306 employers have misused the financial assistance - 900 workers have not received salaries. The director of the Public Revenue Office (PRO), Lukarevska transparently stated the problem, but I think that the PRO should not give those employers a period to return the money, because someone who has violated the law and stolen money, must have criminal liability. "I do not agree with the Director here, I think they should end up in a penitentiary and know that they can not play with workers' money," said the President of SSM, Darko Dimovski in his interview for Utrinski Briefing.
The fifth package of economic measures was announced by the Government. They came up with their views, we presented ours, the employers also. We believe that the financial assistance for workers' wages should continue, especially in the most vulnerable sectors - tourism, construction, catering, textiles, leather industry, media workers, etc .. I do not say that grants are not good. They have a good grace period, but in order to get them we need to generate revenue.
Regarding the amendment to the Labour Law and Sunday as a non-working day, Dimovski says that SSM believes that Sunday should not be a non working day, with the exception of several activities. The army, police, health workers, firefighters who will work on Sunday should receive an increased daily wage higher by 50%. During the pandemic, it was seen that it is possible citizens to shop on Saturdays.
The whole interview can be seen on the following link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DIVJAB9FU2M&feature=emb_title
