Government not to pay for public servants’ vacations
07.07.2016,
15:25
Citing a string of abuses revealed by Armenian government’s oversight service prime minister Hovik Abrahamyan said today the government will temporarily suspend the funding for vacations envisaged for public servants as part of their social insurance package.
YEREVAN, July 7. /ARKA/. Citing a string of abuses revealed by Armenian government’s oversight service prime minister Hovik Abrahamyan said today the government will temporarily suspend the funding for vacations envisaged for public servants as part of their social insurance package. The decision is incorporated into the government’s mid-term expenditure program designed for 2017-2019 and approved today.
Abrahamyan said the findings of the study have been handed to the Oversight Chamber of the parliament. According to the prime minister, given this problem the ministry of finance proposed a radical solution - to withdraw funding for vacation from the social package, leaving only funding for medical services.
Abrahamyan instructed the ministers of economy, finance and social welfare to look into what could be done to minimize all possible abuses concerning the social package and submit their proposals to the government.
Labor and social welfare minister Artem Asatryan said the decision will be in force until the end of 2019. He added that the decision will not affect public servants vacations this year.
He recalled that the government earmarks 10 billion drams each year for about 100,000 public servants. The so-called social package is worth 132,000 drams. It can be used to pay for health care services, mortgage loan interest, university tuition fees and vacation. ($ 1 - 476.93 drams). -0-
Abrahamyan said the findings of the study have been handed to the Oversight Chamber of the parliament. According to the prime minister, given this problem the ministry of finance proposed a radical solution - to withdraw funding for vacation from the social package, leaving only funding for medical services.
Abrahamyan instructed the ministers of economy, finance and social welfare to look into what could be done to minimize all possible abuses concerning the social package and submit their proposals to the government.
Labor and social welfare minister Artem Asatryan said the decision will be in force until the end of 2019. He added that the decision will not affect public servants vacations this year.
He recalled that the government earmarks 10 billion drams each year for about 100,000 public servants. The so-called social package is worth 132,000 drams. It can be used to pay for health care services, mortgage loan interest, university tuition fees and vacation. ($ 1 - 476.93 drams). -0-
