Over 600 fines pronounced the Labour Inspectorate for six months, the biggest violator of construction sector

Labour Chief Inspector Iron Nikci said that during the January-August period of this year, he has pronounced over 600 fines.

According to him, most of the fines have been pronounced for the construction sector, which, according to him, is the sector that largely committed violations of the law for public security and health.

Nikci said the speech of fines has increased this year, but according to him, fines are not intended to punish subjects, but their awareness in relation to respecting the rights of workers.

“The Labour Inspectorate for violating legal provisions for January-August 2023 has pronounced 619 fines. If we make the comparison to the January-December period of last year where we had only 281 fines pronounced, this is considered a significant increase in the number of fines”.

“I want to remind you that the fines are not intended for subjects, but the fines are aimed at awareness of the subjects in relation to respecting workers' rights”, he said.

The Chief Inspector said the pronounced fines are mostly for the construction sector, and that according to him, this sector violated the provisions of the law for public security and health.

“Gjoba, which has been pronounced for the January-August period of this year, is mostly pronounced in the construction sector and finds that this sector is the sector that violated the provisions of the law, respectively, of the law for public security and health. The skeletons outside standards, elevator space and uncircumcised stairs, also the protection equipment of workers who were missing”, he said.

Nikci said the IP in the latest competition has managed to recruit 18 working inspectors out of civilian service and 19 working inspectors within civilian service, where, according to him, the total amount of job inspectors total 70, reports EO.

“actually we have it in the last recruit that we've done even outside civilian service, but even within the civil service we have reached the last competition to recruit 18 working inspectors out of civilian service, 19 working inspectors within civil service”.

With this number of inspectors, we reach the total number of inspectors near 70 currently active labour inspectors in seven areas where we operate in Kosovo. With this increase in the number of inspectors, there will certainly increase the presence of field inspectors who will do oversight of workers' rights in workplaces, but will therefore increase the number of inspections, and also the number of fines, which are aimed at awareness of employers”, he said.