Defence Ministry paid officials who went to work for more than a month

The National Audition Office in the annual report on this ministry for 2019 has found three such cases. According to ZKA, it increases the risk of the ministry paying officials who haven't worked at all.

According to the ZKA, in such cases the reasons for failing to adhere to the work of officials should be considered or apply stoppages in wages.

The ZKA report quotes the Civil Service Law and the Government's working schedule regulation, under which workers are obliged to work 40 hours a week.

“We have identified three cases, which during 2019 have had a non-compliance until, in one case, up to 46 days, excluding annual, medical and official holidays”, the ZKA report said. The situation reportedly reflected the lack of control and supervision by the directors of relevant employees' departments and insinuation of employees at work.

The lack of evidence, which confirms that officials who are paid by the ministry are working and that they are compensated only for the job done, according to the audience increases the risk of paying payments to officials who have not worked at all.

This is contrary to the laws and regulations in force and affects budget damage”, the report says. The minister is said to consider the reasons for failing to call officials, or otherwise, to apply pay stops for the unreasonable lack of work.

“In the event of repeating the situation, the minister will take measures to cut contracts under the request of the Civil Service Law and the regulation mentioned above”, the report noted.

The audience has also found that the MM did not protocol the accepted bills for the expenses of public money. The report notes that under the financial arrangement for spending public money, bills should be protocoled and recorded in the book of bills, implementing internal control procedures to circulate documentation.