Compensation for weekend work since 2010 in law is now expected to start implementation

It's an additional 50% in case it's a weekend job.

And the sector that does this mostly is that of security, Kosovo Police, respectively.

Officials of this institution have even indicted the state for failing to fulfill this act for years.

The announcement these additions will now receive has gone to each police official this week. The Kosovo Police Union confirmed this.

The law clearly specifys, which in addition public sector workers get extras in other cases.

“Compensation by paragraph 1. This article is paid in percentages of the basic salary under the proper work law, as follows: 20 % an hour for custody; 30 % an hour for work at night; 30 % an hour for overtime; 50 % an hour for work during holiday days; and 50 % per hour for work during weekend”, says Article 36 for the Pagan Law.

Former police official now lawyer, Wisar Rrecaj, is saying that failure to implement this law so far is unfair, especially for the Kosovo Police.

Kosovo's “Police, which is law enforcement, have failed to implement the law for themselves and its interests, this is meaningless and absolutely unfair and unfair”, has stressed Wisar Rrecaj Lawyer, Is police officer.

It now represents some police officials who have been exercising indictments since these additions have not been compensated for overtime and says this has happened very often.

“There have been initialised indictments in competent courts and we are waiting for hearings to be assigned because these police officials have been eligible by law because the law has been in force since 2010 and there is no excuse for implementation so far”, Rzaj has declared.

The Kosovo Police Union has told television that implementation of this wage law provision is expected to begin implementing from next month's salary. /Dukagini