On September 20 “Armavir Development Center” non-governmental organization implemented a public discussion (town hall meeting) in Gyulagarak community of Lori region in frames of the EU co-funded “Labour Action: Collaborative Effort for Accountable and Inclusive Employment’’ project. The discussion related to the investment of electronic system of labour contracts in the public and private sectors. The aim was to gather participants’ viewpoints on the mentioned reforms and receive feedback for further improvements and developments.
The participants of the discussion emphasized the idea of insertion an electronic system (platform) for recording labor contracts, considering that it should have been done a long time ago.
The importance of the platform is particularly evident for the protection of the rights of workers in the private sector, since the main part of the problems that the platform should solve in the public sector are regulated. And in the private sector, there is a need to increase the awareness and consciousness of both employees and employers, particularly employees, so that they understand that by working illegally, they are deprived of a number of advantages, such as annual mandatory vacation, maternity leave, opportunities to receive a proper pension in the future, etc.
