Kosovo Finance, Labour and Transfers Minister Hekuran Murati stressed that mothers on maternity leave who are employed but have not received the full 13th salary should submit a request to the institutions where they are employed, adding that payments will be processed next month.
Following claims that some mothers who were on maternity leave last year did not receive the full 13th salary, Murati said this depends on how their status was declared by the institution where they work.
He further said it is an error that can be corrected and that payments can be executed next month.
“I am not aware of such cases. The decision states that employees who are on maternity leave during the period are treated as if they were working full-time, therefore they are also entitled to the 13th salary. What may have happened, I am not aware of specific cases, but I encourage them to file complaints with the institutions where they are employed, because it often depends on how they were declared by the institution. If there was an incorrect declaration, they may not appear as employed while on maternity leave, and an error in processing may have occurred. That can be corrected, and certainly the payments can be executed next month,” Murati said after the Budget Committee meeting.
Yesterday, all public sector employees had the 13th salary deposited into their bank accounts.
