In the second half of the month, layoffs began to decline, but the number of reports for unpaid salaries or salaries reduced by 50 percent began to rise, as the employers illegally referred to the institute ‘force majeure’. Between April 15th and 28th 2020, the Helsinki Committee received 24 complaints on violations of workers’ rights, […]
Between April 1st and 14th 2020, the Helsinki Committee received 56 complaints on violations of workers’ rights, covering 363 workers. Details on the occurrence of collective redundancies, forced termination of contracts, non-payment and/or reduction of salaries in the past two weeks, as well as in connection with other violations, are available on the following infographic. […]
Between April 1st and 14th 2020, the Helsinki Committee received 56 complaints on violations of workers’ rights, covering 363 workers. Details on the occurrence of collective redundancies, forced termination of contracts, non-payment and/or reduction of salaries in the past two weeks, as well as in connection with other violations, are available on the following infographic. […]
The deep political crisis which grew in Republic of North Macedonia, followed bycontinuous dysfunctionality of the regular Public Prosecution, but also the imposedpolitical influences on it were the main reasons that in 2015 led to initiating an ad hocbody with a role to sanction the preceding “damage” from the several year-long,commonly accepted policy and practice […]
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Scope and goal of the Analysis The judges, as bearers of the judiciary, are guardians of the human rights andfreedoms, and they serve as the highest warrants for the protection of the rule of law. Theyare implementators of the judiciary, enforcers of the law and creators of the judicialpractices, and as such, are obliged to […]
Since the introduction of the measures, the Helsinki Committee has received 60 complaints on violations of workers’ rights, pertaining to 1554 workers. The details regarding collective dismissals, forced amicable terminations, non-payment of salaries in the last 2 weeks, as well as non-continuation of fixed-term contracts, imposed use of annual leave and/or unpaid leave, violations of […]
In times of emergency, the government may act beyond what would be allowed in normal circumstances. However, the state of emergency must not be an excuse for the authorities to violate human rights. The undertaken measures must not deviate from the obligation to protect the most vulnerable categories, that is, those most affected by the […]
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Since the introduction of the measures, the Helsinki Committee has received 60 complaints on violations of workers’ rights, pertaining to 1554 workers. The details regarding collective dismissals, forced amicable terminations, non-payment of salaries in the last 2 weeks, as well as non-continuation of fixed-term contracts, imposed use of annual leave and/or unpaid leave, violations of […]
Activists have greeted the move of the country’s ruling alliance to equalize the number of male and female candidates for the forthcoming April 12 early general elections. Human rights activists in North Macedonia say they are encouraged by the decision of the alliance led by the ruling Social Democrats to make the number of women […]
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If you are interested in the exact procedure a Macedonian law goes through before it takes effect, this infographic will give you all the correct answers and help you visualize the whole process. You may use the following link to access the infographic containing data with regards to the regular procedure for adoptions of laws […]