The Chamber of Trade\nand Industry Kosovo also asks the Government and the Assembly to take into\naccount these requests and make the immediate execution of the allowances or in\ntwo parts for private sector workers in the amount of 200 euros, as it is\ngiving to public sector workers, as these workers together with businesses are\nthe most deserving and the pillar of the country’s budget and development.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The President of the Chamber of Trade and\nIndustry Kosovo, Sk\u00ebnder Krasniqi, in a press conference, said that according\nto the Government’s decision in September, public sector workers for 4\nconsecutive months will receive 50 euros more or 200 euros, despite the fact\nthat they have higher salaries than in the private sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Krasniqi said that the workers of public\ncompanies are receiving allowances from the state budget without any conditions,\neven though their salaries are almost 80 percent higher than those of the\nprivate sector.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The Chamber of\nTrade and Industry Kosovo asks the Prime Minister of Kosovo and the Government\nof Kosovo to take into consideration the difficult financial situation of\nbusinesses and not condition the workers of the private sector, just as the\nworkers of the public sector and the workers of public companies are not\nconditioned. With the decision made in September by the Government, public\nsector workers for 4 consecutive months are receiving 50 euros more, which\nmeans 200 euros, despite the fact that they have higher salaries than workers\nof the private sector, and also the workers of public companies are receiving\nallowances from the state budget without any condition, even though their\nsalaries are almost 80 percent higher than those of the private sector”,\nhe said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Krasniqi said that the realization of this\nmeasure, based on the analyzes that Chamber of Trade and Industry Kosovo is\ndoing, turns out to be very difficult for a large part of businesses. This is\nbecause private sector employers, which is the majority, as a result of\ninsufficient support from the state, which is the smallest in the region and\nEurope, are finding it very difficult to keep workers at work, let alone raising\nsalaries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This is because businesses are encountering\nmany problems with collection of funds and ensuring financial stability, so\nthat it does not come to bankruptcy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said that\nbusinesses continuously raise salaries based on the opportunities they have,\nwhich is related to the sectors, market demand, their capacities, and the\nfiscal policies offered by the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Unfortunately,\nthe Government’s response is very clumsy, and very slow, and is not in line\nwith the needs and demands of businesses at this time. Of course, we are\nwaiting, we are in constant consultation with businesses, and based on this\nsituation we will look at other actions related to the government’s lack of\nresponse. We hope that the prime minister will find time to deal with the main\npillar of the country, which is development. And the main pillar of development\nare businesses. When businesses have challenges, problems, then the state,\nworkers, and we all have problems. Non-development of the country, and non-increase\nin employment compared to the needs that are. There are about 400,000 employees\nout of 1.2 million citizens of working age, whereas countries in the region\nlike North Macedonia have over 800,000 employees with the same population, this\nhappens as a result of their policies, which they have better\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, Krasniqi said that the same violations\nof workers’ rights were committed even at the beginning of the pandemic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The same\nviolations of workers’ rights were also committed at the beginning of the\npandemic, in 2020, where private sector workers who were dismissed, as a result\nof the bans by the Government, for the month of March they received 170 euros\nat the end of April, whereas for the month of April they received those\npayments in September despite the fact that their salaries were 400, 500 or\n1000 euros, whereas public sector workers, even though over 80 percent of them\ndid not work during 2020 and 2021, received their full salaries from the Kosovo\nbudget. We consider that this is a serious constitutional violation of the\nrights of citizens and workers, and the relevant institutions should deal with\nthese issues”, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Also, Hamdi Malushaj from the Chamber of Trade\nand Industry Kosovo has raised the concern that with the wrong policies of the\ncurrent government, in addition to the departure of people, large serious companies\nare also leaving the country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
“In addition to\nindividuals, companies have also started to leave. They have founded companies\nin Germany, and there are large Kosovo companies in Switzerland and Germany\nthat left the country because of wrong policies. Today, this government does\nnot have the goal of developing the country through the private sector”,\nhe said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Chamber of Trade\nand Industry Kosovo (CTIK) partially welcomed the decision taken by the\nGovernment of Kosovo during the month of September to support public and\nprivate sector workers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, CTIK once\nagain opposes the decision of the Government of Kosovo to condition the support\nof private sector workers with salary increases from businesses, a condition\nthat has not been imposed on public sector workers.\n\nCTIK also asks to take into account the\ncontinuous requests that it is sending to the relevant institutions to overcome\nthe crisis as easily as possible and increase the economic development of the\ncountry. At the same time, it invites the institutions to a direct dialogue in\norder to discuss the situation of businesses on the ground, since the Chamber\nof Trade and Industry Kosovo is in constant contact with businesses every day.\n\n\n\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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