Employees in Armenia not aware of their rights - lawyer
02.05.2016,
14:25
Employees in Armenia are ill-informed about their rights, Inessa Vardanyan, a member of the Chamber of Lawyers of Armenia, said told journalists on Saturday.
YEREVAN, May 2. /ARKA/. Employees in Armenia are ill-informed about their rights, Inessa Vardanyan, a member of the Chamber of Lawyers of Armenia, said told journalists on Saturday.
“It can’t be said that Armenia’s labor code has major faults or omissions,” she said. “As a lawyer, I can say that both sides are properly protected by the labor code. The problem is that employees’ awareness of their own rights is very poor.”
It is natural that if one is not aware of the law, he/she has absolutely no idea of what can be done to defend own rights.
“But there is also another category of people who are well-informed about their rights, but have no financial resources to enjoy legal services. Very often the only working person in a family bears everything not to lose his/her job.”
Many employees don’t voice their discontent not to affect their relations with employers.
But despite that, Vardanyan said, the number of people appealing to lawyers is growing from year to year.
Tadevos Avetisyan, chief of the labor and social affairs ministry’s labor division, sharing Vardanyan’s opinion, pointed out another factor that plays a major part at the labor market.
“Human resources supply in Armenia exceeds demand, and this creates problems – working people put their rights on the sidelines in a bid to retain their jobs,” he said.
Avetisyan said that employers’ rights are violated by both small and large employers.
He thinks that the labor law was improved recently a great deal, and this improvement will allow putting things right soon. --0---
“It can’t be said that Armenia’s labor code has major faults or omissions,” she said. “As a lawyer, I can say that both sides are properly protected by the labor code. The problem is that employees’ awareness of their own rights is very poor.”
It is natural that if one is not aware of the law, he/she has absolutely no idea of what can be done to defend own rights.
“But there is also another category of people who are well-informed about their rights, but have no financial resources to enjoy legal services. Very often the only working person in a family bears everything not to lose his/her job.”
Many employees don’t voice their discontent not to affect their relations with employers.
But despite that, Vardanyan said, the number of people appealing to lawyers is growing from year to year.
Tadevos Avetisyan, chief of the labor and social affairs ministry’s labor division, sharing Vardanyan’s opinion, pointed out another factor that plays a major part at the labor market.
“Human resources supply in Armenia exceeds demand, and this creates problems – working people put their rights on the sidelines in a bid to retain their jobs,” he said.
Avetisyan said that employers’ rights are violated by both small and large employers.
He thinks that the labor law was improved recently a great deal, and this improvement will allow putting things right soon. --0---
