102.014, and from the maintenance of storm sewers 141.568 euros. Other operating revenue amounted to 1.150.506 euros. When it comes to extraordinary revenue, they amounted to 551.566 euros. Extraordinary revenue is about eight percent lower than planned due to changes in the method of recording revenue from lawsuits."
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