Photo: Tanjug/Ministry of Defense and the Serbian ArmyThe Serbian Military Union announced that the duration of the employment relationship of fixed-term employees in the Serbian Armed Forces depends solely on the arbitrariness of the commanders. Employees complain that their superiors do not give them any explanation if the employment contract is not concluded as stipulated by law and that many employees leave their jobs due to poor working conditions.
The duration of employment for fixed-term employees in the Serbian Armed Forces depends solely on the arbitrariness of the commanders, who do not explain to anyone, not even the employee, why the employment contract was concluded for less than three years, as stipulated by law, the Military Union of Serbia announced today.
It was stated that commanders do not explain to anyone why they will not renew an employee's employment contract, even when that employee has a positive official evaluation and has already spent several years in the military service, while no new employee was hired for that position.
Promotion is reserved only for those who have not resented the commanders, the statement claims.
Members of the Military Union of Serbia and professional soldiers directed open letter to the President of Serbia, Aleksandar Vučić, back in July. In the letter, they emphasized that the incompetence, ignorance, arrogance and insolence of superiors who indulged in crime and abuses solely for the sake of personal interests completely made sense and destroyed the army as a whole.
A dream job
The Serbian Military Union pointed out that these days we often see advertisements in the media inviting young people to get a job in their "dream jobs" - in the Serbian Armed Forces.
"Working in any army, including the Serbian Army, should not be qualified as an ordinary job, but as a great honor that is the privilege of only those who are above average capable of fulfilling the set criteria, for persons of high moral qualities and true patriots.
Unfortunately, this is not the case at the moment. The army has become a waiting room for retirement or a trap for those who have been informed through suitable media or through the website of the Ministry of Defense", said the statement of the military union.
Bad working conditions
As further stated, the employees of the Serbian Armed Forces receive wages that are far below those guaranteed by law, they do not have the right to a hot meal and vacation even though this is stipulated by law, they often pay for transportation to and from the workplace from their own funds, they do not have adequate working conditions , they work more than the legally stipulated working hours without adequate compensation for that work and they work in jobs that were previously incompatible with the military profession.
The Serbian Military Union called on the Minister of Defense Miloš Vučević to sit at the table with the legal representatives of employees in the defense system and "prevent that only newly purchased equipment and the walls of empty barracks remain from the once powerful Serbian army."
Denials of the Ministry of Defense
The Ministry of Defense very quickly debunked the claims of the representatives of the Serbian Military Union that the contracts of professional soldiers are not extended due to the arbitrariness of the commanders.
As it was officially announced, the contracts were not extended only to those who do not meet the requirements of the service and commit violations of military discipline.
The superior has the right to command and manage according to the law and the Service Rules, to assess and evaluate the quality of the work of his subordinates, and he bears responsibility for all of this, the Ministry announced.
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