On December 12th Center for social justice (SJC) has submitted an explanation in which the changes to the public service in Georgia were designed, which the Georgian Dream Party proposed and they describe as a violation of labor rights and a potential instrument that can be used for political persecution in the public sector. SJC argues that the changes would facilitate the dismissal of critical civil servants under the guise of reorganization and that the control of the Georgian dream party at all levels of the public sector would determine complete Georgian Dream Party.
SJC stated that the chronology of events, public statements of high -ranking government officials and the content of the proposed changes indicate that the planned changes to the law to the public service on the one hand “the rejection of critical public civil servants under the guise of the reorganization and on the other hand the rejection of critical public control over the entire public level of the public level make possible.” It is argued that the changes with protests from public workers agree against the suspension from Georgia's EU integration process. GD leader including Irakli Kobakhidze And WrapIf the protests have an attempt to “try to overthrow state institutions through sabotage” and said it was a “self -suffering process”. They stated the expected retaliation measures from the government “in the context of the constitution and the law”.
The waking dog's statement underlines some of the most controversial aspects of the law. In particular, the SJC notes that the draft law expands the area for reorganizationsN. “In particular, the draft law proposed by” Georgian Dream Party enables the reorganization to declare the reorganization based on minimal changes, e.g.
SJC also indicates that the bill simplifies Leastings during the reorganization. The watchdog says “It is extremely alarming” that the dismissal of an civil servant in the reorganization of an institution with the changes initiated is automatically the dismissal of an official. In the event of the dismissal of employees due to restructuring and announcing a new competition, “the head of the institution is granted the authorization to decide on the type of competition that – open, closed or internally – for the selection of public officials at all levels.”
Another important aspect is according to the SJC Elimination of the option of transferring public employees into equivalent positions In the event of a reduction in staff due to the restructuring. The changes eliminate the possibility of transferring dismissed employees into equivalent or lower positions within the public sector, which further reduces job security for civil servants who face a restructuring. In addition, the duration of the reorganization process is to be shortened of three to two months.
In addition, as SJC also says the bill limits the restoration of rights for injured civil servants. The proposed changes lead to a troubling provision for the restoration of rights for illegal civil servants. If a court determines that an official was illegally dismissed or wrongly selected in a competition, the law of the law provides that the person is not returned to their position. Instead, they would only receive compensation that corresponds to the three months salary.
SJC also notes that the draft law violates the Convention of the International Labor Organization N158. This Convention stipulates that the termination of employment by legitimate reasons such as economic, technological or structural changes can be justified within an organization. However, the changes proposed by the Georgian government go beyond these criteria and enable layoffs based on arbitrary changes to the roles of the individual employees, such as: B. the addition or change of functions.
The organization evaluates that the planned changes to the Georgian law for the public service will worsen the labor rights of officials alarming. It notes that the changes with the large-scale protests of civil servants match which they distanced themselves from the decision of the government party to expose Georgia's EU accessories, and to prove that the real goal of the changes is to punish critical civil servants and to fully subject the Georgian dream party.
Other human rights organizations, including the Georgian Young Lawyers' Association ((Gyla))) have also criticized the draft of the changes and emphasized concerns about the erosion of the rights of the civil servants, the potential for politically motivated layoffs and violations of international work standards.
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