On September 16 “Armavir Development Center” non-governmental organization implemented a working group discussion for the improvement of the policies for the protection of labour rights in frames of the EU co-funded “Labour Action: Collaborative Effort for Accountable and Inclusive Employment’’ project.
There were representatives from Health and Labour Inspection Body, Union of ICT Employers taking part in the discussion, lawyers from different companies, HR Responsibles, Compensation Specialists, Project Managers, Dispute resolution senior specialist, etc.
Legal relationship between the employee and employer, the most common violations in employment relationships, legal acts and regulations in the field, non-traditional employment ways that affect the employment relationship, violations related to extra working hours and difficulties of calculating them on annual basis, or terms in the employment contract were discussed during the meeting and recommendations were made related to the gaps for new transformative policy interventions. Based on the information gathered as a result of a series of meetings, white papers will be developed with policy improvement reccommendations.
The project “Labour Action: Collaborative Effort for Accountable and Inclusive Employment’’ is being implemented since February, 2021 by the partnership pf Uion of ICT Employers, Armavir Development Center NGO and Kiraki Development Foundation with the EU co-funding. The project is implemented in close cooperation with the RA Health and Labour Inspection Body (from now on Inspectorate) and aims to promote labour rights’ protection in Armenia by promoting data innovation and cross-sectoral cooperation.
