The team of the Ministry of Labor, Employment and Social Dialogue will begin individual meetings with social partners, employers and unions tomorrow (Wednesday, June 4) to present the model for introducing a seven-hour working day.
This was stated by the relevant minister Naida Nišić in the Reflektor show on Television Vijesti, adding that a session of the Social Council on this occasion has been scheduled for June 10th.
Until then, she said, they will try to determine which branches of the economy would need one hour of overtime, or an eight-hour working day.
"Special attention because we know that this is a specific activity, that is the construction industry and we have around 22.179 people employed there today, and services, accommodation and food 27.196. These are the activities that stand out in all these statistics by the largest number of employees. What I have to say is that we already have the redistribution of working hours as an institute in the existing law, so it largely allows the employer to flexibly, in certain circumstances, in certain activities, redistribute their working hours. What I definitely hope to discuss at one of the meetings, specifically with representatives of tourism in Montenegro, is that we really need to know who the workers are who in tourism must have continuous working hours. By our standards, we do not see what the scope of workers is, I am not saying that a number of workers do not need to work overtime or longer working hours, but we think that all of this can be accommodated with a seven-hour working day," said Nišić.
Prime Minister Milojko Spajić said on May 23 that, after extensive consideration of how to find a model that would satisfy both unions and employers, they are close to a solution regarding the introduction of a seven-hour working day.
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